A look into Amazon Prime Video's code reveals that Amazon is building one of the best YouTube TV features — multiview. It would be a game-changer, literally, for one of the best streaming services.

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.

It's official -- free, ad-supported video on demand streaming service Amazon Freevee will be phased out over the coming weeks.

While specific viewership data remains undisclosed, Amazon reported a tripling of Freevee's monthly active users between 2020 and 2022, reaching 65 million. That substantial user base will be added to the platforms existing audience. This will only strengthen Prime Video's position in the streaming market.

Amazon is officially shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported video streaming service originally launched under the IMDb brand.

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

Amazon has confirmed it is shutting down Freevee, its free ad-supported streaming service, and folding it into Prime Video.

Freevee, the ad-supported streaming service from Amazon, is shutting down as the company consolidates its content under Prime Video.

This image shows the logo for Amazon Freevee, the new name for the free streaming service that will replace IMDb TV. Amazon announced Wednesday that the name change will happen later this month. (Amazon Freevee via AP) more > Amazon will shut down Freevee,