Amazon is shuttering its free, ad-supported streaming service, Freevee, Deadline reported on Tuesday. The company plans to shut the service down over the coming weeks in countries where it's currently offered, specifically the US, UK, Germany and Austria.

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 is closing down Freevee, its free ad-supported video on demand service. This platform was home to original programming as well as more than 100 originals from the Prime Video roster. Freevee will be phased out over the coming weeks,

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

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 free streaming service won’t be around for much longer — here’s why it’s getting shut down and where you'll be able to watch its original content in the future.

Amazon is preparing to shutter the doors on Freevee. The tech giant will soon phase out Amazon Freevee as it consolidates its content to Prime Video. Original series including "Jury Duty," "Bosch: Legacy" and "Judy Justice" will remain on Prime Video without a paywall.

Amazon is moving forward with a plan to consolidate its FAST service Freevee into Prime Video, according to a report. This article, Amazon to shut down Freevee, move content to Prime Video, was first published at The Desk.