Viacom buys Movies.us

[zouzas]

BREAKING NEWS


VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC , NEWYORK (AP) .Viacom International Parent Company of brands as MTV and BlockBuster video issued the following press release of their purchase of the domain Movies.us. Ms. Yenom spokesperson for Viacom stated "we are thrilled we were able to acquire Movies.us where Disney owns the com extension for movies and by the purchase of the .US extension it allows us to target our brand into the US market".We Feel what better way to target the American market then through the use of .US. When asked the purchase price Ms. Yenom stated "we're under a NDA but it is about the cost of a superbowl ad north of 3 million, where a superbowl ad which only lasts for about 30 seconds we'll own the domain forever", Ms. Yenom further stated "domain aquisition is the cheapest form of advertising and .US says it all in addition ,we feel with the future capablities of streaming movie downloading in the US there's no better name to own then Movies.us better then even Movies.com ,.com is so 90's ". Ms. Yenom went onto state "the rate consumers will be downloading online movies ,dvd's and videos places Movies.us at the centerstage".When we tried to contact the registrant of record of the domain, gotus,LLLC no one was available to comment but they did offer the following statement"We had hoped to develop Movies.us but we're tied up with other projects and Viacom will do a great job ,we wish them the best ".When we asked the registrant wasn't your statement "we're tied up with other projects" #7 on the list of 05 for silliest things domainers said in 05,they had no comment.

Ms. Yenom
Viacom International Inc.
11515 Broadway
New York ,NY
10036
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+1.212-258-6784

 

[greggish]

Good sale, but they should have held out for more. $3 Mil is ok but they probably could have gotten 10x that if they had waited longer. Although, this is the best time of year for such a sale to go through. By the way, Movies.US is a developed site (kind of).

 

[Goss]

Good sale, but they should have held out for more. $3 Mil is ok but they probably could have gotten 10x that if they had waited longer. Although, this is the best time of year for such a sale to go through. By the way, Movies.US is a developed site (kind of).

It is April 1st.

 

[greggish]

It is April 1st.

Yeah, I know... "Although, this is the best time of year for such a sale to go through."

I thought it would be fun to play along a little.
:hehe:

 

[- me -]

My favorite part of that statement,

Ms. Yenom further stated "domain aquisition is the cheapest form of advertising and .US says it all ... better then even Movies.com ,.com is so 90's"

For all us .us lovers, this is worth repeating again ...
".com is so 90's" :hehe:

 

[OvenMitt]

foo me once

 

[- me -]

My favorite part of that statement,

Ms. Yenom [money backwards] further stated "domain aquisition is the cheapest form of advertising and .US says it all ... better then even Movies.com ,.com is so 90's"

For all us .us lovers, this is worth repeating again ...
".com is so 90's" :hehe:

OK, it's April 1st.

You got - me -

Actually, you got.us (and this domain)

But, when you do sell this one chris, it will be BIG.