I've tried Multiview a few times since they launched it. I like the concept. Wish they would/could include all matches, not just the Peacock exclusive ones. But even more than that, I'd like it if MV didn't crash my Peacock app so much (on iOS). 4-5 times already today in the last 1.5 hrs. Peacock doesn't usually crash for me like that, so it must be MV I figure.
I miss nested quotes: I recently got these streams which include HBO, HBO 2, HBO Signature, HBO Comedy and HBO Zone. It'd be nice if they included the west coast feeds plus Latino and Family. HBO also owns the Cinemax stuff and...nothing there, but these streams also include the CNN Max stream which isn't CNN proper, FWIW. Is this the first time HBO (or its corporate overlords) ever half-assed anything? IMO, I got it right. They're pointless. I stand by my original point: They would have been better off to have them be something unique. 1) Harry Potter. All the movies and spinoffs. 2) TV shows. Each TV show they have rights to could get an unique stream. 4) Classics (movies from the 40s-60s) 5) Holiday... October would be horror, November/December would be Christmas. Do patriotic shows/movies for Memorial Day, July 4th and Veterans' Day. February would be romance.... 6) Rom-Com movies 7) Horror movies 8) Drama movies 9) Adventure movies ...etc etc. As far as Tales From The Crypt... apparently others miss that show too. It's #22 here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/once-wildly-popular-tv-shows-that-are-now-forgotten
Let's look at D-3 college football. Is their attendance really lagging because Big State U plays at an overlapping time? I'd say yes and no. Would some D-3 game in Texas be better attended for their 6:30 game if U Texas wasn't playing at an overlapping time? The attendance decrease at League Two or National League games probably wouldn't be as big as some people fear. Take a team like Yeovil, for example. They have a core group of diehards who don't follow the big leagues. They also have casual fans who follow a big team and contribute to an attendance boost "when the local team is good". It's a fair point, but the lower leagues in England aren't gonna see huge decrease in the stands because Chelsea is hosting Newcastle on ITV, BBC or whatever. People are just gonna pirate those games anyway. They might as well cave and get the added revenue. Or hell...try to put the lower leagues on Sunday when the EPL generally isn't playing. They can have plenty of Saturday games when they're playing during international windows.
Does anyone know how far in advance the Premier League TV schedule is set and made public? I have an annual Peacock subscription and signed up for a month of Sling to have access to USA for the Holiday matches. Trying to decide whether to keep that until the end of the season. Wondering how many matches of interest to me (primarily Newcastle United) I will miss if I ditch Sling/USA.
Thanks but my query is about the breakdown of televised matches between Peacock and USA for the rest of the season. How far in advance do we know whether a match will be on one of the other? For example (totally random), do we already know what channel/platform will carry Newcastle v. Fulham on February 1st? If not, when will that be announced?
Pretty sure they don't publish the entire season TV schedule up front. I feel like they publish a month or two out, at any given time. Also, and maybe more significant, I recall Comcast wanting to reorg/spinoff channels including USA perhaps as early as 1/1/26? At which point I assume there would *much* less EPL on TV as opposed to Peacock. All of the above is from my feeble memory. So perhaps others can chime in to support or refute?
If we're talking the schedule for US TV, the Premier League website rarely has that info more than 4-5 days in advance, usually not until the end of the previous "matchday." I typical search the listings in my YouTube TV account so I can have an idea about 2 weeks out. With that said, it's usually a safe bet to guess USA/NBC for weekend games that are alone in a time slot. The tough one is figuring out which game in the block of 4-5 on Saturday is getting the USA spot vs being on Peacock.
So...this issue from a while back with my Peacock app is still on-going: Here's what I know: I can access it fine on another Samsung TV at a different address with the same ISP. I can access it fine on my phone via any ISP. I can access it at my address via another TV which uses a Chromecast. Every piece of software/firmware on this TV seems to be current. For some reason, this TV just cannot access Peacock. I reached out to their advanced tech support team and they said they tested it...and they think it's related to something locally on the device or from that network that has caused the device to no longer reach Peacock TV. Now if it was something on my internet like a VPN or whatnot, clearly I'd know, right? AFAIK, I have nothing...just the router supplied by the ISP. Yeah, I changed the WiFi name/password to something I'd recognize, but that's all I changed. I really would prefer not to use a third-party streaming device, but maybe I have to.
I heard back from Peacock within minutes: "We will keep your Case on the list for follow up and let you know when we have confirmation of that work with Samsung being completed."
Perhaps the best thing about the EPL on Peacock is their extended halftime studio analysis with minimal commercials. Long may it last!