The geo (short for geography or geographical) domain space is becoming red hot, particular in the dot tv extension since the extension lends itself particularly well to the kind of coverage one might show on a geographically oriented site. For example, Vanuatu dot TV…
Feb 15
Every day Richard Rosenblatt sits in his office, thinking about what Demand Media must to for the dot tv extension to reach the tipping point, which is the point at which the rate of adoption, growth, and public awareness of the dot tv extension increase exponentially. Some investors in the dot tv extension feel that Richard should focus his resources on running ads on television, the very medium the Internet threatens.
However, most of these domainers fail to understand that Richard believes that mass end-user adoption and the success of the dot tv extension shall only come with the success of the Channel Me venture, which is just one of numerous projects that consumes Demand’s resources, including labor and capital. Channel Me embodies Richard’s idea of “selling the overall experience of hosted solutions instead of the more technical concept of hosting itself.”
Will Richard’s strategy succeed? Will 2008 be the breakout year for dot tv assuming Channel Me achieves the kind of success Demand and its investors anticipate?
Dec 03