Peacock is finally coming to Amazon Fire TV tomorrow

Peacock is finally coming to Amazon Burn Television set tomorrow

The Fire TV may finally get The Office and everything else on Peacock

(Image credit: NBCUniversal)

Editor'southward note [June 23, four:59 p.m. ET]: Yes, it'south truthful, NBCUniversal and Amazon Fire TV have announced that Peacock will finally be on Fire TV. The original version of article analyzing the situation follows:

Dunder Mifflin (and the WWE band) may be popping upwards soon on Amazon'southward Fire Telly via the Peacock subscription service. Yes, the long nightmare for Fire TV stick owners is possibly ending as presently as tomorrow (June 23), at least if a tweet from Amazon is not pulling our leg.

For those who don't keep track of such things, the NBCUniversal subscription service Peacock launched nation-wide almost a year ago, on July 15, 2020. And in that time information technology'due south never had a Burn Tv app. Heck, information technology even took until September for Peacock to go a Roku app. Merely Amazon remains the last gap when it comes to back up from major streaming platform support.

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Today (June 22), though, the official Fire TV twitter account decided to examination our memories, posting a photo from The Function, from that time Jim put Dwight'due south stapler inside Jello. The image is captioned "Tomorrow's announcement is Not a prank," with the "eyes" emoji post-obit that coy statement.

Simply if that wasn't obvious enough (Peacock is the exclusive home of The Part in the U.Due south.), the Peacock Twitter account joined in, replying "Damnit, Jim!" with a GIF of Mr. Halpert smirking. That reply was posted within the aforementioned exact minute every bit the original FireTV account tweet.

Then, it seems as if Peacock is finally coming to Fire Boob tube, and while nosotros've been waiting virtually a twelvemonth, the timing couldn't be improve. The Tokyo Olympics showtime on July 24, and while they're non sectional to Peacock, information technology's the service'south biggest event this side of WrestleMania.

Why have nosotros waited for Peacock on Fire TV?

As yous may accept guessed, Amazon and NBCU only could not concur to the terms of Peacock on Fire Television set. (A similar situation happened with HBO Max on Roku and Burn TV when that service launched.) Variety reported that it's all almost money ... and perks.

Multifariousness's sources claimed that Fire TV and Roku are asking for more than just the standard cut of the subscription and sign-up fees. Supposedly, they desire free content for Amazon's IMDb TV and The Roku Channel, in addition to specific terms around advertising inventory.

Of class, none of that matters much for the consumer, who just loses and has to wait while the lawyers and executives tin can concord on things.

Nosotros'll have our eyes on Fire Television receiver and Peacock tomorrow, for the updates that volition likely follow.

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom'south Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple tree, reviewing devices and services for the by half dozen-plus years. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He'southward also covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other manufacture veterans.