Peacock’s NBA coverage will add an overlay with live shot stats

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. The NBA is headed to Peacock this October, and with it a range of new features making the viewing experience distinct from watching basketball on cable and a flood of other sports-focused packages. For starters, Peacock is adding an optional “performance view” overlay that will show you player names and a live shot chart that can display percentages for different types of shots. Peacock is “going to be refining this throughout the season,” as well as testing and adding more types of data in the future, John Jelley, Peacock’s senior vice president of product, said during a press briefing. The service also plans to make live games more prominent by showing them as soon as you open the app, cuing up at-a-glance information, like who’s scoring the most points. The shot chart will appear alongside players with the ball. Image: Peacock Additi ... Read full article.