Comcast and its NBCUniversal streamer Peacock are flying excessive throughout the board, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh signaled on Tuesday.
Talking on the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Know-how Convention in San Francisco in a session that was live-streamed, he shared that Struggle Evening: The Million Greenback Heist, the brand new restricted collection starring Kevin Hart, Taraji Henson, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, and extra, has change into a success inside days. “We launched Struggle Evening on Thursday night time with Kevin Hart and an unbelievable forged,” he stated. “And that’s probably the most watched title, unique, within the historical past of Peacock.”
Total, Peacock continues to evolve, Cavanagh stated. “We really feel excellent about what we’ve achieved over a number of brief years, the place we have been going from a standing begin when it grew to become clear that we wouldn’t be staying in Hulu,” he stated.
The manager additionally mentioned the current Paris Summer season Olympics, which set an promoting file, for instance for the way all of Comcast and NBCUniversal’s numerous companies and belongings can play collectively efficiently, together with as a platform to cross-promote movies, collection and firm merchandise.
“We have been seeking to actually convey life again to the Olympics and discover new audiences,” Cavanagh advised the Goldman Sachs convention. “And all of us ended feeling just like the Olympics are again.” He stated that additionally proves the worth of housing content material and distribution belongings underneath the identical roof.
The Comcast president on Tuesday additionally lauded the NBCU theme parks unit as a “phenomenal enterprise,” calling it “a long-term development and return on capital enterprise.”
Plus, he lauded the NBCU movie studio workforce underneath Donna Langley for its persevering with success, touting it as “the highest studio enterprise final yr.” He cited such current successes as Twisters, with Depraved but to come back. “In order that’s the flywheel of making nice IP, and Donna and workforce do an outstanding job on that facet, each in movie and studios,” Cavanagh concluded.