Amazon's FAST service seemed redundant after Amazon launched the Prime Video ad tier in January. With the subscription tier making money from subscription fees and ads shown on Prime Video with ads, it made little sense for Amazon to continue with Freevee, which only has the latter revenue stream.

Amazon has announced it will be shutting down its free, ad-supported streaming service, Freevee, over the next several weeks. If you didn’t know, Freevee provides a no-cost platform for viewers to watch movies, TV shows and even live channels.

Amazon will phase out its streaming service Freevee, the company confirmed this week. The free, ad-supported service was the original home for the popular comedy series "Jury Duty."

Thankfully, all Freevee titles will remain free to stream and won't require a Prime subscription. The change will only apply to regions where Amazon's free ad-supported streaming service is currently available: the US, UK, Germany, and Austria. An Amazon spokesperson issued the following statement to Deadline about the transition:

Amazon.com Inc. is closing Freevee, the free-to-watch, advertising-supported streaming service, folding it into the subscription-based Prime Video product, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Customers will still be able to access Freevee content within the Prime Video streaming app, whether they have an Amazon Prime account or not. Original programming such as Jury Du

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.

Amazon reveals that it is shutting down Freevee, its FAST channel, now that Prime Video has ads, but some content remains free to all.

Amazon’s FreeVee platform has been a free, ad-supported streaming service for consumers since it was first introduced in 2019.  Now, Amazon has decided