{"id":58729,"date":"2020-08-02T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2685069"},"modified":"2020-08-02T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T15:06:00","slug":"nbc-universals-peacock-has-added-10-million-subscribers-since-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/08\/02\/nbc-universals-peacock-has-added-10-million-subscribers-since-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Universal\u2019s Peacock has added 10 million subscribers since launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4126-logo-1-93.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/article\/126289-two_350\/NBC-Universals-Peacock-has-added-10-million-subscribers-since-launch.webp\" alt=\"NBC Universal&#039;s Peacock has added 10 million subscribers since launch\" width=\"559\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The streaming wars have officially commenced in the United States. Established players such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu have been met with intense competition from Disney+ and HBO Max in recent months, as well as some from Apple TV+.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-522f485a-6564-4e5c-a482-67443036a529\" class=\"full-width-element-xs s_media main-image-group s_media_right\">\n<div class=\"image-group col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"image-item col-xs-12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/362947-image\/Peacock.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/362947-thumb\/Peacock.jpeg\" alt=\"NBC Universal&#039;s Peacock has added 10 million subscribers since launch\" width=\"587\" height=\"1271\" data-id=\"362947\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The situation intensified further in mid-July when NBC Universal launched its streaming service &ndash; Peacock &ndash; nationwide after a limited release in April. And as it turns out, the offering is off to a fantastic start.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Peacock has more than twice as many subscribers as HBO Max<\/h2>\n<p>NBC Universal parent company Comcast today&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmcsa.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/comcast-reports-2nd-quarter-2020-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that Peacock has surpassed 10 million subscribers since the streaming service first launched in limited capacity for Comcast subscribers back in April.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The company failed to disclose how many of those subscribers signed up after the nationwide rollout earlier this month. Likewise, the numbers of users subscribed to the free tier wasn&rsquo;t revealed either.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the results announced by Comcast put Peacock in an impressive position after such a short amount of time. Rival HBO Max, for example, only had 4.1 million subscribers at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>The Apple TV+ streaming service, on the other hand, reportedly exceeded 10 million subscribers as of February. However, that number includes loads of one-year free trials and only 5 million had actively used the service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/NBC-Universals-Peacock-has-added-10-million-subscribers-since-launch_id126289\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/NBC-Universals-Peacock-has-added-10-million-subscribers-since-launch_id126289<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Joshua Swingle<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Joshua Swingle<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4126-logo-1-93.png\" alt=\"\">The streaming wars have officially commenced in the United States. Established players such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu have been met with intense competition from Disney+ and HBO Max in recent months, as well as some from Apple TV+. The situation intensified further in mid-July when NBC Universal launched its streaming service &ndash; Peacock &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/08\/02\/nbc-universals-peacock-has-added-10-million-subscribers-since-launch\/\">Continue reading <span>NBC Universal&rsquo;s Peacock has added 10 million subscribers since launch<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/08\/02\/nbc-universals-peacock-has-added-10-million-subscribers-since-launch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBC Universal\u2019s Peacock has added 10 million subscribers since launch - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/08\/02\/nbc-universals-peacock-has-added-10-million-subscribers-since-launch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NBC Universal\u2019s Peacock has added 10 million subscribers since launch - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The streaming wars have officially commenced in the United States. 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