>> yes, there's a lot of challenges the big challenge is streaming and getting peacock off the ground having said that, julia can speak to this because she's out in hollywood when jeff first got out to hollywood, i remember reading the story. when he first got there, everybody was wrietsing him off. he got into that chair and made it work better than anybody anticipated. you look at the franchise and the franchise films that didn't exist before he was there. many of which are now going to be ongoing franchises and you'll start to see in the theme parks. >> i'll have you sum it up that the challenge is streaming you can see it as a rival to film entertainment this is an executive who has touched nearly every single part of the company he has international experience. he also was appointed to run the studio with no movie experience. he went onto have the most profitable year ever he's between the international and domestic experience here and hollywood is just about a block away from where i'm standing now on the studio lot. this is someone who is seen as having all the experience neces

the peacock christmas tree farm has been around for over 50 years. size and also help a worthy cause. it's a winding trip up mount charlie road and los gatos but it's worth it. at the top, sits the peacock christmas tree farm. 34 acres strong. 45,000 trees. dozens of varieties from sequoia to douglas fir. all dotting the santa cruz mountains like ornaments. and they are all ready to come home. >> basically everybody that comes up here is happy. where you go these days, were everyone is in a good mood, right? >> reporter: the owners, eric and his wife, lisa. two silicon valley transplants who fell in love with the mountain property in 1999. the only catch two new ownership, it came with a year- round holiday twist. the tree farm must carry on. >> he said it's a real business. were like, sure. the morning after thanksgiving i said, let's see who's there and there was a line of cars coming in. unlike call her friends and family to help us. now we have a little more dialed in. >> reporter: they have fun, 20 seasonal employees and volunteers all fly back

>> reporter: judy overstrews has been a peacock tree cutter for over 20 years. the sense of community and the personal touch. >> just sitting here watching the wind in the trees, it is just gorgeous. there are so many to choose from. it is hard to make up your mind. >> reporter: by christmas day 1,000 trees will have left the mountain. this year some of their proceeds went to words and deeds in on of ambassador chris stevens who died in libya seven years ago. the money goes to scholarships for college majors. eric and i were fraternity brothers with the ambassador at berkeley and so was steve mcdonald that runs the non- profit. >> chris was the kind of guy you felt like he was your best friend after you road up with him for the first time in an elevator. he was a guy that knew how to effortlessly listen and understand people and cultures around him. >> reporter: chris was a giving soul, and only fitting that he is remembered this time of year and his families make the annual trek through the santa cruz mountains to the peacock christmas tree farm. >> there is so

you write this week that the peacock is coming to an end.ming service it's a new streaming service from comcast about mid-january, generally 16th again to give this details on it. we arty know so the things around appeared we know free shows, i know ben is passionate about battle star galactica, "saved by the bell", punky brewster, especially, look, no one is going to expect the peacock against the streaming service of the netflix nsaid is the world beater. but we think it might be free and ad supported that's well differentiated. i think for investors it's going to start to reinforce just how wealth comcast is doing in other areas like its cable service and is broadband service generates a lot of cash stock looks good. >> even gets actionable ideas what you have missed. international. china's largest 935 million customers earnings are improving its 5g is rolled out. it's one of the cheapest large-cap companies out there, three times. and ben, you're sticking with banks. >> i'm sticking with banks, bank of america, it's looking very interest

i think that's the role hulu will play. >> peacock. >> so i think peacock supposed to be -- >> advertising-driven service as linear declines and netflix rises and disney plus rises, there's that many fewer people to advertise so. so something like peacock is going to be a nice boon for madison avenue. >> there is a bullishness about advertiser-supported video and demand services. >> cnbc reported it now but variety and "the hollywood reporter" reporting steve burke. >> "los angeles times" confirmed it as well. >> intending to end his contract or when his contract ends in august what does that mean? >> i think the implication is that he's had a great run and he wants to go out on top and it's the future only going to get a lot tougher so, you know, he's done well and i think he'll maybe live off the fat of the lion for a little while. >> he's a great operator he's sort of turned nbc into this sort of power house after the comcast acquisition. he was also a comcast guy remember so i think in that way, i don't think it changes much. >> any merger predictions for 2020 >> not in 2020. >> not saying no

