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12 years ago it was very different

November 12, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

12 years ago this past Friday was one of the moments in my domaining career that changed things for me. I had registered domains starting back in 1997 but it was November 2005, when I started the .tv forum on Namepros. Today there are tons of niches and people who focus on a narrow category […]

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Filed Under: .tv, Domain trends, Namepros

Byron Allen’s ES.tv spends $16,000 on Podcasts.tv

August 5, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Byron Allen and his Entertainment Studios have been one of the more prolific owners and developers on top tier .tv domains. I often see in my cable tv guide, shows like Pets.tv or Recipe.tv. Mr.Allen’s company has eight 24/7 HD Cable And Broadcast Networks. Well Podcasts.tv can now be added to the mix as Namepros […]

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Filed Under: .tv

French tv broadcaster upgrades to France.TV

May 10, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

France Télévisions  is the French public national television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company that has used the domain FranceTV.fr. Namepros member Michal reported that the company has now upgraded to France.tv. The FranceTV.fr now redirects to their corporate site. Namepros member Ammudamus confirmed he was the seller of the name. I can confirm I […]

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Filed Under: .tv, Domain Sales, Namepros

After selling for $125,000 a year ago USA.tv is back to a parked page

December 25, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

It was one year and two days ago when Namepros member Donnied79 announced the blockbuster sale of USA.tv for $125,000. After the sale was announced the domain pointed to the Twitter account of Simon Cowell from American Idol and X-Factor fame. The domain was acquired in 2010. At one time the domain had a big […]

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Filed Under: .tv, Domain Sales, domaining news

Vegas Baby – A domain bet pays off at the .tv casino

November 30, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 11 Comments

So the new NHL team in Las Vegas announced their name last Tuesday. Owner Bill Foley kept people in suspense for months, putting out disinformation and talking about other names he was never planning on using. I had a good idea what the name would be before the big reveal. Why ? Because I had […]

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Filed Under: .tv

P.tv Hits Auction Block at NameJet

June 15, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Legacy Fund is auctioning off P.tv on NameJet. According to the recent NameJet newsletter this is the first time a single letter .tv has been offered on NameJet. In addition to the many uses listed in the newsletter, Family Guy had an episode I have seen like 100 times called “PTV.” SINGLE-LETTER DOMAIN P·TV NameJet […]

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Filed Under: .tv, NameJet

Two of the Ten single digit .tv look to be on the move

April 30, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Back in February I wrote about an ex Mike Berkens name 2.tv being sold by Go Daddy to Sheng Wang. The sale was reported on Ename.cn and it was said to be in the high six figure yuan range. It looks like 4.tv which Mike Berkens purchased for $5,555 in April 2010 at the same […]

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Filed Under: .tv

Changing Course

April 22, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

Hello Friends, I have had a long and fruitful relationship with the .TV extension. In 2010, I sold an online swimwear business which I had launched in 1996. Shortly thereafter I started registering .TV domain names, after Verisign’s pricing metamorphous. My swimwear business featured video clips of runway shows as early as 1999. I believed […]

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Filed Under: .tv, domaining news

CSC continues to buy up more NHL team names in .tv

March 18, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

At the end of last year I wrote a couple stories about CSC purchasing .tv names that are NHL team related. Devils.tv sold for $10,000 and weeks later Sharks.tv sold for $15,000. Now over the first couple of months of 2016 it looks like CSC is buying and hand registering full team names. They are […]

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Filed Under: .tv

2.tv Acquired for $4,600 by Mike Berkens in 2010 Sells for high six figure CNY

February 20, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

In April of 2010, Sedo held what was the biggest .tv auction of all time. Over $800,000 in sales took place. The auction came about with a new pricing structure in .tv, and the registry put up a bunch of names for Sedo to sell. 2.TV was one of the names listed and it went […]

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Filed Under: .tv, 2 letter domains

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