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Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 1:48 AM

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Watch Options should match release year

For Watch Options, please match the title's release year too.  For example, the Watch Option on https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051878/ is incorrect for Freevee because Freevee actually has the 1985 version.  The 1985 version doesn't have a Watch Option (it has a search option).  If Watch Option's algorithm includes release year, then the match would be correct.

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@rootsmusic  Thanks for the feedback.  For watch options the titles are manually matched between IMDb and Amazon so there's no algorithm to fix by including the year as suggested. 

The process for reporting a bad match is the same as reporting a missing match as described on https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/why-don-t-you-have-a-buy-or-watch-link-for-a-title/GETY9ULSLNLS3N5S so you would complete the form on https://help.imdb.com/contact?deepLink=aiv&disableLoginPopup=true 

In this case we have submitted a correction on your behalf and it should be fixed with 24-72 hours.   Thanks for the problem report.  

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Thanks @Col_Needham​, I'm suggesting to use an algorithm though.  Please also see my idea about your What To Watch FAQ.

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@Col_Needham​ Your submission corrected the title linked in my original post.  Since IMDb is still manually matching Watch Options, the same problem has recurred with that title.