Comcast-owned NBCUniversal is threatening to remove its TV Everywhere channels from Roku. Comcast is trying to force Roku to distribute the new Peacock streaming service on “unreasonable terms” – a Roku spokesperson said.
“Comcast is removing the channels in order to try to force Roku to distribute its new Peacock service on unreasonable terms. While the NBC TV Everywhere apps represent an insignificant amount of streaming hours and revenue on our platform, we believe they are important to those consumers who use them, especially when so many Americans are at home,” a Roku spokesperson said in a statement shared by Variety.”
NBC U’s deal with Roku expired last week. If NBCU does force Roku to pull those channels, viewers will lose content from Bravo, E!, Syfy, USA, and NBC. NBCUniversal launched Peacock in the US on July 15th.
“We are disappointed Roku is removing its users’ FREE access to NBCUniversal programming – 11 network apps, 12 NBC Owned Station apps, 23 Telemundo Owned Station apps – and continues to block access to the only free premium streaming service available in the market, Peacock. Roku’s unreasonable demands ultimately hurt both their consumers and their consumer equipment partners to whom they’ve promised access to all apps in the marketplace.”
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