Peacock Debuts in UK and Ireland on November 16

• NBCUniversal's streaming platform is making an entrance in the UK and Ireland starting November 16.
• Peacock will be available as part of the Sky TV and NOW streaming platforms, so subscribers get access to extra content.
• This soft launch is the first time the service stepped outside the US.

Starting November 16, Peacock launches in the UK and Ireland as part of the Sky TV and NOW subscriptions. This is the first time NBCUniversal's streaming platform is officially available outside the US. However, the company did not say anything regarding the service's availability as a standalone product in Europe.

Since Sky TV and NBCU both stand under Comcast's umbrella, this collaboration makes sense, and an ad-supported Peacock will be included with the Sky subscription with no extra cost in Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland as well in the coming months, making it available to almost 20 million Sky customers in total. Premium NOW subscribers reportedly won't get ads with Peacock content.

"Following its successful phased launch in the US, we are excited to mark the international debut of Peacock content in the UK and Ireland on Sky. 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," said Lee Raftery, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa, NBCUniversal.

In July, Peacock's executives signed a deal with Universal, DreamWorks, Illumination, and Focus Films, which will have all films of the studios arriving on the streaming platform four months after their debut on cinemas. The current Peacock content offered is:

• 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 toupcoming 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 Battlestar Galactica
• 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

Peacock launched in the US on July 15, 2020, with a free tier to attract clients and a wide array of supported devices.