Did you miss me?

Forgive me for going MIA for so long; it was not my intention.  The last few weeks, I devoted my time to consulting on a few development projects, spent some time working on my own portfolio, and sold my first home. 

Some observations I wanted to share involve the future of the dot tv extension.  The extension has incredible promise, but currently the pace that companies adopt the dot tv extension is not as fast as many of us would like it to be.  This should change as the public’s awareness of the dot tv extension grows and understanding of the purpose of those letters that come after the dot in every domain name should mean.  Dot com was first, that is the default extension instilled in people’s heads.  The public was not taught what .com means or stands for nor were they told to question it. 

I imagine that over time and through repetitive visits to dot tv sites (or exposure to dot tv ads), they will either become enlightened that .tv implies interactive content or begin to wonder what in the heck dot com really stands for...leading them to the ultimate question of asking why not use dot tv if delivering video content to the world is the site’s purpose.  After all, video is the future and dot tv just fits better than dot com. 

Recently, Brightcove announced it would be using the dot tv extension…

You drop .tv pricing by over 75% and the number of registrations increase.  No surprise, right?

Some interesting information from the Go Daddy press release that is found after the jump:

-65% increase in .tv registrations on 2006

-100 million people starting to watch TV online

-5.3 billion monthly video streams will be delivered to US Internet users

-‘TV’ is one of the most recognized two-letter symbols in the world

Press release after the jump!

A single bid by a lone bidder met the reserve price for Hot.tv at the recent Domain Roundtable live auction.

Obviously, there are limitless uses for Hot.tv, but I sincerely doubt the owner will run for president like the individual using Hot.com. 

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Member ’localexperts‘ of NamePros reported that he sold Banquet.tv for $800.

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Today, NamePros member, SearchingTV, reported the sale of Norway.tv for $4,500. The transaction was conducted using escrow.com.  The member claims to have also turned down $3,500 for Netherlands.tv and $2,000 for Peru.tv

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Member ’localexperts‘ on NamePros reported the sale of DesMoines.tv for $2,500

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According to Richard Rosenblatt:

Demand Media has sold more than twice as many .tv domains in the last three months than VeriSign sold all of last year.

This is the statement he made at HostingCon 2007, according to thewhire.com.

Richard explained his vision of giving people what they want and bundling it with a .tv domain name: 

Today, Afternic reported that Defy.tv sold for $8,000. 

Thank you to William Brister for the update.

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