Amazon Prime Video is shuttering its free-streaming arm Freevee, previously referred to as IMDb Freedive and IMDb TV, however that doesn’t imply these Freevee Originals will disappear altogether.
Following a report at Deadline that Freevee can be eradicated as a model, a spokesperson at Prime Video defined, “We now have constructed Prime Video right into a first-stop leisure vacation spot the place clients can personalize their viewing expertise by streaming unique Prime member leisure produced by Amazon MGM Studios, licensed motion pictures and collection, content material from different companies as an add-on subscription, dwell sports activities, blockbuster motion pictures and collection to hire or purchase, FAST Channels and the whole Amazon Freevee content material providing. To ship a less complicated viewing expertise for purchasers, we have now determined to part out Freevee branding.”
“There can be no change to the content material accessible for Prime members, and an unlimited providing of free streaming content material will nonetheless be accessible for non-Prime members, together with choose Originals from Amazon MGM Studios, quite a lot of licensed motion pictures and collection, and a broad library of FAST Channels – all accessible on Prime Video,” the assertion continued.
Freevee Originals have been already a part of Amazon MGM Studios’ content material portfolio. Which means your favourite ongoing Freevee Originals like Bosch: Legacy, Judy Justice, Jury Responsibility, Neighbours, The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, and extra will nonetheless be accessible to non-Prime clients. (Leverage: Redemption was beforehand introduced to be transferring to Prime Video for its third season.)
Freevee, which was an ad-supported platform, was launched by the corporate in 2019 and rebranded to its present title in 2022. Rumors of a possible Freevee shutdown first emerged in February 2024.
Different Freevee Originals which have aired on the streamer embody Alex Rider, Excessive Faculty, Labeled, Sprung, Primo, Dinner with the Dad and mom, You’re Not a Monster, Casa Grande, Second of Fact, Luke Bryan: My Dust Street Diary, Bug Out, God. Household. Soccer., Uninterrupted’s High Class Tennis, Play-Doh Squished, Hollywood Houselife with Jeff Lewis, America’s Check Kitchen: The Subsequent Technology, Dr. Seuss Baking Problem, Tribunal Justice, The GOAT, Jokah & Tutty, Counsel Tradition, Virtually Paradise, 7 vs Wild, Boat Story, Nook Gasoline Animated, Love By accident, Publish Malone: Runaway, Resort for the Holidays, Rowdy, Monumental: Ellie Goulding at Kew Gardens, Pet Love, and EXmas.