SKG

Lately I have been speculating a certain niche in .mobi that I would like to share with the forum. As you can see from my signature, my extension of choice is .TV, however I do see a niche in .mobi that similiar but for mobile phones. It is a known fact that video/tv capabilities are extending to the cellphone. It is very likely we will begin to see programming, channels, video feeds and television coming to mobile phones. While everyone is regging any keyword.mobi I think one should sit down and think of the real uses that people will be using a pda/cellphone for.....ie weather, stocks, traffic, restaurants, etc Outside of these types of generics there are still some decent keywordTV.mobi domains available and were not held back as premium by the registry. However, they are disapppearing very quick and nonone is talking about it. So here I am wanting a discussion about it. Streaming media is here to stay and will only get better. KeywordTV.mobi and KeywordChannel.mobi will be huge, imo.
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Please share your thoughts on this topic, bad or good. I have had much interest in many keywordtv.mobis that I own so I can say first hand that there is a lot of interest in them. Trying searching for some and see if you can find any available. You will have to dig to find a worthy one, but it will be worth the effort

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StoneRoses

Aarr my fellow DOT TV'er fancy seeing you in here .

Nice advice, i only own a couple of .mobis but i can see that becoming a distinct possibility.
On the back of yet more sound advice i have bought dartstv.mobi to go with my signature.
Nice work, rep added.( or rather it would have been but apparently they are "glad i like you but add some rep for someone else"

Thanks

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capiche

Nice Tip! Rep Added.

Don_OKC

Did just that.

cell-tv.mobi

HotRodTV.mobi - HotRodTV is not a TM.
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StoneRoses

Wrong thread guys, try the .MOBI marketplace thread

Thanks

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Don_OKC

Sorry about that. Sometimes mistakes are made and that is why I like the edit feature with this board. I hope the edited reply is within the range of this topic.

SKG

Thanks everyone and I hope you all dig up some great finds and make some great sales.

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Poison

Hmmm, I hope your speculation is correct - just picked up RacingTV.mobi. Rep added.

StoneRoses

now you got me hooked, just bought loanstv.mobi

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SKG

Hey, Hey, nice find
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Here is an example of what is coming:

http://www.modeo.com/

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namewaiter

must say i agree and also feel streaming media is what will drive and make the mobile internet tick ...

main reason a percentage of my portfolio revolves around tv:

episode.mobi | episodes.mobi
webisodes.mobi
reruns.mobi
repeats.mobi
skits.mobi
oldtv.mobi
vignettes.mobi
televisionshows.mobi
itelevision.mobi
payperviews.mobi

namewaiter

sweet article, don't think it's been posted yet...

2007 the year of Mobile TV
http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/10/maga...biz2/index.htm

SKG

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Very nice article Namewaiter, thank you. We are entering into an era of streaming video and its popularity will go through the roof

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SKG

Ok, check this out:

Global Mobile Media Spending Will Approach $100 Billion By 2011, Says Acacia Research Group
Acacia Research Group - January 18, 2007

Media for mobile devices will generate $98.6 billion worldwide by 2011, according to Acacia Research Group’s latest market study on personal media distribution. To put this context, this revenue figure is larger than 2006 worldwide box office receipts, packaged audio sales, or basic pay TV subscriptions.


By 2011, the number of media-capable mobile devices worldwide -- including media phones, personal media players, and handheld gaming devices -- will have grown to more than 3.2 billion. Total device shipments will near a record 1.1 billion that year.

Media-enabled phones will lead the way, with more than 2.2 billion handsets capable of advanced audio playback, 1.2 billion video-capable handsets, and 1.1 billion 3D-enabled handsets in use worldwide by 2011. Personal audio and video players will reach more than 835 million and handheld gaming devices will top 239 million that year.

"Some say that multipurpose devices, such as media phones, will push dedicated media devices out of the market. This will never happen," said Acacia Senior Analyst Christine Arrington. "There will always be room in the mobile space for devices that focus exclusively on delivering one or two forms of entertainment - because these devices have been, and will continue to be, better at what they do than multipurpose systems."

