
Peacock's large library of free content is enticing and NBC has promised to limit commercials to five minutes at most per hour of streaming. People who want to catch up on NBC shows, like "30 Rock" or "Saturday Night Live," can mostly do so without a premium subscription, though a handful of classics, like "The Office," require a paid account to watch every episode. Peacock's subscription model is similar to what Hulu employed until 2016, allowing viewers to watch 13,000 hours worth of programming for free with ads. To go ad-free, you need to sign up for a Peacock Premium Plus subscription for $10 a month. With that said, Peacock Premium still relies on ads to generate revenue. Peacock Premium gives subscribers access to exclusive content and a significantly larger catalog of NBC shows for $5 a month. Launched by NBCUniversal, Peacock relies on a freemium model for on-demand streaming, offering a mix of TV shows, movies, and live sports for free with ads. Streaming services that has seen newcomers, like Disney Plus and HBO Max, working to compete with established players, like


Peacock debuted nationwide on July 15, bringing another choice to a crowded field of on-demand
