Peacock's live channels sets it apart from other major streaming services

Vulture

"Click on the 'channels' tab in the Peacock app and you’ll suddenly find yourself transported to a user interface that resembles the electronic program guides common on cable and satellite systems, as well as virtual cable providers such as YouTube TV or Philo," says Josef Adalian. "When I signed on to the channels section of the Peacock mobile app on Thursday morning, I instantly found myself watching the live feed of a U.K. football match (Manchester City vs. Bournemouth, if that means anything to you). Scrolling down took me from a Jason Sudeikis movie parody on a channel devoted to SNL clips to a random episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians to the Bob Ross Channel (which, yes, is just old installments of The Joy of Painting). It can take me 10-15 minutes to settle on something I want to watch on Netflix; within 90 seconds of scrolling on Peacock, I had decided to keep the SNL Vault channel on for a bit while I read through some emails." ALSO: Peacock's debut was too cautious -- it needed a splashy title like Disney+'s The Mandalorian or Apple TV+'s The Morning Show.