Audio downloads and subscriptions will generate $33.1 billion and video content will contribute $26.5 billion annually by 2011. Game publishers and distributors will net $25.4 billion from downloaded and packaged mobile games and content that year. And, by 2011, mobile pay TV subscriptions will be worth an estimated $13.4 billion annually. ,/p>

"Platform-appropriate must become a buzzword in the mobile media space," said Arrington. "Realizing the true potential of mobile media will require device manufacturers, content producers and distributors, and service operators to develop specialized, and even wholly new, technologies, media formats, and distribution methods to take full advantage of the distinctive qualities of the mobile entertainment experience. "

About the market research study

Acacia Research Group's 100+ page report, "Mobile Media 2006: The Future of Personal Media Distribution", addresses critical issues in the new world of mobile media distribution. This market study covers trends in device configuration, wireless operator technology, and content development. Devices covered in the report include mobile phones, media phones, personal media players, and handheld gaming devices. Forecasts include video, audio, broadcast radio and TV, satellite radio, still image, and 3D acceleration. Also included are forecasts for revenue generated from audio, video, and game downloads and subscriptions.

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mirrorcube

Great Post, used your KeywordTV concept on a dot com. Just got HUDTV.com, and being in real estate, that may come in very useful in the future. Come by the .mobi forum more often SKG, although i am starting to frequent the .TV side anyway.

namewaiter

Thanks SKG ... nice post ... btw cleveland.tv you own my town!

MillersCrossing

ESPORTESTV.MOBI - Sports TV in Portugese - now all we need is for Portugal to win the world cup!!

SKG

The Hyperfactory Launches World’s First Next-Generation Mobile Media Network

Companies around the Globe Can Tap into Multi-Touchpoint Mobile Media Network Generating over 1 Billion Impressions Per Month in Mobile Video-on-Demand, Mobile TV, In-Game Advertising, Mobile Search and Mobile Web

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hyperfactory, a full-service mobile ideas and media company, today unveiled the first global, next-generation Mobile Media Network. With six years of experience creating and executing more than 1000 global mobile marketing campaigns across four continents, The Hyperfactory is uniquely positioned to take mobile advertising to the next level. The company will offer this platform globally for contextual media planning leveraging cross-media ad planning, buying, integration and execution across any mobile technology. As part of this launch, The Hyperfactory is also offering holistic, unified technology analytics and detailed reporting services for media buyers targeting the mobile channel.
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Never before has there been a medium where the understanding of the media and its technical capabilities is more critical to the ability to develop creative and effective campaigns. In today’s burgeoning mobile advertising marketplace, brands and agencies have unique needs for creative, technical execution and media placement that best suit their marketing and advertising objectives. The Hyperfactory formed its global mobile media network to address these individual needs by integrating the most compelling consumer touchpoints available to mobile devices, leveraging the appeals of mobile TV and video-on-demand, mobile Web, in-game advertising, click-thru performance-based options and more to bring an array of choice mobile media channels to advertisers around the world.

“The Hyperfactory is launching the world’s first unified, multi-channel mobile media planning, buying, enabling and analytics experience,” said Derek Handley, CEO of The Hyperfactory. “We have the world’s largest mobile media footprint, attracting the most innovative brands and agencies generating mobile campaigns. It’s about moving forward, from WAP banner ad campaigns right through to search, video and beyond, offering value from generating ideas, campaign execution, detailed analytics and reporting across multiple mobile media touchpoints. It’s also about providing one source for a unified mobile media network backed by award-winning creativity and proven technology execution – it’s what we do everyday.”

Leading the creation and growth of the Mobile Media Network is The Hyperfactory’s Vice President of Mobile Media Worldwide, Gil Martinez. With deep expertise in mobile and online ad-serving and delivery, Gil brings tremendous mobile ideas and technology experience, having helped define the ad-model and pioneering mobile sales team efforts at ESPN Mobile Publishing.

“We have created a truly unique experience through our Mobile Media Network that will help make mobile part of the mainstream for advertisers,” said Martinez. “We built this platform based on exploding industry demand and look forward to working closely with leading agencies and brands to create and execute highly unique, personalized campaigns leveraging mobile, the fastest growing medium the world has ever seen.”
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About The Hyperfactory

The Hyperfactory is the most experienced full-service mobile ideas and media company responsible for the most award-winning innovative mobile campaigns seen anywhere in the world. Founded in 2000, The Hyperfactory creates, executes and analyzes long-term mobile strategies for brands and agencies, regardless of the technology. The Hyperfactory is trusted by a portfolio of notable brands that include Toyota, Motorola, Vodafone and Coke, all of whom rely on The Hyperfactory as an essential part of their mobile marketing strategies. Boasting the world’s most compelling and unified mobile media network, the company offers access to more than one billion multi-touchpoint impressions per month. The Hyperfactory has a US Headquarters in New York, International Headquarters in Auckland and sales and operations offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Hong Kong and India.

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Keith

I seen this one coming from a mile away. Thats why I regged these.

classictv.mobi
horrortv.mobi

Keithmt

Keith

Just picked up...

exercisetv.mobi

I am thinking along the lines of yoga. You can set your phone on speaker phone anywhere you are and follow the instructor. It may be hard to actually look at your phone to follow along. I am sure it could be used different but this just came to mind.

keithmt

SKG

Very nice regs Keithmt.

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MobiTV Preps for U-verse
FEBRUARY 01, 2007

MobiTV Inc. says it's working with AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T - message board) to bring the U-verse IPTV service to "the small screen," that is, to mobile phones.

Noting that AT&T executives often talk about reaching the "three screens" -- TVs, PCs, and mobile devices -- with their U-verse IPTV service, Light Reading wrote in November that Emeryville, Calif.-based MobiTV was well positioned for the job. (See MobiTV's Next Step Could be U-verse.)

MobiTV execs confirmed their company's involvement with U-verse during a Light Reading visit to the company's offices yesterday.

Paul Scanlan, a founder of MobiTV and the company's COO, says his company will contribute its own licensed video content and will eventually add in some of the video content from the U-verse package. A MobiTV spokesman says his company and AT&T have been discussing and testing the technology, with no formal contract yet signed.

AT&T isn't saying much about it. "We haven�t announced any plans, and we continue to test IP-enabled applications in our labs," an AT&T spokesman says. "We've said often that one of the benefits of IP as a platform is that you can bridge content to the three screens, and we are looking for ways to do that."

That AT&T would use MobiTV to take U-verse mobile isn't altogether surprising. MobiTV is already a partner of both AT&T and Cingular Wireless LLC , of which AT&T took full ownership after merging with BellSouth. MobiTV video became part of Cingular's mMode mobile services 15 months ago.

More recently, AT&T announced that MobiTV would power its new broadband video service called AT&T Broadband TV. The service now features about 25 channels of news, sports, and entertainment content and is growing, MobiTV tells Light Reading. (See AT&T Offers Internet TV and Service Station: AT&T's Silly Stream.)
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AT&T had announced earlier that MobiTV video is available to users of WiFi hotspots.

MobiTV licenses and aggregates video content, encodes it and "optimizes" it to display correctly on a variety of mobile devices, hosts it at headend facilities in Sacramento and Denver, and streams it over wireless broadband networks.

By providing all that, MobiTV hopes to make it easy for operators to carry the service, Scanlan says. Then MobiTV shares the revenues from subscription and advertising with the operator.

In the U.S., MobiTV has also signed customers Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S - message board) and Windstream Supply, Inc. , and it's working with the joint venture of Sprint and four cable MSOs. In the U.K., MobiTV counts 3 and Orange Communications SA as customers. (See MobiTV Joins Cable Squad and MobiTV Tops 1M Subscribers.)

MobiTV also appears to be fueling up for more growth. On Nov. 2, the firm announced that Adobe Systems Inc. and Hearst Corp. had added $30 million to a C round of funding, bringing the round to just more than $100 million. (See MobiTV Raises $30M and MobiTV Raises $70M.) The company announced a $15 million B round in August 2004.

Scanlan says MobiTV has had profitable quarters in the past, but it remains more focused on growth than on profits for the time being.

� Mark Sullivan, Reporter,

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