NBCUniversal will launch its still-unnamed streaming service in April 2020

As major players conk along gearing upwardly for the Great Streaming War that has been looming on the horizon, Comcast too NBCUniversal executives announced during today’s earnings call that heir still-unnamed streaming service volition locomote arriving inward Apr of adjacent year.

“We believe nosotros accept a real innovative agency of coming to the marketplace that is real dissimilar than anything else too has real attractive fiscal aspects,” CEO Steve Burke tool investors. The offering volition locomote built on a similar platform to Sky’s UK-based Now TV streaming service.

The Verge has more:

Comcast didn’t denote also many specifics almost the kinds of content nosotros tin hold off from the streaming service, but nosotros know that it volition play host to The Office afterwards NBC’s existing bargain alongside Netflix expires at the goal of 2020. However, Comcast admitted that the ‘vast majority’ of content viewed on the platform is initially probable to locomote acquired from exterior the company. The platform is also probable to host content from Sky Studios, which Comcast purchased terminal twelvemonth equally role of its acquisition of Sky.

Over 500 people are working on the platform.

Following the initial launch, the service volition alternative upwardly the pop serial “The Office” that’ll larn pulled from competitor Netflix equally NBC continues edifice out its ain library of exclusive content.

The amusement sector’s been undergoing to a greater extent than or less major merger too acquisitions, resulting inward novel players alongside vast libraries of content waiting to locomote leveraged yesteryear their ain streaming video services. Disney, which right away has full command of Hulu via a bargain alongside Comcast, volition launch its low-priced Disney+ service yesteryear the goal of the year.

US carrier AT&T’s WarnerMedia volition launch its streaming video service inward beta, priced at betwixt $16 too $17 a month. Initially, that service volition parcel content from HBO, Cinemax too Warner Bros’s library of movies too idiot box shows.

Thanks to a written report from CNBC, nosotros know the service volition locomote called HBO Max too supply access to a diversity of content from a handful of big-named networks, including the pop “Friends” sitcom. There’s no discussion on pricing simply yet, but nosotros create know it volition launch inward the jump of 2020.

Apple’s ain master copy video service is launching this fall.

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