Peacock is raising its prices for the third time in three years (NBC) The price rise comes ahead of the arrival of live NBA games on the streaming service, which will start later this year. Last year, NBCUniversal agreed a deal to show basketball games that will cost them around $2.45 billion a year.

Peacock, a streaming service by Comcast-owned NBCUniversal, said on Thursday it will raise prices by $3 later this month and begin testing a new narrowed-down tier for users.