NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke may have just used an unconventional method to tease a new streaming service: The company holiday card.
A line in a holiday greeting sent to NBCU staff, which the company confirmed to TheWrap, Burke wrote (or, more accurately, rhymed): “While you all go off to relax, swim or ski. Maybe, just maybe, next year we will announce our plan for OTT.” The company would not comment any further on if that meant that NBCU or its parent company, Comcast, is planning to launch a streaming service of its own.
Comcast has yet to announce any kind of streaming plans, despite rival companies, including WarnerMedia and Disney, readying to offer their own direct-to-consumer product next year.