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Universal+ is an American over-the-top streaming service owned by Comcast through NBCUniversal. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment (excluding Who Framed Roger Rabbit), DreamWorks Pictures, Universal Animation Studios, Illumination Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Sony Pictures Animation and DreamWorks Animation SKG.

It was released on July 26, 2030. Upon launch, the service was met with positive reception of its content library.

The service has 45 million users as of December 2030.

History
In May 2027, Comcast announced that they were "revamping" their current streaming service at the time, Peacock, by replacing it with a new streaming service. Following this announcement, in June 2028, Peacock was closed. That July, Comcast announced the streaming service was due to come out in 2030. In November 2029, they revealed its name, Universal+. The release date, July 26, 2030, was announced in February 2030.

Content
Further information: List of original programs distributed by Universal+ and List of original films distributed by Universal+

The service is built around content from Universal's main entertainment studios and film and television library, including Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment (excluding Who Framed Roger Rabbit), DreamWorks Pictures, Universal Animation Studios, Illumination Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Sony Pictures Animation and DreamWorks Animation SKG.

Content library
It is expected that Universal+ will have approximately 4,000 television episodes and 500 films. The service will also include select acquired programming from outside production companies that are not directly made by Universal or any of its subsidiaries (such as Sony works)

At launch, only the first three of Sony Pictures Animation's works were available on Universal+, Open Season, Surf's Up, and ''Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. The Smurfs was added on September 6, 2030, Arthur Christmas was added on December 6, 2030, The Pirates! Band Of Misfits was added on February 14, 2031, Hotel Transylvania was added on June 6, 2031, The Smurfs 2 was added on July 4, 2031, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 ''was added on August 1, 2030, and so on.

Original scripted content
There are original series based on Spielberg's works like Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park, as well as series to King Kong, Back To The Future, and The Fast and The Furious, and family based series like The Minions Show and How To Train Your Dragon: Epilogue.

There are also original series and films like Rucker & Bunk, Altitude and Lazer B.

Original unscripted content
Most of the unscripted content on Universal+ are documentaries about their films, most notably the Back To The Future documentary, which was trending for the first two weeks of the streaming service's launch. There are also some cooking shows.