Three years ago, a Southern California consumer complained about unwittingly renewing a Peacock subscription. Now, the conflict is expected to end with media giant NBCUniversal paying $3.6 million to Los Angeles County.
It’s up to a Los Angeles judge to approve the settlement.
As part of the deal, the Comcast-owned streaming service agreed to pay $1.5 million to the county’s Department of Consumer and Business Affairs to help fund consumer protection enforcement as well as $100,000 to cover the costs of investigating Peacock’s subscription and auto-renewal practices…