NBC Peacock is Comcast’s dive into the crazy streaming-video fray

Enlarge / An artist's approximation of what today's newly announced Saved by the Bell reboot might look like, since it will include at least some original series actors. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty)

The streaming fragmentation war continues apace, and today's new contender comes from Comcast-specifically, its NBCUniversal subsidiary, which finally took the wraps off its NBC Peacock service on Tuesday after months of rumors.

The official site is currently scarce on details, but NBCUniversal has begun distributing a massive list of expected new and legacy series coming to Peacock when it launches in "April 2020." In all, NBCUniversal estimates "15,000 hours" of content on that day-one launch. No pricing information is yet attached.

To review: Peacock is just the latest to join the likes of existing "mainstream" services Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Video, YouTube TV, and CBS All Access, as well as this November's Disney+ and Apple TV+ and next year's HBO Max. That doesn't even count the proliferation of "niche" streaming services ranging from the anime-focused Crunchyroll to the proudly pretentious Criterion.

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