12 Nov Amazon Is Shutting Down Freevee, Its Ad-Supported Video Streamer [Variety]
BY TODD SPANGLER
November 12, 2024 | RIP, Freevee.
Amazon is officially shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported video streaming service originally launched under the IMDb brand nearly five years ago. Freevee will be phased out over the course of the next several weeks. Going forward, content that had been on the service will be subsumed under Amazon’s Prime Video brand.
In a statement provided to Variety, an Amazon rep said, “We have built Prime Video into a first-stop entertainment destination where customers can personalize their viewing experience by streaming exclusive Prime member entertainment produced by Amazon MGM Studios, licensed movies and series, content from other services as an add-on subscription, live sports, blockbuster movies and series to rent or buy, FAST [free, ad-supported streaming TV] channels and the complete Amazon Freevee content offering.”
Read more on Variety.