.tv News.tv for sale - Previous sale never happened?

[*AllThings.tv*]

Navigated to news.tv today just to take a peek. Sadly, I saw a parking page with this in the footer

This domain is for sale - To learn more about how to purchase this domain, contact us here

Who got confirmation from Demand Media that this name sold?

I guess the number one name is back for sale.

 

[virtuali]

its still forsale by enom... "[email protected]".

 

[.tv]

It seems the name didn't sell previously.

 

[heroes]

jeffoverman got email confirmation from eNom.

Here is the original thread going back to late October last year:

http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/388248-news-tv-sold-do-we-know.html?highlight=news.tv

Some thought it was sold; some thought it was not sold; and some just said they would wait and see.

 

[TheBulldog]

I have always postulated that it was pulled to drive interest and speculation.

"Oh if News.tv is sold, I should get xxxxxxx.tv and xxxxxx.tv right away."

My thought has always been that it was a ploy to push premiums. Naturally, how could I possibly think that about such an upstanding pair of companies as this.

Sigh, guess I will just go on over to my 10,000 views channel me site and talk to my many guests.

 

[jeffoverman]

wow...

guess anything can happen these days..i was told it got sold

lets keep fingers crossed and it finds a new home with media like cnn or fox

 

[StargateCapital]

Who at enom told you it was sold Jeff? Can you post that email you received that stated news.tv was sold?

RL

 

[Steven]

This is very confusing lol

 

[jeffoverman]

jason told me it got sold.........


just reported what was told me

ok.......i found email

love how people second guess everything...

back on 10/22/07

copy and paste.

Hi Jeff,

Unfortunately, news.tv is no longer available. Please let me know if
there are any other premium .TV domain names you are interested in.

Best regards,
Jason


Jason Samose | Business Development
__________________________________
Demand Media

now this showed a confirmation-now what happened to sale-i dont know but back then it got sold according from demand media.

 

[StargateCapital]

"Has been sold" and "No longer available" are two different things.

I've seen domains go into some sort of "holding tank" at enom/verisign
for who knows what reason. Maybe just some sort of marketing ploy
by enom and/or verisign?

RL

 

[MillersCrossing]

No longer available usually means they are in talks with an interested buyer, and offer to put the name on hold during negotiations.......

It makes sense for DM then to keeep quiet about the ir inability to close the deal and thus just remain hush hush

 

[TheBulldog]

It makes sense, but it also makes them look......slightly non-negotiable to deal with as well.

If they were really on their toes, they would be working with a large news organization to give it to them for development and exposure.

Of course, they probably would require it to be on the me.tv platform, which would kill the deal instantly.

Picture that: News.tv hosted on the me.tv platform. (NO NO NO GET THE IMAGE OUT OF MY HEAD HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME>> >SDFJKLSDFHSDFJKH)

 

[jeffoverman]

read it whatever way you want...

sure sounds like it was off the market to me

 

[heroes]

"Has been sold" and "No longer available" are two different things.

That is absolutely true. Premiums are often "No longer available" but that certainly does not mean sold. A recent example of this was pointed out by Argos with Bibles.tv

What is more perplexing, and I have raised this a number of times, is where does Ahead.tv get its renewal pricing feeds from? Where does the $25,000 for News.tv come from? One day its $500k; the next day the name is no longer on the available names list; and then renewal fee is quoted at $25k on Ahead.tv.

 

[MillersCrossing]

That is absolutely true. Premiums are often "No longer available" but that certainly does not mean sold. A recent example of this was pointed out by Argos with Bibles.tv

What is more perplexing, and I have raised this a number of times, is where does Ahead.tv get its renewal pricing feeds from? Where does the $25,000 for News.tv come from? One day its $500k; the next day the name is no longer on the available names list; and then renewal fee is quoted at $25k on Ahead.tv.

Another very imprtant question - who is AHEAD.TV - i find their site invaluable, as i am sure many here do, but what is their connection if any to either DM and or Verisign?????

ARe they an offshoot of DM, could it be that DM convinced Verisign to have some measure of openess on premium names otherwise the market would just not support a premium policythat could not be validated or are they some totally seperate company that has gone out of its way to do all of us a favor out of the goodness of their hearts.....

 

[StargateCapital]

The Whois service is a powerful tool....

RL

 

[smashfactory]

ahead tv is a member on this board i thought

 

[equity78]

Ahead.tv is Polin, no relation to demand media or verisign, they are an enom reseller. They are also regspace.com

RegSpace.com
Polin Huang ([email protected])
Chiayi City, 60077
TW
Reg Space looks just like Enom.tv.

 

[MillersCrossing]

well Polin is providing an excellent service and I wish him the best.....some great coding skills

 

[MrRhee]

The Whois service is a powerful tool....

RL

Yes it sure does.

Are you saying that it looks like it's taken?

IMHO, it appears to still be taken by a well-known domainer.
I won't say more out of respect for their privacy, but I could also be mistaken.

Time will tell.