Amazon.com's Internet Movie Database (IMDB) unit announced on Thursday that it has acquired Without A Box, a provider of online festival submission and promotional services for independent filmmakers. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2000, Los Angeles-based Without A Box offers a service for submitting films online to more than 700 film festivals worldwide, and promoting them to potential fans, while providing film festival organizers tools to manage and promote their events online. The company also operates Film Finders, an aggregator and seller of independent film data. IMDB attracts over 50 million unique visitors monthly to its site, which features a database of over 1 million movies, TV and entertainment programs, streaming trailers and message boards.http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/01/17/amazon%2526%2523039%3Bs-imdb-acquires-indie-film-fest-site-without-box
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