the peacock christmas free farm has been around for 50 years.g out a very worthy cause. >> it is a winding trip but it is so worth it. at the tippy top is the christmas farm. 45ous trees. does zens of varieties. all dotting the santa cruz mountains like orn na minutes. they are already to come home. >> basically everybody that comes up here is happy. everybody is in a good mood. >> the owner, 60-year-old eric hoffner and his wife lisa, who fell in love with the property back in 1999. the only catch to new ownership, it came us with a year round holiday twist. the tree farm must carry on. a he said it is a real business. the morning after thanksgiving i'll see who was here and there were a line of cars. i said call our friends and family and help them. >> they have fun. 20 seasonal name yes and volunteers all flock back to peacock to work the farm and the magic it brings. it truly is a family affair. >> you can't make it up. it is like going watching a hallmark movie. you come up here and you saw and you're out in the outdoors and you pretend lik

charles peacock, danielle russ wurm and julia thompson. we don't have any of the applicants. do you have any thoughts about who you would like to see appointed, supervisor walton? >> i do. thank you so much. the first thing i want to say is i appreciate everyone who applied to serve on the working group, especially our young people who are committed to the success of the other young people. i would like to nominate for vacant seat three charles peacock who is young african-american male who lives in bayview who was formerly incarcerated as a juvenile who is now working in community and is also in college at this time. i just know that he would be instrumental in helping come up with a plan that will lead our young folks to success versus continuance -- continuous defeat in the prison pipeline. >> fantastic. is that a motion? >> that is a motion to appoint charles peacock two-seat number three. >> we can take that without objection. that motion passes. thank you. >> did you want to take public comment? >> oh, my goodness. that motion -- do i have to make a motion to -- can you

shot today, frank mallicoat introduces us to the owners of peacock christmas tree farm, the supplies over the property 10 years ago, also the charity they are donating to this year with proceeds from their sales. that, coming up. >>> transporting humans to the battlefield during world war i. we get a behind-the-scenes look at this year's nominated film, we sit down with the stars of "1917.". right after the break. >> this portion sponsored by chavez supermarket, preorder your tamales for your holiday feast. ♪ (vo) i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just doesn't have enough range. it will never survive the winter. charging stations? good luck finding one of those. so, maybe an electric car isn't for you after all. or, is it? ♪ >>> new this morning in shanghai, china. a huge, black smoke filling the sky, flames raced through for warehouses in the industrial zone. more than 300 firefighters and 50 firetrucks rushed to that scene. it is under control now, believe it or not, no injuries reported. >>> democratic leaders in congress

at the tippy top, seats the peacock christmas tree farm. 34 acres long, 45,000 trees. mountains like ornaments. and they are all ready to come home. >> everybody that comes up here is happy. were everybody is in a good mood. >> reporter: the owner and his wife choose transplants who fell in love with the property back in 1919 and. the only catch, the ownership came with a year-round holiday twist. the tree farm must carry on. >> it is a real business. morning after thanksgiving, i see a line of cars coming in and i was like oh, call our friends to come help us. >> i'm eric >> and lisa >> and gina >> will come to the tree county farm. >> reporter: seasonal employs and voters all that back to peacock every year to work the farm and the magic it is. it truly is a family affair. >> you can't make it up. it's like watching all the movies going to come up here and. >> you come up here and you see the outdoors and you pretend like you're a lumberjack. >> reporter: judy of santa cruz has been a peacock tree buyer for over 20 years. she loves the sense of community and that per

nbc ease aun versal's peacock is going up against tumo. third, it will eat into the b office which will decne here. >> in a declining box office, elit's l to put pressure on studios' bottom line. for 19 business report, i'm julia boorstin. >> merry christm'l, everybody. see you tomo. narrator: funding for this presentation is made possible by... woman: babbel, a language app that teaches real life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian and more. babbel's 10 to 15 minute lessons are available as an app or online. more information on babbel.com. narrator: funding was also provided by... the freeman foundation by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation. pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you, ank you. woman: and now, bbc world news anchor: this

