Maggie McLean
Peacock and Roku, Inc. announced the Peacock app is now available nationwide on the Roku platform, reaching households with an estimated 100 million people.
Peacock provides access to more than 20,000 hours of on-demand movies and shows, as well as live news and sports programming, from NBCUniversal and beyond. Peacock uniquely offers the only free tier of premium content in the market, featuring more than 13,000 hours of current, classic, and original movies and shows, as well as timely live and on-demand content across news, sports, reality, late-night, and Spanish-language.
“We are excited to bring Peacock and its unrivaled catalog to millions of Americans who enjoy entertainment on their favorite Roku devices. Roku customers have engaged streamers and we know they’ll love access to a wide range of free and paid content,” said Maggie McLean Suniewick, president, Business Development and Partnerships, Peacock.
“Audience demand for compelling content is fueling a surging shift to streaming for a majority of American households today. We’re focused on delivering the kind of high-quality news and entertainment content Roku users want and love and we’re excited to welcome Peacock’s world-class programming to America’s #1 TV streaming platform and help NBCUniversal build a bigger fan base through our industry-leading, audience development tools,” said Tedd Cittadine, Vice President of Content Acquisition, Roku.
“We’re thrilled to add Peacock as the perfect complement to NBCUniversal’s industry-leading content offering across entertainment, Hispanic, news, and sports programming on the Roku platform,” said Matt Bond, Chairman, Content Distribution, NBCUniversal.
