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Peacock Rollout Begins 16th November 2021 On Sky/NOW In The UK

by Dave Elliott

Peacock Rollout Begins 16th November 2021 On Sky/NOW In The UK

Streaming service Peacock will begin to roll out on Tuesday, 16th November 2021 (aka tomorrow) for Sky and NOW customers in the UK the Sky and NBCUniversal have announced.

The new service will begin with a “soft launch” in UK and Ireland coming at no additional cost, Sky TV customers and NOW Entertainment Members. As we understand it, in a change to the initial reports, the Peacock content will be integrated into Sky and NOW as part of the “box-set” system, rather than a separate standalone app, although there is talk of an app launching at a later date, so this is more a rollout of the Peacock content.

“The introduction of Peacock content on Sky and NOW will expand the incredible line-up available to all our customers, giving them access to even more of the best entertainment from our partners at NBCUniversal. With brand new Peacock Originals, must-watch reality and hit library series we couldn’t be more excited to add Peacock for all our customers, at no extra cost” said Zai Bennett, Managing Director, Content Sky UK and Ireland.

Sky and NBCUniversal today announced plans to rollout Peacock content across Sky territories, beginning with a soft launch in the UK and Ireland. Starting 16th November and included at no additional cost, Sky TV customers and NOW Entertainment Members in these markets will enjoy early access to a new Peacock destination, featuring a growing catalogue of world-class original and iconic TV shows and movies from across NBCUniversal, that will be ramping up over the coming months.

Peacock will continue to expand its offering with thousands of hours of the best content from NBCUniversal and beyond, including popular titles available now and in the coming months such as:

Peacock Originals including current series ‘Saved by the Bell’, ‘Rutherford Falls’, ‘Punky Brewster’, ‘The Girl in the Woods’, ‘Five Bedrooms’, and ‘Vanderpump Rules’; in addition to upcoming series ‘MacGruber’, ‘Bel-Air’, ‘Joe Exotic’ (working title), ‘Killing It’, ‘Vampire Academy’, ‘Irreverent’, ‘The Innocent’, ‘The Resort’, ‘The Missing’, ‘The Best Man’, ‘Angelyne’, ‘Ted’, and the upcoming ‘Battlestar Galactica’. continuation series from ‘Mr Robot’s Sam Esmail.

Current and Classic TV Shows including fan-favourites like ‘The Office’, ‘Parks and Recreation’, ’30 Rock’, ‘Psych’, ‘Superstore’, ‘A.P. Bio’, ‘The Mindy Project’, ‘Will & Grace’, ‘Mr. Mayor’, ‘Young Rock’, and ‘Saturday Night Live’; popular dramas such as ‘Battlestar Galactica’, ‘Monk’, ‘Bates Motel’, ‘Heroes’, ‘Friday Night Lights’, ’12 Monkeys’, ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘House’, ‘Suits’, ‘Quantum Leap’, ‘Warehouse 13′, ‘The Equalizer’, and ‘Grimm’; and unscripted hits like ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ and bingeable franchises including ‘Million Dollar Listing’, ‘Southern Charm’, ‘Below Deck’, ‘The Real Housewives’, and ‘Top Chef’.

Movies like The Best Man, Bird on a Wire, Bowfinger, Brüno, Bulletproof, Children of Men, Definitely, Maybe, Far and Away, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Game, Hanna, Hannibal, The Last House on the Left, MacGruber, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Meet Joe Black, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Out of Sight, Pride & Prejudice, Scent of a Woman, Seed of Chucky, A Simple Wish, The Skeleton Key, Tower Heist, United 93, Very Bad Things, What Dreams May Come, and You, Me, and Dupree

“Following its successful phased launch in the U.S., we are excited to mark the international debut of Peacock content in the UK and Ireland on Sky,” said Lee Raftery, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa, NBCUniversal. “Peacock provides Sky customers with an expanded catalogue of world-class content, including many of our most popular movies and shows from Peacock and across NBCUniversal.”

Peacock will continue to roll out the content destination across Sky platforms in territories including Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland in the coming months, making it available to almost 20 million Sky customers in total.

Peacock content launches Tuesday, 16th November 2021 on Sky and NOW in the UK.

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