deirdre: tech and media, next step, nbc univers universal is e peacock. >> the peacock streaming service.99 if you want the ads. cbs all access, $5.99. and here's the whole list. netflix, the basic is $8.99. and actually disney plus, as everybody said priced right, apple tv plus, much less content. did they set it too high? >> it's and odd price point. it will have 15,000 hours of content when it launches. they'll start getting back a lot of the nbc universe content like the office. the pricing is a little odd. hulu plus is $7.99 i believe for the regular ad supported versions. so it's kind of in the middle, it's kind of right around where the cbs all access pricing is. deirdre: the bundling, if you take disney plus, plus hulu, plus espn plus, that's $12.99. most an lists i've been speaking with, that's actually doing better than most people realize right now. >> that's a great price point. you get multiple services. deirdre: three properties. >> this seems off to me. this seems they're going where cbs is going, which is not ad supported. you can pay a higher price to not have the ad as.

netflix will lose more subscribers in the u.s nbc universal peacock launching in april and hbo max launchingis year's new editions of disney plus and ple tv plus, netflix will face steep competition in u.s., putting pressure to continue to invest in content and international growth second add-supported streaming will peacock in the fray will be the new wars consumers, advertisers and content creators will shift focus to streaming ad-supported content for free nbc universal peacock is going up against pluto, independent zoomo. third the success of streaming video will eat into the box office which will decline next year all that streaming content raising the bar for going to the movies in a declining box office, lacking big name franchises that broke records this year, likely to put pressure on studios bottom lines >> with no real surprise, star wars films topped christmas day box office in the united states, four out of past five years despite the resilience of the franchise online streaming services continue to pose a threat to the industry as the year saw the release of numerous popular ti

nbc is expected to reveal the cost of peacock january 6th.e get the service for free. i'm going to send it back to you. >> that would be nice. >> that would be nice. >> foror a big discount. >> you know. >> exactly. >> a perk. >> exactly. >> thanks, rahel. >>> coming up here on "today in the bay," kari is tracking the rain across the bay area this morning. >> we are starting out with soggy conditions, a live look in downtown san jose, as you head out, you can see the wet roads, but christmas in the park all lit up. we'll have a hard time getting out there today with the waves of rain coming in. we're tracking it on storm ranger, showing some of the heaviest rain pretty much covering much of the north bay and the peninsula. we'll take a closer look at this, coming up next. >>> and we are tracking a sig alert along westbound 580 at lake shore. both directions shut down. i'll have details on that coming up. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> also, rolling full speed ahead in california. how soon we could see driverless trucks delivering you

, because nothing says christmas like a 3- d printed chocolate peacock.are news at 6 pm begins now with ken and veronica. >> now, don't get too comfortable with us breaking the rain. we still have days of active weather leading up to a major storm this week. >> plus a robbery turns into a street fight at emeryville's bay street shopping center. the off-duty chp officer who gets knocked out cold, by a group of teenagers. >> that is all i can say. he is our family. >> a family desperate to get their dog back, after someone stole him, right out of their car. our top story on kpix5 instrument on cbsn, the wet weather is not over yet. good evening. >> let's take a look at the doppler right now. santa cruz area getting the brunt of the storm, as it passed through today. and a live look at the santa cruz mountains. people getting a little break from the rain right now. after hours of heavy showers, inches of water, taking over this neighborhood. some residents reported water rushing into their homes. the creek often times over lingering big storms like this one.

