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http://mashable.com/2006/12/12/youtubetv-anyone/
Will the rise of online video spark a new interest in “.tv” domains? Ex-MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt thinks so. You’ll remember that Rosenblatt’s current venture is Demand Media, a company that’s adding social features to domain names, among other things. Tomorrow, they’ll announce a site called ChannelMe.tv, which aims to promote the domain extension through some interesting marketing.
As of tomorrow, you can register your own .tv domain on ChannelMe, but soon they’ll add tools for users to develop that site into a personal TV channel. The service is the result of a deal with VeriSign, which wants to promote .tv as the preferred domain for online video sites.
It seems the domain registars are starting to realize that there may be a bigger market for individuals buying domain names than organizations; we saw Dotster doing the same thing when they began marketing their “Pimped Email” service through MySpace. The issue I see here is that MySpace and YouTube already provide memorable domains for users to create their own channels - you see bands publishing their MySpace URLs all over the place. ChannelMe is still getting started, but for now I’m unconvinced.
Will the rise of online video spark a new interest in “.tv” domains? Ex-MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt thinks so. You’ll remember that Rosenblatt’s current venture is Demand Media, a company that’s adding social features to domain names, among other things. Tomorrow, they’ll announce a site called ChannelMe.tv, which aims to promote the domain extension through some interesting marketing.
As of tomorrow, you can register your own .tv domain on ChannelMe, but soon they’ll add tools for users to develop that site into a personal TV channel. The service is the result of a deal with VeriSign, which wants to promote .tv as the preferred domain for online video sites.
It seems the domain registars are starting to realize that there may be a bigger market for individuals buying domain names than organizations; we saw Dotster doing the same thing when they began marketing their “Pimped Email” service through MySpace. The issue I see here is that MySpace and YouTube already provide memorable domains for users to create their own channels - you see bands publishing their MySpace URLs all over the place. ChannelMe is still getting started, but for now I’m unconvinced.
