Amazon is shutting down vee

Amazon is going to unopen down Freevee, its free ad-supported streaming tv (FAST) service. The service’s contented has already been migrated complete to Prime Video and caller episodes of Freevee shows will beryllium disposable to group who don’t salary for Prime, Deadline reports. The marque will beryllium phased retired “over the coming weeks,” Deadline says.

Freevee primitively launched retired of Amazon-owned IMDb successful 2019 as IMDb Freedive and was rebranded a fewer months aft motorboat to IMDb TV and past to Freevee successful 2022. The work had immoderate of its ain original content, for illustration Bosch: Legacy and Jury Duty, Amazon besides added immoderate Prime Video contented to the work starting in 2023.

But Adweek reported in February that Amazon was readying to sunset the marque — pursuing the preamble of ads connected Prime Video successful January, the company’s video streaming offerings had gotten a spot muddy.

“To present a simpler viewing acquisition for customers, we person decided to shape retired Freevee branding,” an Amazon spokesperson says successful a connection to Deadline. “There will beryllium nary alteration to the contented disposable for Prime members, and a immense offering of free streaming contented will still beryllium accessible for non-Prime members, including prime Originals from Amazon MGM Studios, a assortment of licensed movies and series, and a wide room of FAST Channels — each disposable connected Prime Video.”