It includes everything on the free tier plus:  Peacock also includes live programming, which originally was to include the now postponed Among other sports you'll be able to watch on Peacock's free tier, the service will have the US Open Championship, Women's Open Championship and an NFL Wild Card Playoff Game.

But you still can't stream it on a Roku or Amazon Fire TV.The standoff between these device makers and new streaming services marks a new stage in the evolution of streaming video, one that puts people like you in the middle. That means about 20,000 hours of content. Several high-profile movies on Peacock at launch -- like the Matrix trilogy, the Jurassic Park trilogy, Shrek and the only Fast & Furious movie available -- Peacock said that it's common for films to come and go on streaming services and that these titles should be be back again soon, without providing any specific dates. NBC CBS All Access charges $5.99 for its tier with advertising, and $9.99 for the ad-free version. Netflix has the rights to it until 2021; Peacock will start streaming it in January. The Peacock app will be on all Apple platforms (including Apple TV), Google’s Android and Chromecast mobile and TV devices, Vizio and LG smart TVs, and the Microsoft-powered Xbox One platform.

Cox customers also get that $5-off deal. Discuss: Peacock: Everything to know about NBCUniversal's streaming app "Pay homage to NBCUniversal but not be limited to just NBCUniversal content."

In addition, the free tier will have on-demand replays of events like the Triple Crown horse races, daily highlights from NBC Sports and hundreds of hours of sports series and docs.

April brought the debut of For now, NBC's shows will keep streaming on Hulu.

Strauss said that calling the service Peacock was meant as an homage to NBC, but he stressed that the service is licensing lots of non-NBC content too. By comparison, Netflix, which has no ads, offers its cheapest tier at $8.99 a month, while its most popular plan is $12.99. With PEACOCK PREMIUM PLUS ($9.99/month), you get everything included in Peacock Premium, plus ad-free* streaming. The length of the free trial shrinks the longer you wait to sign up: Other people can score discounts that cut the cost of Peacock if they're already customers of certain cable companies. Other differences: Peacock has "channels" of TV, but these aren't live streams of its networks. The series will have all their episodes available at once to stream on a premium tier, a la Netflix.

Other channels are based on The Office, SNL and Keeping Up With the Kardashians, all stocked with clips, or things like the Tonight Show, True Crime or Bob Ross, with full episodes.So far, Peacock has signed up 10 million accounts through about the end of July. We can’t show you the NBC station from somewhere else in the country. How "We think it's important for consumers to know that Peacock is free to use and free to any platform who wants to distribute it. But much of its original programming won't materialize until later than planned. This free trial is for the ad-supported, $4.99 level of Peacock Premium.