Amazon to shut down Freevee streaming TV service in August
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Freevee was originally born out of IMDb, the TV and movie service Amazon acquired in 1998.
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Amazon is sunsetting its standalone Freevee app next month
The company has consolidated its content offerings under Prime, which introduced ads in January 2024
Freevee was originally born out of IMDb, the TV and movie service Amazon acquired in 1998
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Smith Collection | Gado | Photos | Getty ImagesAmazon is discontinuing its stand-alone free ing TV service next month as it looks to consolidate its content offerings under Prime
The service, called Freevee, launched in 2019 underneath IMDb, the film and TV site Amazon bought in 1998
It offered a stable of free, ad-supported, including original series and some Prime content, primarily through an app
The Freevee app will shut down in August, at which point users will be able to watch shows and movies on Prime for free without a subscription to Amazon's Prime loyalty gram, according to a notice to users. "Prime is the new exclusive for Freevee TV shows, movies and TV," the notice states
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The company is sunsetting Freevee after introducing ads on Prime in January 2024
Prime is included in a $15-a-month Prime membership, or as a stand-alone service for $9
Users can pay an additional $2 a month to forgo ads
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