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I only bring this up because of a recent conversation I had with another Dot TV developer.
We felt that Dot TV is now entering, if it is not already in, the second stage of its growth cycle.
The indications are all around us, but we may not realize it until we step away from the activity over the last six months and look closely at what has happened.
YouTube in a matter of two years delivered an average of 1 million streams a day before Google purchased the site.
YouTube is not the only place one can visit to find a library of user created content, but the transaction is a barometer of things to come.
The costs of bandwidth have come down, technology has improved, and everyone realizes they can be an ABC, CBS, or an HBO without dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars on the equipment needed to broadcast one's self.
A lot of the general, keyword, and geographic dot tv websites have been gobbled up in that period. Those that have them are asking higher prices now that everyone is aware that Internet Television is going to be a big part of our future. Dot TV holders see the relationship of the domain to Internet Television as only improving with time. Many believe it will become de facto television given the Dot TV corporation's pricing strategy and its implications; charging higher prices ensures that a greater number of Dot TV names will be developed rather than parked, like quite a few Dot Com names.
Companies are scrambling to develop and advertise Dot TV websites, Internet channels, or streaming video sites to keep their brands and products in front of consumers. Obviously, traditional advertising and marketing are no longer getting the same traction or delivering the same results as in previous years.
Entrepreneurs are springing up out of the woodwork usually scraping together their savings and disposable income to begin work on their own projects or to officially create their own Dot TV portfolio.
Those of us looking to acquire more names are finding that fewer good ones are available as first time purchases from the registrars, forcing us to seek them in the aftermarket. The aftermarket seems to be commanding higher prices for the same names that once would have sold for a tenth of their value six months to a year ago.
When I got involved in Dot TV, people called me a maniac since the Dot TV extension had been around for more than 5 years before I started investing heavy sums of money to create my own Dot TV portfolio. Everyone talked about what the future of Dot TV had looked like in the past (much like what it is starting to look like today) but it never materialized. They assumed that because the future they spoke of did not materialize, it was dead. I argued that its future was not possible until today. Unfortunately, they were blinded by its failure to materialize in the short period it was around, so they never made their money on Dot TV and let their registrations lapse.
The YouTube transaction created a buzz that has only gotten louder. The frequency of press releases relating to Internet Television have increased ten-fold on average. The unique hits on my portfolio of dot tv names has doubled in the past three months. The number of offers made on those domain names has trippled.
Enom's purchase of the rights to Dot TV from the Dot TV corporation could not come at a more perfect time. The press and attention it has received is incredible. I have personally noticed more new Dot TV domainers showing up on this forum and asking the same questions I had six months ago. As the popularity of Dot TV continues to increase, the scarcity of names available from registrars will increase. As a result, I think we can expect the prices of names in the aftermarket to increase as well.
If you scan the forums, you will read about serious Dot TV investors who are not finding the same kind of bargains that were available just a few months ago. Even fewer bargains turn up with twice the amount of research than was required before.
Everything I have discussed signals to me that we are in that next growth stage and that we should no longer be asking the question, "When will it hit?" but rather "Where is it going to take us?" and "What will the future of Internet Television look like?"
We felt that Dot TV is now entering, if it is not already in, the second stage of its growth cycle.
The indications are all around us, but we may not realize it until we step away from the activity over the last six months and look closely at what has happened.
YouTube in a matter of two years delivered an average of 1 million streams a day before Google purchased the site.
YouTube is not the only place one can visit to find a library of user created content, but the transaction is a barometer of things to come.
The costs of bandwidth have come down, technology has improved, and everyone realizes they can be an ABC, CBS, or an HBO without dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars on the equipment needed to broadcast one's self.
A lot of the general, keyword, and geographic dot tv websites have been gobbled up in that period. Those that have them are asking higher prices now that everyone is aware that Internet Television is going to be a big part of our future. Dot TV holders see the relationship of the domain to Internet Television as only improving with time. Many believe it will become de facto television given the Dot TV corporation's pricing strategy and its implications; charging higher prices ensures that a greater number of Dot TV names will be developed rather than parked, like quite a few Dot Com names.
Companies are scrambling to develop and advertise Dot TV websites, Internet channels, or streaming video sites to keep their brands and products in front of consumers. Obviously, traditional advertising and marketing are no longer getting the same traction or delivering the same results as in previous years.
Entrepreneurs are springing up out of the woodwork usually scraping together their savings and disposable income to begin work on their own projects or to officially create their own Dot TV portfolio.
Those of us looking to acquire more names are finding that fewer good ones are available as first time purchases from the registrars, forcing us to seek them in the aftermarket. The aftermarket seems to be commanding higher prices for the same names that once would have sold for a tenth of their value six months to a year ago.
When I got involved in Dot TV, people called me a maniac since the Dot TV extension had been around for more than 5 years before I started investing heavy sums of money to create my own Dot TV portfolio. Everyone talked about what the future of Dot TV had looked like in the past (much like what it is starting to look like today) but it never materialized. They assumed that because the future they spoke of did not materialize, it was dead. I argued that its future was not possible until today. Unfortunately, they were blinded by its failure to materialize in the short period it was around, so they never made their money on Dot TV and let their registrations lapse.
The YouTube transaction created a buzz that has only gotten louder. The frequency of press releases relating to Internet Television have increased ten-fold on average. The unique hits on my portfolio of dot tv names has doubled in the past three months. The number of offers made on those domain names has trippled.
Enom's purchase of the rights to Dot TV from the Dot TV corporation could not come at a more perfect time. The press and attention it has received is incredible. I have personally noticed more new Dot TV domainers showing up on this forum and asking the same questions I had six months ago. As the popularity of Dot TV continues to increase, the scarcity of names available from registrars will increase. As a result, I think we can expect the prices of names in the aftermarket to increase as well.
If you scan the forums, you will read about serious Dot TV investors who are not finding the same kind of bargains that were available just a few months ago. Even fewer bargains turn up with twice the amount of research than was required before.
Everything I have discussed signals to me that we are in that next growth stage and that we should no longer be asking the question, "When will it hit?" but rather "Where is it going to take us?" and "What will the future of Internet Television look like?"
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