Amazon Freevee just got a stack of new free channels from WBD and MGM
Get ready for killer shows from Warner Bros. Discovery and MGM too, all for free
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Amazon’s Freevee service is already massive, and it’s about to get even bigger: another 23 channels are coming to the ad-funded free streaming service, which already has over 280 channels to choose from.
These aren’t obscure channels either. Each will stream some of thebest TV showsandbest moviesfrom Warner Bros. Discovery and MGM, so you canSay Yes To The Dressor escape toThe Outer Limits.
That’s not all Amazon’s adding to the service formerly known asIMdB TV.More than 100 Prime Video Originalswere added to Freevee last month too, including the superbBoschas well asReacher, Upload, The Terminal Listand many more. Amazon has also added 10 new channels from Lionsgate too.
It’s all part of Amazon’s big plan to boost the number of FAST (Free, Ad-Supported TV) channels on its service by 75% this year. And it’s separate to Amazon’s reported plans to add anad-supported tier to Amazon Prime Videothis year.
What new channels are coming to Freevee?
In the next few months you’ll get 11 new channels from Warner Bros. Discovery. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, “it sounds like it will focus heavily on unscripted fare” such asCake Boss, Extreme CouponingandSay Yes to the Dressfrom WBD’s own studios and from Discovery.
The 12 MGM-branded channels will include dedicated channels for films, and for shows such asThe Pink Panther, Stargate, Green Acresand others. The Hollywood Reporter says that there will also be themed channels such as MGM Presents: Action and MGM Presents: Sci-Fi.
Freevee isn’t the only service that WBD has been selling its shows to: it’s also signed deals withRokuand Tubi for shows such asWestworld(HBO) andThe Bachelor(Warner TV).
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That can only be good news for consumers. Recently I’ve been feeling that streaming is starting to resemble the bad old days of cable, with shows scattered across multiple walled-off services and requiring multiple subscriptions and a whole stack of apps. So it’s good to see studios working with multiple streamers instead of getting locked into exclusive deals.
Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.
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