You are the frog in Peacock’s upcoming ‘Frogger’ physical competition show

Posted on 23/02/2021 by Engadget

What do you get when you mix Takeshi's Castle with Frogger, besides a hairspray-infused blast of 1980s nostalgia? A new show from NBC, apparently. Peacock, NBC's streaming platform, has ordered 13 hourlong episodes of Frogger, an oversized ph...

NBC is shutting down its sports cable channel as the bundle contracts

Posted on 23/01/2021 by Engadget

According to reports by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, NBC Sports Group Chairman Pete Bevacqua told staffers in a memo that the NBC Sports Network cable channel is shutting down the end of this year. While it’s unclear what will happen to som...

‘The Office’ has left Netflix for NBC’s Peacock streaming service

Posted on 01/01/2021 by Engadget

Even though the US version of The Office has been off the air for years, its familiarity and light brand of workplace comedy has kept it atop the streaming charts ever since. However, now that NBC has a streaming service of its own, it’s snatched the...

NBC’s Peacock is finally live on Roku after tense negotiations

Posted on 21/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

When NBC Universal's streaming service Peacock launched on July 15th, it was available to just about every bit of streaming hardware out there -- except Roku devices. That changes today. After prolonged negotiations, and even a bit of public acrimony...

NBCU’s new deal with Roku will bring Peacock to the streaming platform

Posted on 18/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Just a few hours ago it looked like the fight between NBCUniversal and Roku would get ugly, and even see the Comcast-owned network’s other channels disappear from streaming boxes and sticks. But now the two have patched things up, and announced that...

Comcast may force Roku to drop some NBCUniversal channels

Posted on 18/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Comcast-owned NBCUniversal is threatening to pull its TV Everywhere channels from Roku, Variety reports. According to a Roku spokesperson, Comcast is trying to force Roku to distribute the new Peacock streaming service on “unreasonable terms.”NBCUniv...

Comcast is bringing back G4TV in some form

Posted on 24/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Long defunct cable television network G4 is returning sometime in 2021, according to a teaser posted on Friday afternoon (via Variety). The one-minute video doesn't provide many details of what we can expect from the network moving forward. We nev...

Peacock’s Android app was missing from Google Play search results

Posted on 15/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Peacock is officially available across the US today, but it was near-impossible to find on the Google Play Store for much of today. For hours, it didn’t show up in search results; instead, you needed a direct link to its listing. Since this story was...

Peacock will come to the PlayStation 4 on July 20th

Posted on 14/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

NBCUniversal’s new streaming service Peacock rolls out across the US tomorrow, and NBC is still adding to the list of the devices that Peacock will stream on. Beginning July 20th, Peacock will be available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro. User...

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