Sports.tv, one of the biggest premium names in dotTV Corporation’s porfolio sold today for an undisclosed amount. Lets just say the buyer got an incredible deal.

Many of you will learn the details very soon through your own contacts and can post that information here but I felt the very fact that Sports.tv sold is incredibly good news for the .tv industry. The individual in question who purchased this domain certainly has the money to develop it…

This rant is dedicated to all the naysayers.

If you do not have the pocketbook or the balls to pony up money and invest in a .tv name, do not attempt to pollute the .tv forum of NamePros with your unsupported assertions that the .tv extension is a joke.

If you feel this way, you probably feel an intense dislike for the extension because Verisign saw a future in the .tv extension and invested upwards of $45+ million to buy the entire extension from that little, disappearing island called Tuvalu. Or maybe it is the $50 cost of non-premium domain names, the cost of premium domain names, or the renewal fees of any of those. Now, I cannot say I agree that news.tv or business.tv is worth anything close to what the dot tv corporation is asking, but I know that certain premium registrations are a bargain. 

Today, Afternic reported that dvd.tv sold for $5,000 to the third bidder for the domain, which was placed in the “Acronyms / 3 Characters” Category. 

"The median domain name resale price rose 24 percent between 2004 and 2005, according to industry analysts. All current indicators point to further growth, making domain names a highly attractive addition to an investment portfolio and demonstrating they are assets that require effective management.”

I know this is in the News category, but its 100% unofficial until confirmed in an official press release.

Its not much to report, but I inquired recently over at the .tv Corporation to get some more information about the direction the company will be going with the recent departure of a key exec. In the process, I learned the number of .tv registrations in 2006 is up sharply over the number of .tv domains registered in 2005.  Thought I would share it with .tv enthusiasts worldwide.