While neither Disney nor Netflix have indicated any imminent plans to sell some fo their shows to a free ad-supported streamer just yet (neither company has one in-house as of now), with Wall Street looking to see profitability in streaming, it is not out of the question. Discovery is also pursuing its own FAST offering, similar to Freevee, where it can use some of its library shows and films.

Amazon is hosting its newfront presentation to advertisers at New York’s Lincoln Center Monday night.Īlready HBO Max has taken some library programming, including Westworld and The Nevers, and packaged it in a bundle that it sold to FAST operators Roku and Tubi. It also serves to more effectively monetize programming that has already been bought and paid for, this time leveraging advertising to help it do so. In the case of Amazon, which owns the widely distributed free service Freevee alongside its more premium Prime Video offering, the move can serve to potentially drive interest to the premium tier from consumers who maybe haven’t given it a try. The move by Amazon underscores how premium streaming players are rethinking their streaming strategies in what has become a complex operating environment. The Great Hunt will arrive on August 2, with The Dragon Reborn. In conjunction with the move, the Freevee Originals FAST channel has been rebranded as the Amazon Originals channel, including both Freevee originals like Jury Duty, and Prime Video originals like the aforementioned shows. Wheel of Time star Rosamund Pike is set to narrate the audiobooks for Robert Jordans The Great Hunt and The Dargon Reborn.

The shows will remain ad-free on Prime Video. Many shows are available as of today, with The Summer I Tuned Pretty joining May 26, and other shows including The Wheel of Time and Reacher being added later in the year. Michael Zegen on Joel's Sacrifice for Midge in 'The Marvelous Mrs.

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