The top is in sight for Freevee as Amazon proclaims shutdown date

FAST (free ad-supported TV) companies have gained vital recognition within the US, with platforms comparable to The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, and Tubi rising as prime rivals within the area.

Main tech corporations have additionally ventured into offering FAST companies. In 2023, Google TV launched its FAST channels, later rebranded as Freeplay. Samsung gives Samsung TV Plus, whereas Amazon’s service, initially referred to as IMDb TV, was renamed Amazon Freevee in 2022.

Nonetheless, Amazon introduced final yr that it was shutting down Freevee to shift its whole focus to constructing Prime Video. Nevertheless it did not specify precisely when Freevee would shut down. Now, Amazon has lastly confirmed that Freevee will shut down this August, lower than a month away.

This information was shared by Amazon by way of the most recent Freevee app replace (through AFTV News). Amazon states customers can “Proceed watching your favourite Freevee Originals and our library of hit motion pictures, reveals, and reside TV on Prime Video free of charge, no subscription wanted.”

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All of Freevee’s content material is now on Prime Video

Prime Video has a brand new “Look ahead to Free” class accessible alongside all its paid content material

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Though the Freevee app will not be accessible after August, none of its content material can be misplaced. Final yr, Amazon added all of Freevee’s content material to Prime Video, permitting customers to proceed watching it free of charge. This contains Freevee Originals and its library of free motion pictures and TV reveals.

Whereas Prime Video sometimes requires an Amazon Prime subscription to entry most content material, Freevee’s reveals and films on Prime Video could be watched free of charge with adverts, and not using a subscription. Freevee content material seems on Prime Video underneath the “Look ahead to Free” class on each the app and web site.

Within the app discover despatched to Freevee customers, Amazon states, “Prime Video is the brand new unique residence for Freevee TV reveals, motion pictures, and Reside TV.” In 2024, Amazon introduced it could shut down Freevee in 2025, citing the choice to “part out Freevee branding” as a strategy to “ship a less complicated viewing expertise for patrons.”

You probably have the Freevee app in your smartphone or TV, you possibly can proceed utilizing it by way of July, however it’s going to cease working in August. If you have not tried Prime Video earlier than, you possibly can obtain it free of charge out of your TV’s app retailer or from the App Retailer and Google Play Retailer in your cell machine.

From a enterprise standpoint, Amazon’s resolution to part out Freevee and switch its content material to Prime Video is smart. Any Freevee person who desires to maintain watching free reveals or motion pictures now must browse Prime Video, which gives a big selection of paid content material by way of its Prime membership and extra paid channels. Amazon clearly hopes this variation will encourage Freevee customers to think about signing up for a Prime membership, in the event that they have not already.

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