Just more than a week before its July 15 national rollout on the open internet of their new streaming service, Peacock, Comcast and its NBCUniversal media division still don’t have deals in place for app support on the two biggest connected TV platforms, Roku and Amazon Fire TV. 

As AT&T and WarnerMedia have shown with their SVOD launch, there’s certainly no guarantee that either OTT device ecosystem will come into the fold by Monday—HBO Max, which launched May 27, still doesn’t have deals in place with Roku and Amazon.

Speaking to CNET in a story published today, Peacock Chairman Matt Strauss struck a sanguine tone. 

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"When it comes to Peacock, we've got a very long-term strategy and vision for what we're bringing to market,” Strauss told the technology publication. "It's not a sprint, it's a marathon for us.

"Our launch date on July 15, is our launch date," he added. "We're in discussions with everybody ... we would like to have the app available on all platforms, but we're committed to launching on the date that we set forth." 

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Two weeks ago, Peacock announced a wide-ranging deal with Google that will enable Peacock support on Android mobile devices and Android TV connected TV boxes, dongles and smart TVs, as well as Chromecast connected TV devices and Chromebook computers. 

NBCU had previously announced an agreement with Apple for support on iPhones, iPads, Mabooks and Apple TV devices, as well as with Microsoft for Xbox One.

The full premium subscription Peacock service has already been available since mid-April via Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex pay TV services. 

Notably, WarnerMedia’s negotiations with Amazon and Roku have been complicated because the intricate ties of legacy OTT app HBO Now within those two platforms. 

The Walt Disney Company also went down to the final days before its Nov. 12 North American launch before signing Roku and Amazon deals. 

Like Disney, Peacock is a new app, and does not come with the complexity of overlaying an existing service like HBO Now. 

Strauss's CNET comments were published the same day that Variety took its own deep dive into Peacock. Notably, the trade said NBCU plans to spend $2 billion in 2020 and 2021 getting the service off the ground. 

NBCU, Variety added, hopes to have between 30 million - 35 million subscribers by 2024, which would be a break-even point for the conglomerate. 

Updated: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed Peacock's national launch date. 

CBS Interactive and Vice Media announced a deal Monday where the two will collaborate to produce original tech-focused multiplatform content.

Sponsored by Microsoft Surface globally and Audi of America in the U.S., the series, “Dear Future,” will highlight major innovations like space travel, the ethics of genome editing, internet freedom, the future of virtual reality, robotics, artificial intelligence and the future of transportation, according to the companies.

The “Dear Future” series will run on CNET, CBS Interactive’s tech website, and Vice’s own technology-focused online magazine and video channel, Motherboard, as well as via their respective mobile and social platforms.

The first collaboration launches Sept. 11 with a look at the future of mind-controlled computers in the first of a collection of long-form pieces titled “How We’ll Eventually Control Everything With Our Minds.” A docu-series will follow this fall.

“As the world’s number one consumer tech media brand, our global audience looks to us to discover the unique stories that demonstrate how today’s technology will inform our future,” said CNET senior vice president and general manager Mark Larkin in a statement. “This partnership enables us to combine the editorial expertise of CNET and Motherboard to produce new and unique content that showcases the possible.”

The partnership comes a few months after Vice Media received a $450 million investment from private equity fund TPG that was geared toward helping the company launch and finance Vice Studios to produce scripted multi-screen programming to complement its library of news, documentary and reality programming. The media brand also said at the time it expected to use the money to build out its next generation of products and revenue streams, including OTT and direct-to-consumer offerings.

“Motherboard is this internet oracle for an audience that might as well be living 50 years in the future,” said Vice head of publishing Thobey Campion in a statement. “It’s gratifying to have found a kindred spirit in CNET, who can help us produce the most groundbreaking tech-focused stories around. The partnership also provides a very unique opportunity to bring this wealth of editorial and video to a greatly expanded global audience, ultimately waking people up to innovations that will impact all of humanity.”