Im Starting my Own TV Station

michaeldotcom · 06-29-2008, 04:14 AM

FX is a tv channel made by the Fox network and broadcast in the UK and in Ireland.

Their main website is on a .tv domain too.

http://www.fxuk.tv

michaeldotcom · 06-30-2008, 07:27 AM

NUTS TV is a TV channel made by Turner Broadcasting, broadcast in the UK and they're using a .tv domain too for their website :

http://www.nuts.tv

michaeldotcom · 07-04-2008, 01:26 PM

WTXL is the ABC affiliate station for Tallahassee, Florida and southern Georgia.

http://www.wtxl.tv

"Your Hometown News in High Definition" and that's happening on .tv too

michaeldotcom · 07-05-2008, 02:57 AM

Just added http://www.moblogic.tv to the list.

Thanks MillersCrossing for highlighting this website of CBS's new show.

http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv-appra...blogic-tv.html

dgridley · 07-05-2008, 08:28 AM

I think Geos are a whole other ballgame vs call signs.. most stations would naturally gravitate toward the call sign IMO.

michaeldotcom · 07-21-2008, 05:35 AM

Channel Television is a British TV station which is the ITV affiliate in the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey) and they're using a .tv domain too for their main website.

http://www.channelonline.tv

michaeldotcom · 07-22-2008, 05:49 AM

STV is the ITV licensee in Scotland and, just like UTV in Northern Ireland and Channel Television in the Channel Islands, they're using .tv for their website as well.

http://www.stv.tv

EDIT : Just added http://www.toonattik.tv for ITV (UK). It's very nice to see ITV's commitment towards .tv

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/482052-big-tv-networks-enthusiastic-about-tv.html

Thanks Ronnie for mentioning it.

michaeldotcom · 07-24-2008, 11:00 AM

Footballers Wives is a popular British TV drama which was broadcast on ITV in the UK and on BBC America in the US.

http://www.footballerswives.tv

gwkg · 07-25-2008, 07:55 AM

Could owning domains like cbs19.tv become a trademark issue?

michaeldotcom · 07-25-2008, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by gwkg

Could owning domains like cbs19.tv become a trademark issue?

The CBS Corporation obviously owns the CBS trademark.
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So, if you're thinking of registering names like cbs18.tv, cbs17.tv or whatever, it's just not worth it, as it could only lead to lawsuits.

Moreover, the only possible enduser you could actually try and sell those names to would actually be CBS... You would have much more to lose than to win there.

Cybersquatting is never a good idea and is never good for the reputation of the domaining community either.

michaeldotcom · 07-26-2008, 02:39 PM

"Five News with Natasha Kaplinsky", the major news programme from Channel 5 in the UK, is using .tv as well for its website :

http://www.fivetvonline.tv

I would also like to add to the list http://www.actionstations.tv from ITV, which was mentioned by StoneRoses in another thread.

gwkg · 07-26-2008, 03:51 PM

Internet Domain Auction Threatens 285 U.S. TV Stations
http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/497076-internet-domain-auction-threatens-285-u.html#post2942920

edit: I created a new thread

benzdorf · 07-27-2008, 08:26 AM

WKRZ.TV in Zinzinnati

CarryOn · 08-20-2008, 04:06 AM

www.worldfocus.tv/

Domain name just purchased by the Educational Broadcasting Corporation. Now in use by one of their stations - WNET/Thirteen - the largest PBS station in the USA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen/WNET

Ctack · 08-20-2008, 10:00 PM

Looks like PBS has big plans for Online Video and worldfocus.tv

Quote:

NBC’s Martin Savidge to Anchor International News Program on PBS
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By The New York Times
Martin Savidge on assignment for NBC in 2006. (NBC)

“The correspondent Martin Savidge is leaving NBC News for public television, where he is to become the anchor of a new weeknight broadcast that will focus on international news,” Elizabeth Jensen reports.

WLIW in New York, which is developing the program, says the newscast, “Worldfocus,” is scheduled to start broadcasting Oct. 6 on a lineup of public television stations nationwide that is still being assembled but already includes stations in 8 of the top 10 markets.

“Worldfocus” will attempt to fill what Mr. Savidge called a void in television news. “When CNN was born as a concept, we all said: ‘The 24-hour era of news has arrived; think of the topics we can cover,’ ” he said. But, he said, 24 hours now “boils down to about six headlines repeated over and over and over,” adding, “It seems that opportunity was squandered.”

Looks like they have been planning a push into online video right around the time of the program launch as well.
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Quote:

"PBS picks vendor, will put web ‘back end’ in gear by fall

Originally published in Current, May 27, 2008
By Jeremy Egner

PBS will partner with thePlatform for Media Inc., a Seattle-based subsidiary of cable giant Comcast, to create a cohesive online public TV video distribution network that intermingles local and national content and multiplies overall the number of videos that pubTV offers on its websites.

This comprehensive online video ecosystem (COVE), as the planners call it, will roll out in September, Jason Seiken, PBS senior v.p. for interactive, announced May 13 at the PBS Showcase Conference in Palm Desert, Calif.