-- >> it could with a horse and a peacock. >> here they say amazon's on the periphery.re's a reasonable shot that at&t doesn't want to pay what it's going to cost hbo to remain competitive and this issue of how much you're willing to pay for eququality original content a big question and netflix just got there first. they said there was an unappreciated massive head start for netflix. i think we don't talk about that enough it's been in the game way long >> it's not so much is it the zero sum game. disney people canceling to go to disney i think these disney subscribers are going for free and we'll see how many stay on, but the question is how much growth will netflix have going forward and will they add as many subscribers with so many other choices. hard to see adding so many subscribers. if you have netflix, you have netflix. >> we got to go on this because i've another issue, but cover of the hollywood reporter saying apple buys netflix so if you take your "wall street journal" story about mgm, which is sort of like a mini version of this, maybe there's more of an a

you write this week that the peacock is coming to an end.to learn about the streaming service it's a new streaming service from comcast about mid-january, generally 16th again to give this details on it. we arty know so the things around appeared we know free shows, i know ben is passionate about battle star galactica, "saved by the bell", punky brewster, especially, look, no one is going to expect the peacock against the streaming service of the netflix nsaid is the world beater. but we think it might be free and ad supported that's well differentiated. i think for investors it's going to start to reinforce just how wealth comcast is doing in other areas like its cable service and is broadband service generates a lot of cash stock looks good. >> even gets actionable ideas what you have missed. international. china's largest 935 million customers earnings are improving its 5g is rolled out. it's one of the cheapest large-cap companies out there, three times. and ben, you're sticking with banks. >> i'm sticking with banks, bank of america, it

and frontbenchers and people like laura peacock, a lot of the level of relying on her to go forward inection if labour did lose but not quite as badly as they did. people thought she would be the rising star and takeover now, in terms of labour left candidates, thatis terms of labour left candidates, that is narrowing. i am really shocked atjeremy corbyn‘s tone. he is going down anyway, why not take responsibility, why does he not feel really, really bad those really good mps lost their seats. when theresa may lost some of the seats, she was begging for forgiveness. may lost some of the seats, she was begging forforgiveness. it may lost some of the seats, she was begging for forgiveness. it is a human response. it is a soap pigheaded. there is still this massive battle and jeremy corbyn does not want to say that corbin is failed. —— corbynism. does not want to say that corbin is failed. -- corbynism. just talking about who could probably stand up as the next leader, lisa nandi have spoken as a possible. she said the ma nifesto spoken as a possible. she said the manifesto made little se

. >> horses, peacocks, that gets crazy. >> passengers must present medical documentation why the animals are necessary and they are supposed to be well behave but a spokes fern for the association of flight attendants says that's not us -- always the case. >> we need more con creed guidelines for support ann mass. >> delta airlines reported more than 40 instances of aggressive animal behaviors. >> we had flight attendants going to the hospital with stitches or passengers having to be taken off from attacks. >> certain airlines like american and dell tar starting to limit emotional support to dogs and cats. >> it's like throwing gasoline on the fire right now. >> there are no current limits on the number of support animals on an aircraft but the department of transportation is expected to release new rules by the end of the year. >> we are trying to come one a system which works for everybody. whether they are able to do it, i don't know. >> until the system his place, the rules will remain up in the air. catherine johnson, cbs news, washington. >>> taste of the day is going to be bo kcho

who doesn't want a peacock >> i know.f they do it for free, i saw rumors around, ad supported free service versus no ads paid, maybe that makes more sense. >> my issue with this data, if i'm an investor in netflix, which i'm not, we're not allowed to be obviously, but if i'm an investor, i don't care who watched a new show for two minutes over the first month what i care about is what content keeps subscribers from churning or attracts new subscribers. that's the data we need if we're investors and want to tell how it is effecting netflix. i heard nobody talking about "murder mystery. lots of people talking about "stranger things." >> you have to wonder, too, if you were an investor, curious whether or not netflix was planning to reduce production costs over time as it has to make more content. we're all aware of the fact netflix is willing to spend lots of money, billions of dollars to make content you have to wonder how sustainable it is, if it relies increasingly on its own original ip >> am i going to be able to see c

