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21-446: Amazon Freevee (stylized as freevee and fv , also shortened as Freevee , formerly known as IMDb Freedive and IMDb TV , and sometimes spelled FV ) is an American ad-supported video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service owned by Amazon , with original and licensed programming. Freevee content is presented to Amazon Prime Video users within Prime's smart TV app interface. Aside from

42-428: A branded original series, joining the live-action comedy franchise Corner Gas and the feature film Corner Gas: The Movie , which were both on the streaming platform. IMDb TV acquired the rights to Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television 's young-adult espionage series Alex Rider , premiering a series adaptation on November 13, 2020. On October 29, 2020, Amazon Studios announced that it would premiere

63-437: A new court show on IMDb TV starring Judith Sheindlin , serving as a spiritual successor to her syndicated Judge Judy (which was scheduled to conclude in 2021 after 25 seasons, amid disputes between Sheindlin and its distributor CBS Media Ventures ). The new series— Judy Justice — would premiere on November 1, 2021, with an initial order of 120 episodes for its first season. In March 2022, Amazon renewed Judy Justice for

84-513: A new series adaptation of Black Beauty and expanding Play-Doh: Squished beyond its holiday special. On August 3, 2022, Amazon Freevee was launched in Germany . On February 21, 2024, it was reported that Amazon was planning to shut down Freevee in order to focus on Prime Video ; these reports were denied by the company. However, in November 2024, Amazon announced plans to discontinue Freevee over

105-424: A second season; the first season had recorded over 25 million hours of viewership, making it IMDb TV's most-watched original series. In 2023, the service premiered a spin-off series executive-produced by Sheindlin, Tribunal Justice . On February 22, 2021, it was announced that Norman Lear had set up two projects at IMDb TV, half-hour long comedy Clean Slate and hour-long drama Loteria . On April 13, 2022, it

126-477: A selection of episodes. Free ad-supported streaming television The FAST ecosystem has several layers. The best-known FASTs are the aggregators, which fall into three categories. These aggregators operate primarily in the United States as of 2024, though some, like Pluto TV, Plex, and Samsung TV Plus operate in additional countries or worldwide. In addition to aggregator apps, there are FASTs run by

147-528: A single program or media franchise (such as Sailor Moon , TV Patrol , It's Showtime , or the American version of Fear Factor ). While some linear FAST channels are exclusive to specific platforms, others, such as Cheddar , Court TV , Kapamilya Online Live , and Kapuso Stream are distributed through multiple providers. Such shared channels may feature different content and presentation, or may feature less or more total commercials depending on

168-606: A single provider such as E.W. Scripps ' Scripps News , PocketWatch and FilmRise that also provide their content for use in linear channels on the aggregator apps. Content on FAST services can potentially cover all television genres as well as movies, which are the most popular type of content on the FASTs. Content options can include original and/or archive programming not available through subscription streaming services. Although many FAST channels resemble traditional cable specialty channels , others may have an even narrower focus on

189-860: Is an American arbitration-based reality court show created by Judge Judy Sheindlin . It premiered on Amazon Freevee on June 9, 2023. A panel of three legal professionals collectively adjudicates and debates real cases in Los Angeles. On April 18, 2023, it was announced that Tribunal Justice would premiere on June 9, 2023, in the US, UK, Germany, and Austria. The show, created and executive produced by Judge Judy Sheindlin (of Judge Judy and Judy Justice ), features former New York Supreme Court justice Patricia DiMango , Los Angeles civil litigator Tanya Acker, and former New York district attorney Adam Levy (Sheindlin's son), and bailiffs Petri Hawkins Byrd and Cassandra Britt. DiMango and Acker previously presided over

210-935: The AMC series Mad Men after completing a licensing deal with Lionsgate . In July 2021, Amazon and Universal Pictures reached a multi-year deal to bring Universal's films to IMDb TV. As part of the deal, titles from Universal's library would become available, making films including The Invisible Man eligible to stream on IMDb TV for free. Most of the studio's titles will be also available ad-free on Prime Video , including future theatrical releases following their first pay window and four months after being released on Peacock . On November 3, 2021, IMDb TV UK began streaming content from FilmRise , MovieSphere, MagellanTV and SPI's Docustream, along with program-themed channels based on shows Deadly Women , Are We There Yet? , Bridezillas , Unsolved Mysteries , This Old House , MythBusters , and Hell's Kitchen . In November 2022, it

