Comments on: Expiring .TV Call Letter Domain Names Not So “Highly-Prized”

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:54:36 +0000

Many of the popular Mexican TV shows run their websites at .tv addresses, but THAT is the limited market I was telling you about.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=.tv%2C.net%2C.org&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 tells you all you need to know about this fabulous TLD which is somehow going to overtake .com in the minds of some people out there who really need to put down the crackpipe.

By: David J Castello

David J Castello — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:22:46 +0000

PS: NewYorkCity.TV is developed.

By: David J Castello

David J Castello — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:16:49 +0000

I poked around and was surprised that, except for Boston.TV and LA.TV, almost all major US city dotTV names are not developed. There is no excuse for this if these people really believe in this TLD. As in any business, action speaks louder than words. None of these are developed:

Chicago.TV
NYC.TV
SanFrancisco.TV
Atlanta.TV
Phoenix.TV
Seattle.TV
Houston.TV
Dallas.TV
LasVegas.TV
LosAngeles.TV

By: Adam Strong

Adam Strong — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:47:25 +0000

David. Thanks for simplifying the obvious point some fail to get. I’m sure these .tv names are all bought for development and type-ins don’t matter ;)

By: Bob Lange

Bob Lange — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:28:49 +0000

.tv is the country code domain extension for the nation of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean, dot-tv does not stand for Television so it is not worth much it my books.

By: David J Castello

David J Castello — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:16:37 +0000

After reading all of these opinions here and on other blogs about dotTV. I decided to do my own research.

No matter what anyone of us think, the public always has the final vote. And in our business, a good barometer of that vote is direct navigation. If anyone disagrees with that premise, please, read no further.

According to the dotTV fanatics (sorry, after reading some of these posts I can think of no other term), the public INTUITIVELY relates television to dotTV. So, I did some exploring and discovered that one of the hottest new shows on television does not own the name of their show in dotTV (they bought the dotCom version in 2006).

I bought it. And in case anyone thinks I’m cybersquatting, I will gladly relinquish the name for nothing the moment they ask for it.

Now, I have the name of one of the hottest new TV shows in dotTV. I promptly parked the name and waited for the money to roll in.

In the last seven days the name has received ONE visitor. Me.

By: Kelly Lieberman

Kelly Lieberman — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:05:41 +0000

Heated posts follow almost all discussions on alternate tld’s…

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:53:15 +0000

Wonder why people care that much about .tv, seems like heated arguments follow any .tv post

By: Adam Strong

Adam Strong — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:17:59 +0000

“”We believe that stations only need to purchase the domain names they are going to actively use and promote on-air,” said John Fink, vice president and general manager of KHNL-TV and KFVE-TV.”

http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/27/business/engle.html

“More important than owning all the dot-whatevers that go with your name is to take what you have, brand it really well and make sure you cross reference it and integrate it throughout all of your efforts,” including brochures, advertising and the like, Garvey said.

By: Kelly Lieberman

Kelly Lieberman — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:00:22 +0000

Here’s a thought: with all the attention focused on TLD’s in general, is anybody paying attention to the TLD related domains on Afternic???? Huge opportunity there….