.imdb

Status:	Proposed
Registry Provider:	Neustar
Type:	Brand TLD
Priority #:	1384 - Amazon
More information:

.imdb is a Brand TLD being proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applicant is Amazon.

Application Details

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

"Founded in 1994, Amazon opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. IMDb.com is a subsidiary of Amazon. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. The IMDb consumer Website (www.IMDB.com) is consistently ranked as one of the most visited sites in the world with more than 110 million unique visitors per month. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 2 million movies, TV and entertainment programs and more than 4 million cast and crew members. Consumers rely on the information IMDb.com provides – including show times, trailers, reviews, photo galleries, NewsDesk, quotes, box-office data, editorial feature sections and Watch list – when making viewing decisions. IMDB is accessible in a customized, platform-optimized manner on leading mobile devices via its popular “Movies & TV” app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones, Android tablets, Windows Phone and its mobile-optimized website. To date, there have been more than 26 million installs of IMDb mobile apps worldwide. IMDb’s mobile properties have more than 25 million monthly visitors. IMDb owns and operates Withoutabox (www.withoutabox.com), a marketplace for film festivals and filmmakers, Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online box-office reporting service, and operates www.imdb.com, www.imdb.de, www.imdb.it, www.imdb.es, www.imdb.fr and www.imdb.pt."