IMDb TV Rebrands to Amazon Freevee
variety.comSelome Hailu Moving forward, IMDb TV will be known as Amazon Freevee.IMDb, which is owned by Amazon, launched the free, ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service in January 2019 under the name IMDb Freedive, before rebranding to IMDb TV in June of that year.
After beginning in the U.S. and expanding to the U.K. in September 2021, Freevee will become available in Germany.The streamer carries a slate of original projects in addition to its back catalog, and plans to increase originals by 70% in 2022.
Upcoming original series include “Bosch: Legacy,” a spinoff of Amazon Prime Video’s “Bosch”; home design series “Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis”; “Sprung,” a comedy from Greg Garcia; Australian crime drama “Troppo”; and “High School,” a scripted series adapted by Clea DuVall from musicians Sara Quin and Tegan Quin’s memoir of the same name.
Amazon has also greenlit “Primo,” a coming-of-age comedy from Michael Schur and Shea Serrano; and “On Call,” a half-hour procedural drama from Dick Wolf.
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