Tag Archives: .tv

Fri 6th November 2015
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RightofTheDot/Namescon Domain Auction Is Opened for Submissions - RightoftheDot.com is holding a live and online auction with Namejet.com from the Namescon conference. RightoftheDot.com has now formally opened up submission for the auction. We are looking for great domain names, especially one word .com and new gTLD’sm along with short domains in all extensions, along with brand domains, category killers, Geographic domains. Domains should have a low reserve price. The reserve price is not the price you would quote to sell the domain if you got an offer on the ... read more ...
Wed 6th August 2014
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With a Success of Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down - Justin.tv was always one of the most popular sites discussed when people in the .TV sub forum at Namepros would ask for examples of developed sites. The site started back in 2007 and grew to have one million registered users by July 0f 2008. Out of Justin.tv came Twitch.tv which is reportedly in talks to be acquired by Google for $1billion. So now with the focus on Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down. The Verge reported: So in June of 2011 the team decided to focus in on the most popular section ... read more ...
Mon 2nd June 2014
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Legacy Fund Sells Moda.TV For $30,000 Acquired 2.5 Years Ago For $1,200 - The domain name Moda.tv has been sold by Legacy Fund for $30,000 “Moda” is the spanish word for  “Fashion” Legacy Fund acquired the domain name Moda.TV “close to 2.5 years ago”. “Legacy paid “$1200 to acquire it and $52 in renewal fees to hold it? We have reported on other sales by Legacy Fund which specializes in .TV domain names when they sold NF.Tv for $20,000. Other Legacy Fund sales include:: Jeu.tv – $50,000. SS.tv – $30,000 OO.tv – $18,000 Femme.tv – $7,000 Congratulations ... read more ...
Fri 9th May 2014
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Now Owned By Disney, Maker Studios to Launch Maker.tv - Maker Studios recently got acquired by Disney for at least $500 million back in March. Disney Chairman and CEO, Bob Iger explained why Disney acquired the company in Variety on Wednesday, From the article: “We can allow the Maker people to substantially improve the distribution and reach of shorter form video using these characters and stories and add their expertise on the production side,” said Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger during the call. While the executive said Maker had built “a bit ... read more ...
Sun 27th April 2014
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Fashion Television Media Acquires Fashion.tv for $125,000 - Fashion.tv sells for $125,000. First off tip of the hat to Ammar from Legacy Fund who did some research and posted on Namepros that Fashion.tv,Fun.tv and Play.tv have all been sold by Cyber Tavern. Cyber Tavern was a partnership which was headed by the late Igal Lichtman. .TV investors checking the whois over the years, regularly saw the name Cyber Tavern or Mrs Jello. The names owned under Cyber Tavern he once told me were names he owned with partners where the Mrs Jello names were just him. I interviewed ... read more ...
Tue 18th March 2014
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Gaia.Tv sole for $22,372 On Sedo - The domain name Gaia.tv sold for $22,372, according to the former owner of the domain. The word Gaia according to Wikipedia.org is from Ancient Greek meaning “land” or “earth”; Gaia was the great mother of all: the primal Greek Mother Goddess; creator and giver of birth to the Earth and all the Universe; the heavenly gods, the Titans, and the Giants were born to her. The buyer appears to the same company that owns Gaiam.com a Yoga and Fitness site and the domain name GaiamTV.com which  ... read more ...
Thu 27th February 2014
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Buyer Of FYI.TV Is A&E Network & It’s Rebranding Their Bio Network To FYI.TV - About a month ago we interviewed  Kevin Lawrence is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and .TV investor who at the time had just sold the domain name FYI.TV for $30,000 making it the highest reported .TV sale of 2014. Tonight Kevin reported to us that the buyer is A E Network who is using the domain name FYI.TV to re-brand its Bio network. The Hollywoodreporter.com confirms that  A E Networks is rebranding Bio as lifestyle network FYI and will launch in June 2014 “Known as “for your inspiration” ... read more ...
Tue 25th February 2014
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Network Solutions and .50 .TV Domains - Network Solutions needs to pay better attention to their Adwords campaigns or they are trying a bait and switch. When someone did a search for renew dot tv on Google, the search returned the following info. When you click through no option to get a .tv ... read more ...
Sat 8th February 2014
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Verisign Is Not Being Transparent on Their Policy With Regards to Short .TV Domains - Back in December Mike wrote about how GM.tv and 13.tv were being held back and reserved by Verisign. At the time Verisign said they were holding these back for promotional purposes. In the past Verisign did this with a few other short .tv domains like G.tv. Domain Name: G.TV Domain ID: 97041820 Updated Date: 2012-05-10T18:50:28Z Creation Date: 2011-05-27T04:01:07Z Expiration Date: 2021-05-27T04:01:07Z Sponsoring Registrar: .TV RESERVED DOMAINS Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 9998 Domain Status: SERVER-UPDATE-PROHIBITED Name Server: No nameserver DNSSEC: Unsigned delegation So ... read more ...