Public TV’s present online video players and tools, such as the Frontline/NewsHour public affairs player (earlier article), will be rolled into this network, Seiken said.

The project will allow public TV to “considerably increase online video on both PBS.org and local PBS stations’ websites,” Seiken said in a statement.

ThePlatform, a video management and publishing company that launched in 2000, will manage the broadband video back end for PBS’s main portal and its sites for kids, parents and teachers. With video continuing to reside on PBS and local servers, the setup will enable PBS to distribute video to station sites, help stations publish local content on their own sites and let stations share videos with other stations’ sites.

PBS has begun a 12-station pilot phase, Seiken told Current in an e-mail. Stations with questions about online video initiatives should contact Kristin Calhoun at PBS Interactive (kcalhounSYMBOLpbs.org).

The video distribution system is part of a multi-pronged plan to enhance and increase exposure for the system’s sites and offerings, which Seiken outlined at Showcase.

PBS will enable further localization of PBS.org and PBSkids.org offerings. Search results on the sites eventually will point to local as well as national content. PBS will provide Google Analytics data for stations’ sites to help them track usage and optimize their site content to be found readily by search engines. A new deal with YouTube allows stations to post clips up to 10 minutes in length without charge — longer than normal. For video posted on pubTV’s own sites, a new PBS pact with Limelight Networks, a content delivery network service provider, gives stations discounted bulk rates for video streaming, Seiken said. Streaming costs for a small- to medium-sized station could run as much as 80 percent below average industry rates, he says.

ThePlatform will also offer stations training on how to incorporate its video management technology into their online operations, says Marty Roberts, v.p. for marketing.

All video delivered by the network will be in Adobe Flash format and in standard screen sizes. Videos will be 512x288 pixels in the 16:9 aspect ratio or 480x360 pixels in 4:3, with a bitrate of 350 kbps using the On2 VP6 codec. These are the same specs used by the Frontline/NewsHour player; PBS will soon publish a white paper on best practices for Flash encoding, Seiken says.

ThePlatform’s administration system will allow stations to upload their content and use metadata tagging, mapped to the PBCore standard, to attach rights restrictions, which follow the videos wherever they go, he says.

The process will go something like this: A station producer will go into the online administration tool and follow pop-up menus to upload, tag, apply any necessary restrictions and publish the video, Roberts says.

At the viewers’ end of the distribution chain, video players interacting with the system — the player created by PBS and others by stations — will automatically search for new content. PBS and the video management company are still working out how the sponsorships will work, Roberts says.

ThePlatform already handles video for the online versions of PBS Kids Sprout and many other media companies, including BBC, CNBC, Gannett, HIT Entertainment and Verizon. Comcast purchased the company in 2006, but it remains independently operated, according to a spokesman.

TheBulldog · 08-21-2008, 08:26 PM

I personally think the title is misleading at least slightly.

The big 3, NBC, CBS, and ABC really are NOT getting into tv, and I can state that for specifically one of them knowing an insider directly involved with the game there.

The ones related to them are affiliates and not the companies themselves. That isn't to say they aren't aware of it, they just don't see it the same way as others do that .tv is the natural extension.

To be fair, from what I have heard, the feeling is that they could legally shut down anyone that infringed on their works, so they just stick with .com instead for know. Another statement I heard was this, verbatim: "Content is King, and we produce it and have it on our site, so why bother with this unknown crap?"

Take it with a grain of salt, and know that I was a little surprised by the comment as well. But now that I have talked to quite a few of them at that company, I think it will be a long time before the biggest networks jump in. The cable networks on the other hand, may force them to jump faster then they want to.

benzdorf · 08-22-2008, 05:02 AM

That insider you know bulldog must be keepen yeah real busy see'n how you dont have time to respond to emails !

Ctack · 08-22-2008, 11:24 AM

The major networks in the US may be slow to adopt, but globally you have major networks using .tv eg. Five.tv, and so many others, so its not misleading..

In europe old media has really adopted .tv, in the US its the new media companies. I think the major networks in the US will come around, and i agree about the cable companies eg. tnt.tv, helping out with this process.

Originally Posted by TheBulldog

I personally think the title is misleading at least slightly.

The big 3, NBC, CBS, and ABC really are NOT getting into tv, and I can state that for specifically one of them knowing an insider directly involved with the game there.

The ones related to them are affiliates and not the companies themselves. That isn't to say they aren't aware of it, they just don't see it the same way as others do that .tv is the natural extension.

To be fair, from what I have heard, the feeling is that they could legally shut down anyone that infringed on their works, so they just stick with .com instead for know. Another statement I heard was this, verbatim: "Content is King, and we produce it and have it on our site, so why bother with this unknown crap?"
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=482052

Take it with a grain of salt, and know that I was a little surprised by the comment as well. But now that I have talked to quite a few of them at that company, I think it will be a long time before the biggest networks jump in. The cable networks on the other hand, may force them to jump faster then they want to.