disney will invest in hulu do you think peacock will be well positioned?they're going to -- this time next year talking about the streaming wars which are just beginning, they're going to be at least a dozen streaming services available to the u.s. public, and comcast on top of what it's doing in the united states paid $40 billion for sky in the uk and europe, and they are going to become a dominant streaming force competing head to head with netflix in europe and the rest of the world through sky. so yes, i think the race is on right now. the consumer is going to have to figure out who and how much he wants to pay for the television services that will be coming over the internet. will he want advertising and subscription or will they just want a clean service like disney and disney right now is racing ahead of any projections they have according to the sources we've been listening to, disney already has 28 billion subscribers, and they're just a month old. >> porter, we're talking about prospective winners. i realize it's early in the streaming wars, but

yellow flag in 2020. >> nice to mention peacock. >> speaks to a broader point. >> consumers have moreices which they didn't have before. >> do you not think netflix for a lot of people that have been on it view it as a quasi bundle? it has its own genres, categories >> 85, 90% agree lower end, you have churn, price sensitivity. look what iger and cook priced streaming services, was a shot at hastings and netflix. there's a lot of pricing hubris going on at netflix hq. >> i consider apple to be barely a service at this point. >> it just touched >> the big one was disney. huge mark there. >> that was iger, fox asset and everything that was them saying look at the clips. all our work shows the level of subs coming in for disney is eye popping. took the street by surprise. >> like to say we'll continue to watch this mark, dan, thanks. >>> when we come back here, falters in the mission jim bridenstine joins us to discuss. >>> another day, another all-time high for tesla. not really all right. we'll speak with an early investor, former board member. the stock is above 400 "squawk alley" is

laura peacock before the general election was believed to be in the running there, but she lost her seatdoubts within that part of the labour party about how popular or well— known rebecca long— bailey about how popular or well— known rebecca long—bailey is. she does relatively well with focus groups from what they understand, but simple —— people simply don't know who she is, generally speaking. and she doesn't have... i think this is one of the problems labour has generally, when you look at the field of candidates, it is wide, there are a lot of people, but they don't have the background in politics. they don't have the years of experience. kier starmer was obviously very experienced as head of the crown prosecution service, so he has had a great, successful career, for example, that he is actually relatively new for politics. he has only been an mp for four years. so you have got people, if they have a sense, it is not a political one. ian labrie, this story notes, who was the pro—brexit chairman of the party, as told friends that he might consider throwing his hat in the ring. he is

. >> they have farm 20 seasonal employs and volunteers all that back to peacock every year to work thean make it up. this just like going and watching a hallmark movie coming up here. >> you come up here and you are out in the outdoors and you're pretending like you're a lumberjack. >> reporter: judy of santa cruz has been a peak of tree buyer for over 20 years. she loves the sense of community and that personal touch. >> a little more christmas spirit and said. >> watching the wind in the trees is really beautiful. the trees are gorgeous. properties gorgeous. the hard part is making up your mind. >> reporter: by christmas day, 1000 trees with the left the mountain in a charity would be all the better. like they do every december, they donate some of their proceeds. this year, it went to words and deeds. an older of ambassador chris who died in libya seven years ago. the funds will go towards scholarships for middle eastern studies majors. all following in stephen's footsteps. eric and i were fraternity brothers would be impossible berkeley. and so was steve mcdonald who runs the nonpr

as a slew of new streaming apps gains traction with peacock launching in april and hbo max launching on toop of disney+ and apple tv plus, netflix will face steep competition for subscribers putting pressure on it to invest in content and to invest in international growth second, ad supported streaming with peacock entering the fray will be the new thing in streaming wars consumers, advertisers and content creators will shift focus to streaming ad supported content for free third, the success of streaming video will eat into the box office which will decline next year all of that streaming content raising the bar for going to the movies in a declining box office lacking the big name franchises that broke records this year is likely to put pressure on studio's bottom lines. >> so that was julia boorstin reporting. who is the best positioned to dominate the streaming wars heading into the new year? forgive me, it's been a long day, grasso. >> i think that disney for me. i think netflix is actually a sell at these levels it's had an unbelievable run i was tremendously bullish on netflix