Tue 28th January 2014
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Our Interview With .TV Domain Investor Kevin Lawrence Who Just Sold FYI.TV For $30,000 - Kevin Lawrence is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and .TV investor who resides in Southern California. Kevin just sold the domain name FYI.TV for $30,000 marking it the highest reported .TV sale of 2014. I did a short interview with Kevin to get the background of how he decided on the .TV extension to investment a large portion of this domain investments. So your a pretty big .TV domain investor can you tell me what  drew you to the space?   “Almost weekly I come in contact with .TV because ... read more ...
Fri 27th December 2013
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Verisign Is Taking Back Expired Two Letter & Two Number .TV Domains - Verisign the registry for the .TV registry is apparently taking back any expired new Two letter (LL.TV) .TV domain names as well as any two numbered (NNTV) domain names. Recently a domainer that had a back order on a two letter .Tv domain and a two numbered domain received this notice from Verisign: “Thank you for contacting Verisign Support. I reached out to our Operations team to determine where they were in their investigation. They have a resolution for the issue prepared. However, the business ... read more ...
Tue 29th October 2013
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ABC/Univision Launch New TV Network Tonight & Goes With a Net: Fusion.net Instead of Fusion.tv For Its Site - A new television network is launching tonight in the United States, Fusion Network, a joint venture between ABC/Disney and Univision. According to  Wilkipedia.org Fusion is an  24-hour news, lifestyle and entertainment channel aimed at English-speaking Millenial’s and combines the resources of ABC News and Univision. “Fusion is based in a converted studio facility outside Miami.” On the domain name front the newest national network is going with a .Net for its website which is Fusion.net Fusion.com ... read more ...
Sat 5th October 2013
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TechCrunch Covers Another Company Built Around.TV: IRIS.TV Raises $1.7 Million -       TechCrunch.com covered yet another startup that just got some angel funding and is built around a .TV domain name. IRIS.TV which was founded by the folks behind Jukebox TV is coming to market with $1.7 million in seed funding from angels in the media and finance world, including folks like Bob Jacobs, who was Bill Cosby’s long-time agent and is considered the “godfather of television syndication”; Nick Rau, co-founder of Vizu (which recently sold to Nielsen); former Viacom exec Jimmy ... read more ...
Mon 30th September 2013
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Twitch.TV Spun Off From Justin.TV Raises $20 Million - Allthingsd.com, is reporting that Twitch.TV “an online video network and gaming community, raised a $20 million series C round of funding. “The round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from WestSummit Capital and Take-Two Interactive Software, as well as existing investors Alsop Louie Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. “The company, which sees more than 45 million unique monthly visitors, will use the new capital to further scale its sales and infrastructure divisions.” According ... read more ...
Thu 26th September 2013
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LoveLive.TV Gets Another $2.7 Million In Funding & Is At $20 Million - Another site build out on a nice and brandable .TV domain name LoveLive.TV which started in 2012 just got an investment of $2.7 million dollars according to VentureBeat.com “LoveLive helps record and distribute live performances from musicians. It also helps copyright holders monetize those performances through paid sponsorships from major brands, charging pay-per-view fees to fans who want to see the live stream, and managing distribution channels like YouTube and Vevo. The startup processes over ... read more ...
Thu 5th September 2013
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Guest Post: No Summer Slowdown in .TV! Legacy Fund closes NF.tv for $20,000! - This is a guest post by Ammar Rangwala who has been invested in .TV since December 2005.  Ammar owns 250+ top .TV generic properties between both of his companies.  He believes the .TV space provides the best rate of return from an investment standpoint. Started on the Internet in the late 90′s using PC Board (PCB), Wildcat and other forms of bulletin board systems. Worked in banking, real estate, distressed debt and finance for 10+ years. ” (note: Ammar is a client of MostWantedDomains.com ... read more ...
Sun 16th June 2013
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Highest Sign In Times Square Goes With A .Tv For Advertising 7TS.TV - If you happen to be wandering in New York’s Time Square be sure to check out the highest sign which is available for rent, they are using a .TV domain name to promote it: (thanks to Stu Maloff for the picture of the sign) The LED sign which bills its self as Top of The Square official site is 7TS.tv which stand for the property’s address of 7 Times Square. Here is what the site says about the sign: “”The 7TS sign is positioned behind the famous Times Square Ball Drop and is viewed by an ... read more ...
