Visiting one of the links from GoLeft.tv, the topic of a previous blog, I encountered Headzup.tv.

What is headzup.tv?

Founded in 2004 by John and Joan Shay, Headzup is Catch & Release Comedy™ For Cell Phones And Video iPods. Published daily, Headzup editorial cartoons and parody clips are designed to be downloaded to cell phones and shared as picture messages. Fans who “catch” a headzup on their cell phone typically personalize the clip by adding their own text message before “releasing” the clip back into the wild… also known as sending a “headzup” to a friend.

Its got a lot of politcal satire and parody.  Worth checking out because the clips are usually 15-20 seconds long.

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I stumbled into GoLeft.tv, another .tv website, which uses video to deliver “news, commentary, and entertainment” on the issues most important to Americans.” Based on the press release I accessed on the website, GoLeft.tv launched on May 29th of this year. 

As the power of the web is realized, I would expect to see more sites with political agendas pop up on the Internet.  This is the first website I have encountered with significant political leanings.  Not bad, just very interesting to watch the web evolve as traditional media penetrates the digital layer.

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I predict that the business of domain leasing will grow significantly in the next few years as more domain owners choose to delay capturing a domain name’s appreciation.  It is an area of specific interest to me because I do not foresee capturing the value of some keyword generic .tv names in my portfolio for a few years. 

In its basic form, domain leasing involves a periodic or fixed payment ("Lease Payment") made by the person leasing the name (the “Lessee") to the domain owner (the “Lessor") for a specific time period (the “Lease Term"). 

During and for the length of the Lease Term…

Another interesting .tv business model for WatchIndia.tv

$25 / mo. provides Indian expatriates living around the world access to popular Indian programming in TV-like quality.
Excerpt from the press release:

Watch India’s viewers are able to watch India’s most popular programming including the best of Indian TV and entertainment, breaking news, hit TV series, Bollywood movies, music, entertainment, religion and the latest sports. Premiere programming is available from India’s top networks and TV stations including Zee Telefilms, which is the largest television network in India. They provide Watch India with the best of the Zee channels, including Zee TV, featuring top Indian entertainment and culture, andZee Sports, the leading sports channel, offering the latest Indian cricket, football and more. Additionally, other premium channels exclusive to Watch India include Times Now News, which features live, breaking-news 24/7, Zoom, the number one music and entertainment channel in India, and Aastha TV, India’s leading spiritual and religious channel.

Thanks to Equity78 on NamePros for sharing the press release that follows the jump.

This may be the question hundreds of companies ask themselves when launching a video/multimedia site.  The bottom line is that every company cannot risk losing the .tv version of their name if they choose to use tv.com for their video/multimedia website.  The reason is that visitors will begin typing in the .tv version of their name out of curiosity to see what exists on the other side.  If your company does not own it, someone else will profit from it. 

While imagining what a business executive would do when faced with such a decision (without our knowledge), I thought of this issue: