In a wrap up of the recent HostingCon 2007 event, I discovered this passage:

In the presentation, the CEO and chairman of Demand Media encouraged the capacity crowd to rethink their approach to how they market hosting solutions to businesses and individuals.  Using his ChannelMe.tv venture as a focal example, Rosenblatt argued that Web hosts should sell the overall experience of hosted solutions instead of the more technical concept of hosting itself.

I am aware that Go Daddy representatives were at this event and probably took Richard’s words seriously…

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!

All I can say is that I never though the day would come when .tv pricing would reach single digit numbers.  Today, I noticed that Go Daddy lowered thier .tv pricing even further to $9.99 for registration.

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Today, Go Daddy announced the availability of a tool called Quick Blogcast, which combines two of its existing products Quick Blog and Quick Podcast.  According to GoDaddy, Quick Blogcast can be used to create multimedia sites at .tv domains and other websites. 

Rather than bundling value-added services with the sale of domain names, like eNom does with its Channelme.tv service and .tv domain names, it seems like Go Daddy’s strategy may involve offering lower prices on domains and offering services like Quick Blogcast separately for those that want to take advantage of them.

Press release after the jump!

As many of you know, AllThings.tv is the most frequently updated blog that covers the .tv extension exclusively (though I admit I have been busy managing my personal .tv portfolio and developments and have had less time recently). 

One of the more exciting aspects of the work is conducting interviews with some players in the domain and Internet video industries (all of which are on the AllThings.tv website as blogcasts and there are even some video interviews).  Soon I will be able to add none other than GoDaddy’s founder, Bob Parsons, to the growing list of AllThings.tv interviews.  Bob Parsons is a man many associate with domain registrations, especially after the GoDaddy series of Super Bowl ads run in past years…

Has Bob Parsons lost his mind?

Is Bob stealing the thunder from Richard Rosenblatt?  Who will go down in history for the success of .tv?

If Bob continues his assault on .tv pricing, .tv could become the number one extension!  Okay, that was a joke, but how low can he go?

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Is Bob seeking to associate GoDaddy with the .tv extension?

Bob initially slashed the price of .tv domain names to $19.99 per year, a price seen only once before when eNom sought to increase the number of .tv registrations (eNom’s parent company is Demand Media, which is responsible for the marketing of the .tv extension and Channelme.tv).  As I reported yesterday…