Dec 17 2007
TV Buzz Again On The Web
Came across this PR article today for the .tv extention. I have often wondered how succesful this extention could be for geo domainers and businesses if the platform currently being offered had no limitations to end users. 
The platform that is currently being offered is very limited and keeps you trapped into the .tv social network with no way of expanding commercially. User friendly technology that is offered “out of the box” is an ingenious idea, as many people do not have the skill sets or money to develop websites effectively. But I think they are missing the boat by keeping it limited to just a social network. People and businesses want freedom to be creative on the internet, and want nothing less than the easiest tools available (technology) to do it with ease. How cool would it be if a tweaked commercial .tv platform was offered for domainers and businesses to build targetted video content for consumers? I feel geo .tv domains would be outstanding websites for consumers and all involved would benefit from this type of platform.
I would love the option to go to HawaiiVacations.tv and see videos on the hot tourists attractions with pertinent information in a commercial setting. Would love it even more if the tools were in place now to do it seamlessly. Currently, it is not being offered, and this is why there are thousands of great geo domains still unregistered. Unfixed registration prices also have alot to do with it as well. This technology would even be better if it was made available in the .com arena! Do you think the .tv extention would be great for geo domains if the platform was made availble?
Geo domains and .TV are the perfect mix to be the city’s “Online Broadcast Affiliate” in a similar manner to the traditional model of city broadcast affiliates in which each city has an ABC CBS FOX …station.The generic .TV city name is already being positioned and accepted by major media companies as the city’s broadcast affiliate for the Internet and many hard line .commers have fallen asleep at the wheel IMO in not hedging by getting control on their generic city names in the .TV extension.
I am a bit confused by your question in that owning a .TV does not mean you need use you the channelme.tv format.
Many have launched there .TV city sites with there own technology.
I am in the process of launching a major Geo .TV network and have gotten great early feedback from many major media companies. Currently our next generation platform is being built and contacts in communities are being established.
To see the power of geo .tv check out
http://www.boston.tv
http://www.tulsa.tv
http://www.atlanticcity.tv
http://www.montreal.tv
http://www.hamptonroads.tv
HamptonRhodes.tv is a great example of a major media company (Landmark Communications) owning both the .com and .TV and choosing to use both for certain types of content. This is a billion dollar media company saying “The .com is not enough for our business model. We need to utilize the .TV as well.” They own “The Weather Channel” and CBS station affiliates in Nashville and Vegas. Landmark owns many other city .TV names including Baltimore.TV Syracuse.tv Atlanta.tv and Seattle.tv to name a few. This company has the power and money to make geo .tv forefront in peoples minds.
Also for direct examples of Network News Stations owning and operating geo .TV sites look at
http://www.macon.tv
http://www.nebraska.tv
This space is ripe to explode. Yes I may have a biased view in that my business model is built upon geo .tv names but I have already receieved numerous offers and interest in the real estate and seen the above mentioned development and have the contacts in the entertainment industry to know I am on the right track.
Make no mistake, I am not saying that geo .com space will not continue to explode as well, but the truth is geo .TV is on the rise and will fill a very successful niche. Aside from the obvious geo .com there is no other extension I would rather own a pure generic city name then in .TV and time will prove me right.
Also of note, Many of my big city names have no premium fee despite the popular myth that all good .TV names are premium.
To name a few:
The following list are some of the city names i own that cost me $25 per year to own
SaltLakeCity.tv
KeyWest.tv
Daytona.tv
DaytonaBeach.tv
CorpusChristi.tv
FortWorth.tv
FtWorth.tv
Some of my $500 per year names include (a steal IMO)
PalmSprings.tv
Pasadena.tv
Irvine.tv
SantaMonica.tv
Feel free to contact me at brian@mcb.tv to discuss the geo .tv space as I have a vast amount of knowledge of things going on behind the scenes and I keep in constant contact with all the big generic .TV city holders.
**SMO**
Brian,
Thanks for visiting the blog and for your comments. This Geo domain niche is exciting and full of several of possibilities for geo domain owners, regardless of the extention you choose to use as your vehicle. You are right about being able to use other platforms to launch your Geo.tv domain. What I was commenting on was the platform the registrar chose to exploit as a social network platform. They should provide an additional platform for commercial use, currently it is just for a social network and overall keeping it from growing to its fullest capacity. Keep up the great work and i look forward to seeing your .tv media empire built!
OMG…Boston.tv is brilliant! thanks for the link
I like what Brian is doing. It looks good. I have nothing against .tv and spoke at the Associated Cities Expo that .tv was one of the extensions that have potential. It carries a certain expectation for the visitor and Brian seems to be touching on that appeal. What will make .tv become social is if more .tv owners deliver this expectation and at what point the public understands and accepts it. I have been pushing for .com owners to develop for 12 years and I still feel there is a huge learning curve to overcome.
.tv, .mobi or any other TLD has an even higher hurdle to task. We will reach our highest potential when the public uses their URL as their first choice in finding something. Intuitive navigation is the name of the game and the public gets to decide.
Michael,
I wanted to thank you for the kind words. You are someone who I have a great deal of admiration for and your track record speaks for itself as a true pioneer and visonary.
I look forward to the day, hopefully in the not too distant future where our paths will cross. I wish you and your orginization much success and I know 2008 will be another ground breaking year for CCIN.
Regards,
Brian Berke
Michael,
Spot on with the hurdle .tv faces……if we become morphed .com geos, why on earth would anyone want to go to anything other than a .com geo - which as you say aswell is underdeveloped according to its own potential…..
The success as you rightly point out depends on how much those with big portfolios really go interactive with their sites, leading to a critical mass of geo .tv sites that impress, provide and are uniquely channels of info as opposed to static info, so that the viewer will seek out the .tv geo to get what they want…….