Amazon will shut down Freevee, its ad-supported free streaming TV (FAST) service. The service's content material has already been migrated to Prime Video, and new episodes of Freevee exhibits shall be obtainable to individuals who don't pay for Prime. deadline stories. The model shall be phased out “over the approaching weeks” deadline say.
Freevee initially launched from Amazon-owned IMDb in 2019 as IMDb Freedive and was rebranded a number of months after launch to IMDb TV after which Freevee in 2022. The service featured a few of its personal authentic content material comparable to Bosch: Legacy and Jury obligationAmazon has additionally added Prime Video content material to the service beginning in 2023.
However Adweek reported in February that Amazon was planning to ditch the model — following the introduction of adverts on Prime Video in January, the video streaming firm's choices have turn out to be a little bit cloudy.
“To supply clients with an easier viewing expertise, we've determined to section out the Freevee branding,” an Amazon spokesperson stated in an announcement to Deadline. “There shall be no change to the content material obtainable to Prime members, and an enormous providing of free streaming content material will proceed to be accessible to non-Prime members, together with choose originals from Amazon MGM Studios, quite a lot of licensed motion pictures and sequence, and an enormous library of FAST channels — all obtainable on Prime Video.”