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NBC previously had streaming service NBC GOLD Sports that sat alongside NBCSN. Which was open to those viewers that already had a pay-tv subscription. It was like a free streaming add on. THis was also used for the Olympics for overflow programming. You were allowed to log in with your pay subscription and watch the expanded sports programming for free. WIth the launch of Peacock, NBC and other content providers are now making you pay for the "cable tv" channels but then also pay a subscription fee....$4.99, etc for their streaming services, like Peacock channel to watch programming that was free previously. So likely they will lock more Premier League game behind another paywall. To me its a matter of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
In terms of what happened in the past, this isn't quite right.
Originally there was just an 'NBC Sports' streaming app (and website). Cable subscribers could log in and stream NBCSN, Golf Channel, and NBC Sports coverage on the main broadcast network and other Comcast owned channels. It also included (at no extra charge) extended or overspill coverage of various events, like Premier League games being played at the same time as those being broadcast one of the other broadcast / cable networks.
Later 'NBC Sports Gold' was launched, alongside the NBC Sports app. This took most of the extra coverage - and added more - but each sport or event was sold as a 'pack' at an additional cost. Those without cable subscriptions didn't need one to be able to subscribe to these 'packs'. However the main NBC SN channel (or any other broadcast coverage) couldn't be streamed through this app or on the main app without a cable login.
The coverage from 'NBC Sports Gold' was eventually merged in to the 'NBC Sports' app, but still with extra payments required for the additional coverage, separate from any cable subscription that unlocked streaming of any events being broadcast.
When Peacock launched the additional coverage was moved on to there, but NBC started moving more Premier League coverage - including some of the biggest games - off NBCSN and onto Peacock. That hadn't gone down well, but perhaps should have been a sign of what was coming.
NBC previously had streaming service NBC GOLD Sports that sat alongside NBCSN. Which was open to those viewers that already had a pay-tv subscription. It was like a free streaming add on. THis was also used for the Olympics for overflow programming. You were allowed to log in with your pay subscription and watch the expanded sports programming for free. WIth the launch of Peacock, NBC and other content providers are now making you pay for the "cable tv" channels but then also pay a subscription fee....$4.99, etc for their streaming services, like Peacock channel to watch programming that was free previously. So likely they will lock more Premier League game behind another paywall. To me its a matter of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
In terms of what happened in the past, this isn't quite right.
Originally there was just an 'NBC Sports' streaming app (and website). Cable subscribers could log in and stream NBCSN, Golf Channel, and NBC Sports coverage on the main broadcast network and other Comcast owned channels. It also included (at no extra charge) extended or overspill coverage of various events, like Premier League games being played at the same time as those being broadcast one of the other broadcast / cable networks.
Later 'NBC Sports Gold' was launched, alongside the NBC Sports app. This took most of the extra coverage - and added more - but each sport or event was sold as a 'pack' at an additional cost. Those without cable subscriptions didn't need one to be able to subscribe to these 'packs'. However the main NBC SN channel (or any other broadcast coverage) couldn't be streamed through this app or on the main app without a cable login.
The coverage from 'NBC Sports Gold' was eventually merged in to the 'NBC Sports' app, but still with extra payments required for the additional coverage, separate from any cable subscription that unlocked streaming of any events being broadcast.
When Peacock launched the additional coverage was moved on to there, but NBC started moving more Premier League coverage - including some of the biggest games - off NBCSN and onto Peacock. That hadn't gone down well, but perhaps should have been a sign of what was coming.