While watching videos on Revver, I discovered the new ChannelMe.tv ad campaign tonight.  The campaign is part of Demand Media’s marketing effort to promote that network and provide exposure to the .tv extension to the masses, or more specifically the MySpace crowd, which is enormous. 

Recently, REVVER opened up its network to pre-roll video ads and allows the video creators to decide whether pre-roll ads run in front of the content they submit to the site.  The ad I saw was a post-roll video ad.  The ad was impressive because it was animated and did a good job of selling what a user could do with their own .tv domain name. 

I was able to take 8 clear screenshots so you could an idea of the campaign, but this in no way does the campaign justice because the ad was fully animated.  I surfed REVVER a bit more and saw a different ChannelMe.tv ad as part of the campaign.  That ad flashed a bunch of prominent .tv sites. 

Screenshot #1 of the ChannelMe.tv Ad Campaign on REVVER
(More Screenshots On The Jump)

More screenshots on the jump! 

The following domain names are up for auction at Sedo.com.  Each name is followed by the amount bid (converted to US dollars if the native currency is not USD), the number of bids, the time remaining in the auction, whether the reserve has been met, and any unique hits if specified by Sedo.  All auctions still have two or more days remaining before they close:

cash.tv--------$7,365--1--2d 45m------(reserve met)
british.tv------$1,378--11-2d 22h 42m-(reserve NOT met)--219 unique visitors per month
webb.tv-------$125----1--3d 5h 42m---(reserve met)--55 unique visitors per month
fantasias.tv---$1,378--1--4d 11h 1m---(reserve met)--515 unique visitors a month
erection.tv----$2,000--1--5d 5h 28m---(reserve met)
oral.tv---------$2,750--1--5d 5h 42m---(reserve met)

First and foremost, I would want to know whether any .tv names carry premium pricing under the Verisign pricing structure before I even considered bidding on them because renewal pricing influences a domain’s value more in the .tv extension than other extensions…

Many of you know Richard Rosenblatt, former CEO and chairman of MySpace, co-founded Demand Media, the company behind me.tv, which empowers anybody to launch their own online channel and website on the .tv domain extension; Demand Media bought the exclusive rights to relaunch the .tv extension.

Steve Sivulka, former creator of Stupidvideos.com, launched Easysite.com, which was over a year in the making.  Like me.tv, Easysite.com is an alternative to web portals such as MySpace and Friendster. 

There is no doubt that Me.tv is in its early phase of development.

There are bugs that need fixing, templates that need improving, monetization and revenue sharing options that whilst at the time of the writing of this article are not yet available, they are in the pipeline and should be available very soon.

Innovative bells and whistles are being introduced daily, yet undoubtedly Me.tv will be the first to admit that they have plenty of work to do and that Me.tv is not a completed project, but a work in progress.

The question though remains – will Me.tv turn out to be just a cool alternative of a YouTube home page; those who want a little more exclusivity and a lot less spam?

Or perhaps it will be restricted to those who don’t mind shelling out $25 for a .tv name, giddy with anticipation that somewhere down the line they can turn a small profit through monetization of the site.

On May 1, 2007, Demand Media launched the .tv domain name extension with free social networking tools available through its site, me.tv.  While at the event I had the unique opportunity to interview Richard Rosenblatt, Quinn Daly, Carson Daly, Justin.tv and Max and Jason from Current.tv.  If you have the chance, you may also want to check out my thoughts on the relaunch of .tv with these cool Web 2.0 tools. 

This is the http://www.AllThings.tv exclusive interview with Richard Rosenblatt of Demand Media at the .tv Launch Party hosted by Demand Media at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood, CA on May 1, 2007. Richard tells us about the relaunch of the .tv domain name extension, the social networking tools available free to .tv domain name owners on me.tv, and his future vision of me.tv.

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