.tv Dot "TV"? Why not dot Radio?

[bluesman]

Not trying to harsh anyone's buzz, but isn't the establishment of a dot TV just a little bit too late? Who even watches all their video on just a TV anymore? Aren't computers and similar monitors (PS2s and other minis) the thing of the future?

I mean dot TV would have been a swell idea if the internet existed about 60 years ago, and this was 1948. But it's hardly a groundbreaking new deal now. You might as well have a dot Radio extension!

But really, video is the thing, so why didn't they just have a dot Video (or dot Vid for short) instead? Just wondering.

 

[SKG]

Bluesman, TV is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance, not to be confused with a TV set. Computers, Television sets, PS2s are are devices that carry TV. Radio would just be sound, while TV is broadcasting of pictures and sound.

 

[alanchau]

.tv is actually the ccTLD for island of Tuvalu.
Many registrars (and domainers) brand it as "television" for more appeal.

 

[ATL.tv]

.tv is actually the ccTLD for island of Tuvalu.
Many registrars (and domainers) brand it as "television" for more appeal.

*was the ccTLD, they "sold" their rights to a group of investors and later bought by Verisign (.tv corp)

now .tv has as much to do with tulavu as .org has with orgies

 

[rokoroko]

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now .tv has as much to do with tulavu as .org has with orgies

very nice comparison aaamareto

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

Bluesman, TV is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance, not to be confused with a TV set. Computers, Television sets, PS2s are are devices that carry TV. Radio would just be sound, while TV is broadcasting of pictures and sound.

Very well stated. I sitting here trying to think how to explain this. You did a great job!

Frank

 

[bluesman]

Hey, if my proposed extension of dot Video (or dot Vid) is such a horrible concept, then telecommunications itself could instead be used, as in dot TC.

But TV (when it's not being called something related to Tuvala) stands for television, and always has. A telecommunications system (or anything dealing with recorded or live broadcasted sight and sound) is still VIDEO.

 

[armstrong]

I'm no .tv fan (don't own any), but ... if you're going to have a tld dedicated to multimedia, .tv is an excellent choice because the acronym is almost universally-known and understood to stand for a device for receiving broadcasts. Sure, we're now leaps and bounds beyond plain-vanilla TV, but if we try to play catch-up, then you'd have too many multimedia-extensions: .vid, .mp3, .mp4, .mpeg, .vlog, .cam, .music, .vcd, .dvd, .cable, .hdtv, .flattv, etc. etc. I doubt ICANN would be receptive, either.

So, if you really must have a multimedia extension, best would be to stick with just .tv. In the end, it all boils down to news and entertainment, and .tv can deliver that. :imho:

 

[alex_d]

There are .fm and .am extensions I believe, which would be ideal if you wanted to creat a radio site.

I cant ever see the extension .radio ever happening.


Alex

 

[fab]

yeah, .tv is just a ccTLD people think of some meaning.