Hey Jamie,
Here are my thoughts on .TV that I just posted recently in another thread
" I wonder what % of the sites mentioned were not around 18 months ago - at least 40% would tie in with other data about the recent explosion in devved .Tvs........
So to those who say that theres nothing new about the .tv ext miss the point - its not .tv thats new - its that it finaly can make perfect sense to use the ext with the NEW technology that the internet is harnessing - it is the accumulation of superfast internet speeds that did not exist in the year 2000, video production for that all important video content has seen prices slashed as emerging production technology lower the cost of entry and most importantly of all - viewers are now looking to the internet for their viewing pleasure (not just porn!!) a really fast growing trend that has all the traditional media execs opening their top collars and dab their foreheads from the sweat.....
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/474300-tv-mobi-fm-multi-media-web.html
Make no mistake, I predict a huge surge over the NEXT 18 months where the cable and satellite companies make their move.......we still get excited at $25k deals - you aint seen nothing yet!!!'
As u can tell from my sig, I am fully invested in .TV.......but I still think that the reason top top top names in the .tv extension are selling for such small percentages is because however generic the name - example THAILAND.TV, it becomes a brand due the .TV ext.
Which is why I say that we are looking at a minimum of ten years possibly longer, before type in traffic makes the .TV part of the generic too, and not JUST a great branding exercise - I hope you guys are following what I am trying to say...
Now that is not to say that the 16 to 35 group wont catch in - in lets say 5-7 years......but the majority population I think is way way off still from typing even the holy of holies SEX.TV....
Thus, development is the only way for these names to get out there and be heard, be counted, gain traffic and have the advertisers come knocking at the door ( as in Ron Jacksons case,) or as in most other cases, have the site owners get the adbertisers through sheer grit and determination.....
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