Veloz Aiming to Win Back International Partners for Venezuelan Productions as it Launches Streaming Service (EXCLUSIVE)

NBCUniversal has officially launched their new streaming platform, Peacock. And, unlike its competitors, Peacock has a free option that gives viewers access to more than 20,000 hours of ad-supported content.

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Peacock, launches this week, adding another player to the crowded streaming market. But what separates Peacock from rivals like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu is that a large portion of it will be free.

“The Office.” But it joins an already crowded landscape with well-established rivals like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Disney+.Peacock is also debuting without its main draw, the Tokyo summer Olympics, which were postponed until 2021.

Peacock.The platform, launching July 15, will have a free tier with more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows and live programming in NBC’s late-night, reality, sports and news offerings.

Ted Johnson NBC’s Today is expanding to streaming, with a 24/7 channel service to launch Wednesday on NBCUniversal’s new streaming platform Peacock and on Today.com.Today All Day will feature a mix of original video and broadcast programming, with an emphasis on lifestyle coverage like human interest entertainment, advice and cooking topics.

Kanye West could be one step closer to launching his own music streaming service.The 43-year-old rapper and fashion mogul, who recently announced his plans to run for president in 2020, took to Twitter on Friday night (July 10) to share the "roster proposal" for Yeezy Sound, a company he filed trademark papers for in 2017."YEEZY SOUND ROSTER PROPOSAL," West captioned a handwritten note featuring a list of artists, including hip-hop duo Abstract Mindstate, G.O.O.D.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUPDATED: Malibu Entertainment, a company connected to Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service, was among the businesses applying for and accepting Paycheck Protection Program loans for between $2 million and $5 million, according to documents released by the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department; a source close to the situation tells Variety the loan was for $2.1 million.

With music subscription services in heated competition for shares of a fast-growing market, potential subscribers around the world have a menu of free trials to choose from.

. On the surface, it looks like a sexy thriller: The artwork for the film shows a man looking at the camera while gripping a woman’s breast (subtle).

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNBCUniversal told members of Bluprint in May that it was planning to wind down the subscription VOD service centered on crafts and hobbies “over the next few months.”Instead, the media company is selling the assets of Bluprint to TN Marketing, a Minneapolis-based online video subscription and streaming business. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.Bluprint originally launched as Craftsy in 2011.

Community andThe Golden Girls have become the latest sitcoms to have their blackface episodes purged from streaming services. Netflix and Hulu initiated the Community removal, cutting the Season 2 episode "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons," in which Ken Jeong's character Ben Chang dons full-body black makeup.

Fans of “South Park” can stream the entire series… except for five controversial episodes.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNordic Entertainment Group, the company behind Nordic streamer Viaplay, and Elisa Viihde Aitio are joining forces to combine their streaming services in Finland later this year.The two companies will launch Elisa Viihde Viaplay in the fourth quarter of 2020, a single platform that will house the two services’ original series, movies and kid’s content.Elisa Viihde Viaplay will have the power to better compete with global streamers, such as Netflix, which