231-692: The NBC drama Chicago Fire on December 6, 2019, making the deal the biggest single licensing pact to date for the streaming service. In addition, IMDb TV announced it would also begin streaming all five seasons of Universal Television 's Friday Night Lights starting on December 31, 2019. In February 2020, IMDb TV acquired the rights to more than twenty scripted TV titles controlled by Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International division and began streaming several Star Trek films in June and July 2020. Starting July 15, 2020, IMDb TV began streaming all 92 episodes of

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252-514: The Top 10 of all streaming services in 2023. In the September 2023 ratings, Tubi , with 1.3% of viewing, ranked fifth among all streaming services, The Roku Channel , with 1.1% ranked seventh, and Pluto TV , with 0.8% ranked tenth. In January 2024, over 1,500 FAST TV channels are currently in airing in the U.S. across various services. Tribunal Justice Amazon Prime Video Tribunal Justice

273-505: The coming weeks: its content has been merged into the Prime Video platform, and will remain freely-available without a subscription. In 2020, a revival of the 2008 crime drama series Leverage was ordered by IMDb TV, making it the first major exclusive series for the streaming service. On October 3, 2019, IMDb TV announced it licensed the Canadian animated series Corner Gas Animated as

294-547: The commercial breaks and the absence of Prime's "X-ray" cast list information; its interface, features, and navigation are identical to the Prime user experience . Freevee also functions as a standalone app for use by non-Prime users. Amazon Freevee was launched as a free, ad-supported video channel by the Amazon-owned online database IMDb in January 2019, under the name IMDb Freedive. It became IMDb TV five months later and it

315-492: The court together on the court show Hot Bench . Byrd previously served as Sheindlin’s Bailiff on Judge Judy . On October 27, 2023, it was announced that Tribunal Justice had been renewed for a second season with Roland Tieh joined as showrunner. The first three episodes of the series premiered on Amazon Freevee on June 9, 2023, with new episodes released every weekday through December 1, 2023. The series will make its linear premiere via Sox Entertainment syndication in

336-467: The provider. FASTs owned by major media companies have the advantage of being able to leverage their parent companies extensive libraries. Variety estimated that 1,455 linear channels were available through major FAST platforms as of June 2022. By May 2024, that number had risen to 1,943. As per Nielsen's monthly streaming ratings for the US market, called "The Gauge", three of the FAST services were in

357-457: The streaming service began offering new content. Amazon announced that it would be moving IMDb TV's content team to Amazon Studios on February 20, 2020—with the goal of developing original programming under new IMDb TV co-heads. In September 2021, Amazon announced the launch of IMDb TV in the United Kingdom. But before then, it was available only in the United States. On April 13, 2022, it

378-507: Was announced that a spinoff of the Prime Video series Bosch , titled Bosch: Legacy , would premiere on the service on May 6, 2022, and that the coming-of-age series High School , based on the memoir by Tegan and Sara and adapted by Clea DuVall , would premiere in 2022. It was also announced that the service would add original films to its slate, beginning with the romantic comedy Love Accidentally , starring Brenda Song and Aaron O'Connell . IMDb TV announced it would begin streaming

399-482: Was announced that the service would be rebranded as Amazon Freevee beginning on April 27. It was also announced that it would launch in Germany later that year, and would expand its original programming by 70% in 2022. The rebrand occurred on April 28, 2022. Its first announced moves post-rebrand included renewing Bosch: Legacy pre-premiere as well as Top Class , ordering America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation and

420-408: Was announced the company was entering a partnership with Fremantle , to launch a revival of soap opera Neighbours , which will go into filming on April 17, 2023 and broadcast on September 18, 2023. In May 2023, Amazon announced it would make over 100 Amazon Original series and films from Amazon Prime Video available on Freevee. Some shows will also be available in full while others will only have

441-463: Was rebranded to its current name on April 28, 2022. The service is available in the United States, as well as the UK and Germany through Amazon, IMDb's websites, and all Amazon Fire devices. On June 17, 2019, IMDb Freedive announced its rebranding to IMDb TV. Signing new deals with Warner Bros. , Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM Studios (which parent company Amazon later acquired on March 17, 2022),

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