Peacock & JetBlue Partnership
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About the partnership:

Peacock TV became the exclusive streaming partner of JetBlue. Passengers can watch Peacock Originals on seatback in-flight exclusively, as well as stream the entire app via the free Fly-Fi.

JetBlue TrueBlue tier customers can earn 1,000 points for Peacock subscriptions, while Mosaic members will receive 12 month complimentary Peacock Premium subscription. Our Product team was tasked with the Peacock TV activation process on web.

Objectives:

User goals: Subscribe and watch original streaming entertainment at a reasonable cost, with minimal friction.

Business goals: To increase our subscriber base through strategic partnerships, and uncover the potential of an untapped market.

Timeline: 6 months

Success metrics: Increase our paid subscriber base, creating long-term profit for Peacock streaming service.

My role:

Driving the customer experience for the activation of Peacock TV, collaborating with Peacock's Marketing team and JetBlue partners. Preparing and presenting to stakeholders for high-level "Inform" sessions.

The personas

Persona 1 for Peacock Sharon, 48 Business traveler, mother of two tweens
Avid fan of The Office series and other NBC comedies. She also watches some tentpole sporting events.

Travels for work, often searches for less expensive flights.

She considers herslf a "deal hunter", finding deals through word-of-mouth and her email inbox.

Sharon shares passwords with friends and family, in an effort to keep entertainment costs down.

Persona 2 for Peacock Ray, 29 Young post-graduate traveler, avid gamer
They often organize trips with small groups of friends to warmer climates.

Ray is carefree with their budget, content with spending more for entertainment.

They need to be reminded of unique content on Peacock, as they already subscribe to 3 other streamers.

They have no brand affinity to "networks".

Customer insights

We conducted customer interviews to drive our product development

Consumer insights
Findings:
Understanding potential customers

Prospects who can't connect their needs or motivations to a product won't become customers.

Hand-hold customers to activate Peacock

A cohesive experience starts from the discoverability of the offer, followed by an enticing value prop and triggers to activation and reminders.

Provide transparent terms

Build trust with partnering brands by showing clear pricing, offer details, savings, and terms of entitlement and eligibility.

Meet the user where they’re at

Provide alternative activation paths to fit a wider range of users. Make things convenient where and when they need it.

Wire flow

The JetBlue Loyalty customer

JetBlue's Mosaic tier Loyalty program members receive a complimentary year of Peacock Premium and TrueBlue tier members receive a 1,000 TrueBlue point bonus after the first month of becoming a paid Peacock subscriber.

The flow below represents the "golden path" for a customer with a JetBlue TrueBlue tier (the lower tier), which amounts to 90% of the Loyalty members.

Customer flow for Peacock Activation

Activating Peacock TV

Increasing our subscriber base

The various customer "inform" touchpoints during the partnership are during booking, travel preparation, pre-flight and check-in, in-flight (seat back videos), and post-flight moments. We collaborated with Peacock's Marketing team to align our branding and messaging through the digital experience.

The journey below shows the seatback experience, where an in-flight video displays a QR code to activate Peacock. Our hypothesis was that this is when customers would most likely redeem the offer. Customers can enter the URL provided onscreen, or scan the code with their mobile device and tap on the URL to continue.
Customer views Peacock TV promo in seatback TV

The Peacock TV Offer Activation

The user is taken to a Peacock partnership landing page, where the details of the offer are clearly displayed.

In collaboration with engineering, we decided that we needed to understand whether the customer was a Peacock customer first. The customer will need to enter an email associated with a Peacock account, and we would check if there is a pre-existing account.

In this scenario, the customer does not have an account, and will need to create an account by filling in their information. The offer details are below the form fields.
Customer taps on url and begins activating Peacock TV Create your Peacock account
The customer will need to enter their TrueBlue account information. We would pre-populate the first and last name fields in order to make the process a little easier, but left the email field blank.

During customer interview sessions, some participants may use a different email for their JetBlue Loyalty program than their Peacock account.

On the back end, we would perform a check to see if they are a TrueBlue or Mosaic tier member. In this scenario, they have a TrueBlue account, and are eligible for 1,000 miles.

The product team recommended that we should confirm the offer with the user before taking them to fill out their credit card information, pointing back to the "Provide transparency of terms" in the Customer Insights section of this case study. The user will be paying full price for Peacock, but will have air miles available, and we wanted to be sure they were aware of the terms.
Enter your TrueBlue information TrueBlue Eligibility-how many points
Customers would need to fill out their method of payment, and we confirm the purchase amount at $5.99 per month below the form fields. We confirm the 1,000 TrueBlue reward points in green in order to call out the offer.

After payment, they will see the Success screen, prompting the user to confirm their email address. They are able to watch Peacock if they don't confirm, but will be notified at intervals during the watch experience. The user would also be able to stream via JetBlue’s free Fly-Fi.
Fill in your credit card information Success screen-you have Peacock TV

Customer journey

The in-market experience

View a recording of the Peacock activation path for the JetBlue TrueBlue tier customer. This is the in-market version of the web activation experience on a mobile device, as of Sept. 2023.

The results

Launched August, 2023

Targets: Estimated monthly and annual subscribers are slightly below our estimates, and are taking measures to identify drops in the funnel.
Increasing our customer base: Rolled out Seasonal Offers, testing various pricing during holiday travel times.
Marketing improvements: Working with Peacock marketing to understand where we can improve on customer touchpoints.
Promotiong awareness: Collaborating with JetBlue to promote our catalog when customers purchase a ticket.
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