Amazon emblem on a brick constructing exterior in San Francisco on Aug. 20, 2024.
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Amazon is discontinuing its standalone free streaming TV service subsequent month because it appears to be like to consolidate its content material choices below Prime Video.
The service, called Freevee, launched in 2019 beneath IMDb, the movie and TV website Amazon purchased in 1998. It supplied a secure of free, ad-supported video, together with unique sequence and a few Prime Video content material, primarily by an app.
The Freevee app will shut down in August, at which level customers will have the ability to watch exhibits and films on Prime Video at no cost with out a subscription to Amazon’s Prime loyalty program, based on a discover to customers.
“Prime Video is the brand new unique house for Freevee TV exhibits, motion pictures and Stay TV,” the discover states.
Amazon telegraphed final November that the corporate would wind down the Freevee service to “ship a less complicated viewing expertise for patrons,” Deadline reported.
The corporate is sunsetting Freevee after introducing ads on Prime Video in January 2024. Prime Video is included in a $15-a-month Prime membership, or as a standalone service for $9. Customers will pay a further $2 a month to forgo advertisements.
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