NBCUniversal is making Peacock its ESPN+
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An NBC Sports Network television microphone is seen ahead of the Premier League match between Manchester City and Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium on April 7, 2018 in Manchester, England. Instead, the Games were postponed one year to July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and now may be at risk of getting canceled completely . […] Now, in the past week, Peacock is making plenty of sports content moves. […] On Monday, NBCUniversal moved even more sports content to Peacock: non-race IndyCar content will be moved from NBC Sports Gold’s IndyCar Pass to Peacock . […] But with NBC shutting down its standalone sports channel to push sports content to Peacock, it’s apparent that even with hit shows like “The Office” and “Yellowstone” in the Peacock library, live sports may end up being the best accelerant it has to boost subscribers.
