Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, the company confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 12. The platform will now to join the likes of other ill-fated streamers like CNN Plus and Quibi.



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Amazon shutting down Freevee, its free streaming service

Two years after its launch, Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming service Freevee is shutting down, the company confirmed this week. Shows that play on the app will be available for free on Amazon’s Prime Video service even if a viewer does not pay for a subscription. Freevee, which got its start as Amazon’s IMDb TV but adopted its current name in 2022, is one of a handful of streaming services ...

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Amazon is officially shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported video streaming service originally launched under the IMDb brand.

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Amazon Is Shutting Down Freevee, Its Ad-Supported Video Streamer

It's official -- free, ad-supported video on demand streaming service Amazon Freevee will be phased out over the coming weeks.

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Freevee To Shut Down As Amazon Consolidates Subscription & Free Content Under Prime Video

Amazon has confirmed it is shutting down Freevee, its free ad-supported streaming service, and folding it into Prime Video. Freevee original programming such as originals as “Jury Duty,” “Bosch: Legacy” and “Judy Justice,” which stars Judge Judy Sheindlin, will be phased out over the coming weeks. Past episodes will be available on Prime Video. Prime members won’t see changes to the content available and non-Prime members will still be able to g…

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Amazon is shutting down its free streaming service as it directs non-subscribers to Prime Video.

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Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming service Freevee is shutting down — but it’s not all bad news for fans of the platform. According to Deadline, Amazon is phasing out Freevee over the next few weeks and has already migrated Freevee content to Prime Video. New episodes of Freevee series, such as Judy Justice, Neighbours, Tribunal Justice, America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation and Bosch: Legacy will all be available for non-Prime customer…

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Image: Freevee  Amazon is going to shut down Freevee, its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service. The service’s content has already been migrated over to Prime Video and new episodes of Freevee shows will be available to people who don’t pay for Prime, Deadline reports. The brand will be phased out “over the coming weeks,” Deadline says.  Freevee originally launched out of Amazon-owned IMDb in 2019 as IMDb Freedive and was rebrand…

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Amazon is shutting down Freevee

Amazon is shutting down its free streaming platform, Freevee, and folding its programming into Prime Video.

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Amazon Shutting Down Freevee Streaming Service

Amazon has announced that it is shutting down Freevee, its ad-supported video streamer over the next few weeks.

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