ATL.tv · 08-24-2008, 12:47 PM

NBC - myATL.tv

mckennaronnie · 08-24-2008, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by localexperts

If you look, newspapers purchased many geo.com. I think newspapers will purchase geo .tv. Spartanburg.tv is owned by the newspaper. Triad.tv by the newspaper. HamptonRoads.tv - the newspaper.

A fair number of great .TV in Europe are owned byNewspapers or new media companies judging by the 100's of whois checks i done last week.
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Most bought to develop so id expect geo .TV's too be popping up all over in the next year or two.

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dgridley NamePros Legend Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SW Missouri Posts: 18,396 Follow @davew3b	I think Geos are a whole other ballgame vs call signs.. most stations would naturally gravitate toward the call sign IMO. __________________ davew3b tumblr blog \| davew3b posterous blog

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michaeldotcom Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 812	STV is the ITV licensee in Scotland and, just like UTV in Northern Ireland and Channel Television in the Channel Islands, they're using .tv for their website as well. http://www.stv.tv EDIT : Just added http://www.toonattik.tv for ITV (UK). It's very nice to see ITV's commitment towards .tv ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/482052-big-tv-networks-enthusiastic-about-tv.html Thanks Ronnie for mentioning it. Last edited by michaeldotcom; 07-22-2008 at 07:03 AM.

07-26-2008, 03:51 PM	#37 (permalink)
gwkg NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sunny South Florida Posts: 457	Internet Domain Auction Threatens 285 U.S. TV Stations http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/497076-internet-domain-auction-threatens-285-u.html#post2942920 edit: I created a new thread Last edited by gwkg; 07-26-2008 at 03:54 PM.

07-27-2008, 08:26 AM	#38 (permalink)
benzdorf The Future Is Now ! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: South Florida & Stuttgart Posts: 620	Im Starting my Own TV Station WKRZ.TV in Zinzinnati __________________ That's my story and im sticke'n to it ! ollotv.com the LiL brother of ollo.tv the search engine that findz dotTVz

06-29-2008, 04:14 AM	THREAD STARTER #26 (permalink)
michaeldotcom Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 812	FX is a tv channel made by the Fox network and broadcast in the UK and in Ireland. Their main website is on a .tv domain too. http://www.fxuk.tv

06-30-2008, 07:27 AM	THREAD STARTER #27 (permalink)
michaeldotcom Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 812	NUTS TV is a TV channel made by Turner Broadcasting, broadcast in the UK and they're using a .tv domain too for their website : http://www.nuts.tv

07-04-2008, 01:26 PM	THREAD STARTER #28 (permalink)
michaeldotcom Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 812	WTXL is the ABC affiliate station for Tallahassee, Florida and southern Georgia. http://www.wtxl.tv "Your Hometown News in High Definition" and that's happening on .tv too

07-21-2008, 05:35 AM	THREAD STARTER #31 (permalink)
michaeldotcom Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 812	Channel Television is a British TV station which is the ITV affiliate in the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey) and they're using a .tv domain too for their main website. http://www.channelonline.tv

07-24-2008, 11:00 AM	THREAD STARTER #33 (permalink)
michaeldotcom Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 812	Footballers Wives is a popular British TV drama which was broadcast on ITV in the UK and on BBC America in the US. http://www.footballerswives.tv

07-25-2008, 07:55 AM	#34 (permalink)
gwkg NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sunny South Florida Posts: 457	Could owning domains like cbs19.tv become a trademark issue?

07-26-2008, 02:39 PM	THREAD STARTER #36 (permalink)
michaeldotcom Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 812	"Five News with Natasha Kaplinsky", the major news programme from Channel 5 in the UK, is using .tv as well for its website : http://www.fivetvonline.tv I would also like to add to the list http://www.actionstations.tv from ITV, which was mentioned by StoneRoses in another thread.

08-20-2008, 04:06 AM	#39 (permalink)
CarryOn NamePros Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 309	www.worldfocus.tv/ Domain name just purchased by the Educational Broadcasting Corporation. Now in use by one of their stations - WNET/Thirteen - the largest PBS station in the USA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen/WNET

08-21-2008, 08:26 PM	#41 (permalink)
TheBulldog Your Showbiz Connection Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spam-It's what's for dinner. Posts: 4,714	I personally think the title is misleading at least slightly. The big 3, NBC, CBS, and ABC really are NOT getting into tv, and I can state that for specifically one of them knowing an insider directly involved with the game there. The ones related to them are affiliates and not the companies themselves. That isn't to say they aren't aware of it, they just don't see it the same way as others do that .tv is the natural extension. To be fair, from what I have heard, the feeling is that they could legally shut down anyone that infringed on their works, so they just stick with .com instead for know. Another statement I heard was this, verbatim: "Content is King, and we produce it and have it on our site, so why bother with this unknown crap?" Take it with a grain of salt, and know that I was a little surprised by the comment as well. But now that I have talked to quite a few of them at that company, I think it will be a long time before the biggest networks jump in. The cable networks on the other hand, may force them to jump faster then they want to. __________________ ════════════════►◊ Funny Google Voice Translations

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