As of today, James Barclay left AllThings.tv to pursue other, unrelated development opportunities.  It is sad to see him go, but the future holds big things for him and I wish him luck.  Please leave him your thoughts and farewell comments.

I will be on vacation through mid-July so if you do not see any new posts between now and then, then you know why.  I will do my best to update the blog when I can find some time and an Internet connection.  I have a few interviews that are being lined up that I hope to post about in the next few weeks when the dates are firmed up.

In the meantime, if you need to reach me, drop me an email through the contact us page. 

I had the pleasure to be able to get an interview with Dottie Gruhler, a .tv domain name owner, whose unbridled enthusiasm for the .tv extension is so plain to see, it makes me question my own loyalty to .tv!!

The reason for the interview is so that all our Allthings.TV audience can be made aware of an upcoming and exclusive .tv extension auction.

Unlike the recent TRAFFIC conference in New York which was heavily slanted towards traffic domains, this auction is all about potential – unlimited potential in fact.......

To follow up on Kevin’s excellent article on the harsh realities facing those of us looking to develop a .tv site, I would like to add the following: Any .tv site that does not include a tv channel, will not only lack the content punch it needs to knock its stronger .com cousin off its perch, but will also, add to the number of developed .tv sites lacking a tv channel.

This hampers the .tv brand and thus the upwards pricing momentum of the .tv extension.

So let me first get the hypocrisy out the way!

We at Allthings.tv do not yet have our own channel that we make use of on a weekly or even monthly basis. We have been fortunate enough to have been able to cover the Always On conference, but short of that (without minimizing Kevin and Claude’s superb efforts) we have not yet featured any more of our own video content on Allthings.tv.

I have had the unique privilege to talk with a variety of people that span the .tv spectrum from those who know nothing about the .tv extension to those who are building extensive online .tv properties.  The reality is that there are quite a few people who straddle the middle ground...they GET why .tv IS the future, they invested in it, but they lack the experience or funds to develop the site or hire professionals to develop it for them.

There seem to be an infinite number of opportunities for someone looking to develop a .tv site, including but definitely not limited to launching a me.tv channel, buying and developing a script of a YouTube clone, or launching a site offering professionally created content.  Given the wide variety of options available, how does one choose which way to go when it seems like a forest out there?

The answer is…

First off, I must admit to myself and everyone else that no matter how I present this article, it still has the whiff of an excuse about it. I would be so much happier to be able to report that Stockmaket.tv sold for $50,000 at the recent T.R.A.F.F.I.C conference, which was the present day value yours truly had given Stockmarket.tv in a blog earlier on in the week.

There is quite a lot of discussion on the .tv namepros forum about the implications of the failure of Stockmarket.tv to reach its reserve price of $10,000. Its high bid was $7,500.

There has also been a lot of discussion with regard to a lot of the .mobi names that failed to reach their reserve price.

My take on the .mobi vs .tv, which performed the poorer of the two argument, is that it was certainly .tv.

Yes, we have all heard stories of people getting discovered on You Tube. But the odds of it happening to you, given the vastness of the site and the sheer number of videos being uploaded on a daily basis, are slim indeed.

Throw in all that spam advertising to the mix and it’s a jungle out there.

That is the one huge advantage of having a Me.tv site. Your very own address. Your ocean of calm as opposed to the chaos that is the shared You Tube mega complex.

You not only have your own address, but you also have tools that have been designed to turn the pro internet surfer into an amateur web designer.

I am delighted to announce that Craig Meichen has joined Allthings as a guest blogger. I will be posting Craig’s introductory blog under my name whilst we get him set up with his admin rights, but for future posts Craig will be posting under his own name.

I will be interviewing Craig over the weekend so that everybody can get to hear his strong Aussie accent and learn a little more about his vision and passion for the .tv extension.

For now, Craig has asked me to post the following introduction…

Today I was privileged to witness something very special indeed.

William Brister, with twenty years in telecoms, four years in the air force and most recently, a year or two as a very successful .com domainer, took the time to fly out to Phoenix to share his personal story with me and Kevin about how he has got involved with .tv and why he has fallen head over heels in love with the extension.

William discovered Allthings.tv through a link on BrightCove’s corporate blog page and had wanted to meet Kevin and I to bounce some ideas off each other on how best to promote .tv aswell as get our thoughts on where the extension is headed over the next 12 months or so.