Oct 17, 2011 8:45 AM
It’s no secret that Hollywood can be cruel to aging talent. Now, a 40-year-old Texas actress who lost acting gigs is taking Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) to court, saying the company used confidential credit-card details to publish her real age in its online movie database.
Posted In: Legal, Privacy, Companies, Amazon, actress lawsuit, amazon, imdb, imdb privacy, kindle fire, privacy
Mar 18, 2009 3:20 PM
Amazon’s IMDb wants in on the streaming-video business in a big way: founder Col Needham said the company, which dominates the movie-database business, wants to be able to give users one-click access to the 1.3 million titles in its index. Of course, that’s a mammoth task—Needham said it was a…
Posted In: Technologies / Formats, Broadband, imdb
Dec 18, 2008 7:40 AM
IMDB, the online movie information and community site owned by Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), has done another acquisition: it has bought popular movie data site Box Office Mojo, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was completed earlier this summer, and with this, IMDB will add to its relatively sparse box office…
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Amazon, box office mojo, imdb
Sep 15, 2008 6:57 PM
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has finally done what many have been asking it since the time the company bought IMDB: it has enabled video on the film and TV database/info site. The company says users can now watch 6,000 full-length feature films and TV episodes for free on IMDb.com’s video section.…
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, Companies, Amazon, imdb
Jan 17, 2008 3:21 AM
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN), has bought out the eight-year old indie movie distribution site Withoutabox. The financial details were not disclosed. The Los Angeles-based film site was founded in 2000, and has a database of indie films worldwide. The site also allows filmmakers to…
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Companies, Amazon, imdb, withoutabox
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