one woman was banned when she tried to get her peacock on the plane. >> people are always trying to getit's just a matter of time before someone brings a horse on a plane. >> unfortunately, i think the influx of all kinds of animals on planes and public transportation in general has possibly swung the pendulum a little bit too far. >> reporter: in upstate new york, a different kind of emotional support animal is providing moo-ving experiences. meet bella and bonnie, the comfort cows. hey, bella! >> bella! it's like calling your dogs. >> hi, bella. >> reporter: suzanne and rudy own and operate mountain horse farm. the guests come here for one specific service that's generating a lot of buzz. cow cuddling. >> it naturally relaxes you. a lot of people are looking for mindfulness, ways to calm down their head. when you're with a large animal like that, they command your presence, are you right there. and that creates a natural mindfulness. >> reporter: it's a practice suzanne hails from her native netherlands, cow hugging. it's meant to get people back in touch with nature. is petting part

all this comes as comcast prepares to launch its streaming service called peacock in april. are up more than 30% this year >> what will zumo bring to the table? >> it's ad supported what nbc universal will do with peacock is go in a different direction than net olympics and disney plus. that's all about streaming subscription content that you pay for without ads. they will have tiers that have ads that are free. they will have fewer ads and cost a little bit of something to watch but i think it will be really interesting because they want to have this infrastructure to stream to a lot of people and even do live streaming as well >> we'll see if this zumo deal happens. they are in those advanced talks. have you gone a con serts lately you may have noticed that you're paying a lot more. the average ticket price rose 55% this decade to roughly $95 that's according to the wall street journal the rolling stones had the highest grossing tour raking in more than $175 million ticket prices averaged a mere $226 the thing that gets my attention is live nation owns ticket master ticket

number of times he is the author of 2 books about unsung suchi and burma entitled the lady in the peacock and the lady and the generals he joins us tonight from london peter it's good to have you on the program what do you think's. going to let me ask you did the put us into on songs you cheese mind here why do you think she chose to go to the hague and to testify she didn't have to is she in danger of being directly linked to the military crackdown against them or hinge of by appearing in this trial. i think from the western perspective from our perspective it looks an incredibly risky thing to do i mean she's sitting in the hague in the same sort of situation in which people who are undoubted will criminal such as not diction and slobodan milosevic found themselves not long ago and who spent the rest of their lives in jail she's come voluntarily and it's been a bit of a a sensation that she did so i think we have to look at it from her point of view she has a general election next year. her party has been in power for the last 5 years and they really have not done any of the things whic

with responsibilities added onto existing roles without commensurate pay increases these anti-union peacock blockers at n.b.c. also created a website laying out the same anti-union talking points strategy that hearst magazines employ after editorial staff want to form a union with the writers guild of america and in an f.a.q. which asks why is a union good for other media companies and not ours hearst's website said. every media company is a stable business we are not reliant on venture capital firms or the whims of investors these never happen to us attitude is not a great take that's what this idiot was running for president and these reporters know that anything is possible just ask the ones who had to watch a member of congress use a photo of an armed ronald reagan riding on a lobster raptor to prove one of the green new deal is a bad idea data shows businesses spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for union busting while claiming they don't have money to improve their workers' lives like crap times foods who in $26.00 team hired union avoidance consultants at the birth group for $1531

peacock are launching their own services now take a look at this the industry leader netflix or 13200000 people watch martin scorsese's epic gangster movie the irishman in the us over the 1st 5 days after its release its spending billions on content and has more than $100000000.00 subscribers worldwide but apple is spending $6000000000.00 on content including spending a reported 3 $100000000000.00 on the morning show starring jennifer aniston amazon claims that it signed up millions of people after paying $90000000.00 pounds for 3 years worth of english premier league games joining us now from london daniel got danielle is a research manager at research and analytics film company amp analysis good to have you with us daniel ultimately what's going to determine the success of these streaming services does it all come down to budget i think budget is very important and we've seen that from the likes netflix and amazon who've been investing heavily over the last few years in original content as well as license content so with the original content being one of the cornerstones to the new str