IMDb hosts videos, pushes Withoutabox service

The Internet Movie Database, known in the vernacular as imdb, has launched a beta update of its site featuring full-length movies and television episodes, in a move that may draw attention to its Withoutabox video monetization service.

Amazon's IMDb, the premier resource for information on actors' movie and television appearances, is now making full-length movies and television episodes available on its Videos site.

Most of the content, however, is not hosted on IMDb, but rather just mirrored from sites such as Hulu, the WB.com, and CBS.com. Any ads that are hosted in the video viewing window have been carried over to IMDb as well.

Content that is not from other video hosts will be coming from IMDb's independent filmmaker service Withoutabox. Not to be confused with Amazon's Unbox, IMDb and Amazon's Withoutabox offers members of the independent film community a means of distributing and monetizing their content.