Wed 5th June 2013
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TechCrunch Covers Twitch.Tv Which Gets 35 Million Viewers a Month - TechCrunch.com covered the “E-sports streaming startup Twitch.TV this morning. The site according to TechCrunch “has already seen massive growth in its audience since launching to the public just about two years ago and gets “more than 35 million unique viewers a month, up from 20 million last September.” In addition to its 35 million unique viewers, the startup also has more than 600,000 unique broadcasters per month. There are more than 4,000 members of the company’s partner program, ... read more ...
Mon 29th April 2013
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Joel Williams .Tv Domain Names Hit Namejet.com; Celeb.tv; Comic.TV & More - About a month ago we told you that around 2,000 domain names owned by Joel Williams/Dream Sellers/In Stealth Mode had been frozen by a state court after certain parties claiming rights in and to those domain names filed for an injunction with a Tennessee Court. At the time we noted that the parties filing the suit must have had an old list of domain since so many of the domains on the list were no longer owned by Williams including hundreds of domain were unregistered. Other domains owned by Joel ... read more ...
Fri 8th March 2013
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Legacy Fund Sells SS.tv for $30,000 - On the heels of OO.tv sale, Legacy Fund has sold another double letter .TV domain name this time,  SS.tv, for $30,000 The sale was brokered by MostWantedDomains.com The domain name has some history. The domain sold in the past for $21,500 in 2008, and then the buyer let it drop as it had a premium renewal fee of $1,000 per year. The domain was then picked up by Legacy Fund on the drop in December 2010, and now it just has been sold for $30,000 to an end user in the UK. Legacy Fund held the name ... read more ...
Wed 12th December 2012
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What’s Worth More A Geo .TV Domain Or A .XXX? Sedo GreatDomains Auction Ends Thursday - There are quite a few really nice .TV domain name in the Sedo.com GreatDomains.com auction closing tomorrow. Leading the way is Europe.Tv which has a high bid of $13,000 With Europe.XXX reportedly selling for almost $20,000 in the past couple of weeks,  Europe.TV is a bargain at that price. Other 4 figure bids on .TV domain names include: Ohio.Tv $9,500 Spain.TV  $8,000 UT.Tv  $4,500 Actress.Tv $3,800 Seen.Tv $3,300 NorthAmerica.Tv $2,300 SoapOperas.Tv $2,300 Female.Tv $2,200 CardGames.Tv $2,200 25.Tv ... read more ...
Sat 13th October 2012
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Acquired 14 Months Ago For $2,150; Legacy Fund Does It Again with a Sale of OO.tv For $18,000! - Legacy Fund just sold the domain OO.tv for $18,000 With their recent sale of Jeu.tv for $50,000, which was also co-brokered by MostWantedDomains.com, short memorable .TV domains continue to be in demand. In addition those two sales that we reported Legacy Fund has sold quite a few .TV domains that were not reportable and has turned down a six figure offer on two others. The domain OO.tv was acquired in a Moniker.com/SnapNames  .TV themed auction for $2,150 just 14 months ago in July 2011. Legacy ... read more ...
Wed 19th September 2012
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William & Kate Dance The Night Away On Tuvalu,The .TV Island - William Kate have been all over the in the news this week, but In what maybe the biggest missed story, was that Prince Prince William and Kate the Duchess of Cambridge, showed off their dance skills on the island of Tuvalu last night. Of course most people have never heard of the island nation, but those in the domain industry know (or should know) that Tuvalu is the country whose ccTLD is .TV. The only thing I have ever heard about the island is that its really small and sinking. Everyone seems ... read more ...
Thu 13th September 2012
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i.TV Teams Up With Nintendo to emanate Nintendo TVii - i.TV today announced a partnership with Nintendo to create Nintendo TVii, a built-in service on the Wii U console that redefines how consumers find, watch and engage with their favorite video entertainment. Nintendo TVii will debut when Wii U becomes available in North America on 11/18/2012. “Nintendo TVii combines show discovery, remote control, and social interaction, all in one experience. There’s nothing like it on the market,” said i.TV CEO, Brad Pelo. “We are thrilled that Nintendo ... read more ...
Thu 6th September 2012
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The many critical .tv domain turns 10 - This one .tv domain name has bolstered the entire .tv namespace. The one .tv domain name that has done the most to build the .TV domain name brand turned ten last month. And it doesn’t even resolve to a web site. MLB.TV, Major League Baseball’s live game streaming service, launched at about this time in 2002. Since then it has delivered 1.5 billion live video streams. This season it is running at a clip of 1.1 million live video streams per day. But MLB.TV is ... read more ...