Sky and NBCUniversal today announced the continued rollout of Peacock internationally on Sky, with Germany and Austria following the November launches in the UK and Ireland. Starting January 25, 2022 - included at no additional cost - Sky Q and Sky Ticket customers in Germany, plus Sky X customers in Austria, will enjoy early access to a new Peacock destination, featuring a growing catalogue of world-class original and iconic TV shows and movies from across NBCUniversal.Following promising debuts in the UK and Ireland at the end of last year, we are excited to extend the international footprint of Peacock with launches on Sky in Germany and Austria, said Lee Raftery, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa, NBCUniversal. Peacock provides Sky customers with an expanded catalogue of world-class content from NBCUniversal, including many of our most popular movies and shows, as well as exciting brand-new Peacock Originals.
"By integrating Peacock on Sky Q and Sky Ticket, we will further enhance the strong entertainment offering for all our customers and give them access to the best content from our partner NBCUniversal. With exclusive Peacock originals, reality and true crime and series from the library, we are very excited to offer Peacock to all our Sky Q and Sky Ticket customers," said Elke Walthelm, Executive Vice President Content at Sky Deutschland.
Peacock will continue to expand its offering with the best content from NBCUniversal and beyond, including popular titles available now and in the coming months, such as:
Peacock Originals including current series Saved by the Bell, Rutherford Falls and Girls5eva; in addition to upcoming series The Girl in the Woods, MacGruber, Bel-Air, JOE vs CAROLE and The Resort.
Current and Classic TV Shows including fan-favourites like The Office, 30 Rock, Psych, Monk and Will & Grace; unmissable dramas such as Battlestar Galactica, Bates Motel, Heroes, Downton Abbey and House; bingeable Chicago brands: Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med; and unscripted hits like Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Below Deck and Botched.
Movies including American Pie 2, Back to the Future Part III, Br no, Bulletproof, Children of Men, Erin Brockovich, The Game, Gladiator, The Green Mile, The Holiday, Jason Bourne, Identity Thief, Lucy, MacGruber, Mamma Mia!, Meet Joe Black, Notting Hill, Pitch Perfect, The Purge, The Secret Life of Pets, Shaun of the Dead, Snow White and the Huntsman, Out of Sight, Tower Heist, Tremors and Van Helsing.
Peacock will be included for all Sky customers with Entertainment, Entertainment Plus or Ultimate TV packages and will be available via Sky Q, Sky X and Sky Ticket. In addition, all content can also be accessed on the go with Sky Go.
Peacock will continue to roll out across Sky platforms in Switzerland and Italy in the coming months, making it available to almost 20 million Sky customers in total.
Media Contacts:
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About Peacock
Peacock is NBCUniversal's streaming service. Peacock delivers a world-class slate of exclusive originals, on-demand libraries of hit TV shows, plus critically acclaimed films from the vaults of Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation, Illumination, and Hollywood's biggest studios. In addition, Peacock taps into NBCUniversal's unmatched ability to deliver a broad range of compelling topical content across news, sports, late-night, Spanish-language, and reality. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
About Sky Deutschland
Sky Deutschland is one of the leading entertainment providers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Its programming lineup consists of the best live sports, exclusive series, the latest movies, diverse childrens programming, exciting documentaries and entertaining shows - many of them Sky Originals. In addition to the free-to-air channel Sky Sport News HD, viewers can watch the program at home and on the go via Sky Q and Sky Ticket. The Sky Q entertainment platform offers everything from a single source: Sky and free TV channels, thousands of movies and series on demand, media libraries and many other apps. With Sky Ticket, customers can stream series, movies, and live sports flexibly in terms of location and time, and on a monthly cancellable basis. Sky Deutschland, headquartered in Unterf hring near Munich, is part of the Comcast Group and belongs to Europes leading media and entertainment group Sky.
About Sky Q
Sky Q combines the best features viewers want from an all-in-one platform - TV, streaming and apps. With just one remote for everything, Sky Q offers a wide variety of channels from Sky, partner and free TV channels. In addition, Sky Q customers get access to the most popular media libraries such as ARD, ZDF and RTL+, as well as a wide selection of free and premium apps such as Spotify, Prime Video, RTL+ and DAZN. The program variety is embedded in a groundbreaking user interface that offers easy and quick access to many functions such as Restart or Autoplay. The smart Sky Q voice control makes searching for the desired program simple and intuitive. Sky Q is available via cable, satellite or the Internet. With the Sky Q Mini streaming box, the Sky Q app and Sky Go, the Sky program is always available in other rooms and on the move. Sky Q customers can register up to five streaming devices in addition to their receiver and make five device changes per month. More information about Sky Q is available here.
About Sky Ticket
The flexible streaming service Sky Ticket is available anytime, anywhere and without a long contract commitment. All customers need for Sky Ticket is an Internet-enabled device. A receiver is not necessary.
Whether customers want to watch award-winning series, blockbuster movies, live s
