Trials watching for cable cutters

I did the same as you. But tonight as I reviewed the schedule I came to the conclusion that 0 track finals will be shown on the peacock - only on NBC. And I have no idea how to watch!

I don’t know if you are eligible for nbc sports but they have all the events and times streaming in the app

Basically peacock followed by YouTube pirate stream… :(

I don’t understand why they can’t stream everything on a single platform. Seems pretty broken.

can you watch on regular nbc app?

regular nbc app requires a cable login

I have a digital indoor antenna. Cost $30. I get major networks in HD on my TV with it over the air. I do live 25mi from NYC, so your situation might vary.

Simple over the air antenna works great. Could probably find one at a thrift store or FB marketplace

It appear NBC Sports app requires a cable login, so your options are over the air NBC for the primetime broadcast, or peacock app for the full thing

Bythebay12 wrote:

It appear NBC Sports app requires a cable login, so your options are over the air NBC for the primetime broadcast, or peacock app for the full thing

I recall reading that others found NBC Sports app has all but PeacockTV app on my Chromebook cuts off on Day 2 the same point as website--it does not show what was shown on NBC after 10 pm EDT. So I went to Youtube to watch the later events that are only on NBC.

Same dilemma. Fvuk you Peacock... This is exactly why piracy exists. Bullsh!t...

Thanks for the reminder about the digital antenna- I forgot I had one and will try it out.

Peacock just seems to show the highlights- I was disappointed when they reached a certain point and said they were just switching over to prime time now.

NBCSports app- without cable, can I become eligible some other way? Pay for roku for a month? Something else?

Is this how I’m going to have to watch the Olympics too?

Having the same issue. I'm really confused about how the whole Peacock thing is supposed to work. "Peacock Premium" - the plan that I have - is supposed to be the plan that includes "can't miss LIVE sports matches." Is there some other account upgrade I need in order to watch all the trials events, or is it simply not possible to watch the NBC broadcast on Peacock?

I'll probably just end up adding live TV to my HULU account for the trials and Olympics.

I really don't understand why NBC's streaming app doesn't just show all of the programming that is airing on NBC.

Iron Bars wrote:

Same dilemma. Fvuk you Peacock... This is exactly why piracy exists. Bullsh!t...

Yeah, can’t get over the air here. The sports app and nbc app require a cable provider. There is not an option to just pay to use the app. I have peacock and will watch what is on there, but I’m basically forced to watch a pirate steam when it switches to nbc.

There is no reason they can’t just continue the feed on peacock. The incremental cost is almost nothing. This is just a provider with fragmented inter office and lack of leadership.

Answer is their ad rate for on-air advertisers, both national and local.

Bythebay12 wrote:

It appear NBC Sports app requires a cable login, so your options are over the air NBC for the primetime broadcast, or peacock app for the full thing

Fubo is what I went with. 7 Day trial free. I'll probably just pay for 2 months and keep it through Tokyo. It's not cheap but it has a lot of channels and unlike sling, it has local NBC, plus NBC sports.

If you easily get NBC ota, sling might be the better option.

Smoke weed, talk sh!t like Lane Kiffin wrote:

Answer is their ad rate for on-air advertisers, both national and local.

I mean, I'm willing to pay basically whatever they want to charge in order to make up the difference. I didn't ask them to only charge $6/month for Peacock. At least give me the option of paying more to get full access.

Unless you live in an area with crappy reception, a regular pair of rabbit ears is all you should need, that should have been the first thing you bought when you cut the cord.

If you live in an area with crappy reception, go to a sports bar and ask them to put the trials on one of the TVs. You could try getting one of those fancy powered antenna's, but from my experience, you're rolling the dice on whether you'll get a piece of crap ot not.

wakkoxc wrote:

Unless you live in an area with crappy reception, a regular pair of rabbit ears is all you should need, that should have been the first thing you bought when you cut the cord.

If you live in an area with crappy reception, go to a sports bar and ask them to put the trials on one of the TVs. You could try getting one of those fancy powered antenna's, but from my experience, you're rolling the dice on whether you'll get a piece of crap ot not.

Trying out an antenna to watch on a television is a good tip, but that still doesn’t get you the field event streams, which will require a cable login. Also, if you watch through over the air tv, you’re at risk of the program being preempted by something that your local station decides is more important.