Rational domain investors and web developers can agree that .com is and will remain king for the foreseeable future since it was the first domain extension to both gain widespread adoption and receive millions of ad dollars in promotional advertising in the form of print and broadcast ads. 

We also know that whatever site that can be built on a .tv domain name can be built on ANY domain name in ANY domain extension.  So why all the hype surrounding dot tv?

WHIR TV recently interviewed Richard, but the site only produced a transcript because the audio had some problems.  The interview covered Richard’s history, what Demand Media does, and where its going as a social media company.  WHIR TV described what Demand Media does as clever because it is essentially selling Web hosting and domaining in the form of a social media site for consumers. 

I pulled some questions and responses that I liked in particular.  Check these out in addition to the link to the full interview after the jump!

As video-sharing sites such as YouTube are gaining popularity all over the world, the `.tv’ domain is drawing more attention.

[D]ozens of home-grown video-sharing and Internet broadcasting sites...are using the ``.tv’’ domain as it is easily related to television or video.

According to Verisign, the operator of the `.tv’ domain, about 70 percent of its users wanted to extend their contracts, which is significantly higher than 60 percent of `.com’ users or 10 percent of `.net’ owners.

A total of 1,460 new `.tv’ domains were registered between January and July this year, up from 483 registrations in the same period last year.

These are quotes I picked up from a Korean newspaper, the full text and link can be found after the jump.

Some feel Frank is a .com diehard since he refuses to acknowledge the branding power of .tv.  After all, would Frank’s gazillion dollar .com portfolio be worth the same amount if he and other influential .com investors openly and objectively discussed the merits of .tv...you decide.

Last week’s Domain Roundtable event featured Frank Schilling as the keynote speaker. 

Video after the jump! 

You will have to click to READ ON to read this entry because I wanted to preface the entry with this message:

If you think you own a domain name particularly suited to a niche market, then please contact me AFTER you have read the blog entry on the next page.  I have a unique opportunity I would like to share with you if your domain name meets that criteria and you are interested in developing that name.

Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream.

Isn’t .tv well suited for this purpose if we are talking about Internet video? 

Estibot.com, a site that values your domain based on 30+ characteristics of the domain name.  The valuation is based on comparing those characteristics with a database of previously reported domain sales.  The site clearly acknowledges that an automated valuation tool such as Estibot is never completely reliable, but that one should use the site as a starting point for researching and evaluating domain names…

Everyone knows that more and more .com investors are opening their minds up to the .tv extension.tv extension.

Last month, I had the chance to interview William Brister, a .com investor who recently became interested in the .tv extension.  While William is late to the domain name game, he shares some unique insights as a domainer who initially was interested in .com discovered .tv.  In the blogcast, William describes how he got involved in .tv, what is attractive about the extension, and where he sees the extension going and why investors, domainers, and developers shouldn’t miss the .tv opportunity.

This will be a trend we continue to see repeat itself as more .tv sale ring up high sale prices.

Listen to the blogcast after the jump!

One of the reasons I enjoy writing this blog is because it puts me in touch with some people that I might not meet in my daily life.

Either through email or at conferences, I meet some very interesting people and exciting .tv projects they have in the works.  Of course, I am naturally curious about how they got involved in .tv and what was it that finally attracted them to the extension if they previously invested in other extensions.  More specifically, what was the tipping point to invest in .tv…