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SkyShowTime:a new free platform arrives to compete with Netflix

Do you know SkyShowTime? This new streaming platform is coming to France. And here is the program!

You are already subscribed to Canal+, Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, BeInSports, RMC Sport but you don't have enough? Well this news will undoubtedly delight you:a new streaming platform will soon land in Europe and France. Other good news that accompanies this information:this competitor to Netflix is... free !

Programs, even more programs

The name of this new streaming platform? SkyShowTime ! His particuliarity ? It brings together offers from NBC Universal, Universal Pictures and Peacock. But also from Sky, Showtime Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and Paramount+ from ViacomCBS. Which corresponds to more than 10,000 hours of viewing , according to Bloomberg, which released the information. Not bad, right?

The launch date of this offer is not yet known but details have been leaked. In France, these programs should be offered via the Peacock platform, which will be a standalone application.

Free... Really?

As you may have read above, this offer will be free... Or at least partially free . Indeed, the catalog of free programs will be reduced. To have access to the offer in its entirety, you will have to pay a subscription, like the competitor Netflix.

Peacock, which therefore includes SkyShowTime, has already been established in the United States since July 2020.With some success since 54 million users are registered. What programs will we be able to see there in particular? You should know that the catalog of the Universal studio and NBC channels has series like The Office or New York Special Unit . And maybe they will start broadcasting sports programs... To be continued!