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If you happen to be wandering in New York’s Time Square be sure to check out the highest sign which is available for rent, they are using a .TV domain name to promote it:

(thanks to Stu Maloff for the picture of the sign)

The LED sign which bills its self as Top of The Square official site is 7TS.tv which stand for the property’s address of 7 Times Square.

Here is what the site says about the sign:

“”The 7TS sign is positioned behind the famous Times Square Ball Drop and is viewed by an estimated 1 billion viewers worldwide on New Year’s Eve alone. ”

“Become a part of a New York Tradition.”

For the record the company does not own the domain name 7TS.com which is available for sale and seem perfectly happy giving the .TV domain exposure to millions of people a week.

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TechCrunch.com covered the “E-sports streaming startup Twitch.TV this morning.

The site according to TechCrunch “has already seen massive growth in its audience since launching to the public just about two years ago and gets “more than 35 million unique viewers a month, up from 20 million last September.”

In addition to its 35 million unique viewers, the startup also has more than 600,000 unique broadcasters per month.

There are more than 4,000 members of the company’s partner program, and viewers tune in for about 1.5 hours of video per day.

Last fall, Twitch raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to go after the e-sports market.

It seems like Twitch.TV should have spent some of that money to buy Twitch.com

Twitch.com is owned by a Peter Kay of New York and the domain has a pretty interesting message in the about section:

This site and its proprietor are enmeshed in a double-helix of semantic ambiguity. Likely you are looking for Twitch.tv to watch video game tournaments or seeking info on Peter Kay, who is a big-deal British comedian.  Otherwise, you’ll want to grab a copy of my game physics based musical instrument app, K235.”

Meantime Twitch.com which is a very basic Word Press site, VERY BASIC and has a Google Page Rank of 3 and has an Alexa rank of 288,000 and a Compete rank of 39,000,  meaning its getting a good amount of traffic and I’m sure 99% of its is for the .TV site and not for the British comedian.

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About a month ago we told you that around 2,000 domain names owned by Joel Williams/Dream Sellers/In Stealth Mode had been frozen by a state court after certain parties claiming rights in and to those domain names filed for an injunction with a Tennessee Court.

At the time we noted that the parties filing the suit must have had an old list of domain since so many of the domains on the list were no longer owned by Williams including hundreds of domain were unregistered.

Other domains owned by Joel Williams which were not on the list provided by the Plaintiffs are are starting to hit NameJet.com auctions as pending delete domains.

The domain name registrar, Name.com was a huge player in the .TV extension.

Actually Name.com was catching expired .TV almost with such a high success rate, they were pretty much the only .TV backorder system.

However since Name.com was bought by Demand Media, Inc, (DMD) for $18 Million Dollars, all of the expired Name.com domains including the .TV domain names seem to be going to Namejet.com on an exclusive basis and they are hitting NameJet.com auctions.

There are a few prime .TV domain names now in auction at NameJet.com which were formerly owned by Williams or one of his companies including, Celeb.tv, Pussy.,tv, Comic.tv and Director.tv which all went into privacy in 2012 only to be dropped for non-renewal in 2013.

Some of these domains sold for a one time fee in the $x,xxx range once they were freed from the .Tv premium program where the annual renewal fees where in the $x,xxx range per year or higher.

Another sad tale in what appears to be a rags to riches to rags story.

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On the heels of OO.tv sale, Legacy Fund has sold another double letter .TV domain name this time,  SS.tv, for $30,000

The sale was brokered by MostWantedDomains.com

The domain name has some history.

The domain sold in the past for $21,500 in 2008, and then the buyer let it drop as it had a premium renewal fee of $1,000 per year.

The domain was then picked up by Legacy Fund on the drop in December 2010, and now it just has been sold for $30,000 to an end user in the UK.

Legacy Fund held the name for about two and a half years.

The Legacy Fund sold the domain name OO.tv back in October for $18K, and the domain name Jeu.Tv for $50,000 in June, two other domain names in brokered by MostWantedDomains.com

Mostwanteddomains.com is owned by the same company, Worldwide Media, Inc. that publishes this blog, TheDomains.com

Congrats to the Legacy Fund and the Buyer.…

There are quite a few really nice .TV domain name in the Sedo.com GreatDomains.com auction closing tomorrow.

Leading the way is Europe.Tv which has a high bid of $13,000

With Europe.XXX reportedly selling for almost $20,000 in the past couple of weeks,  Europe.TV is a bargain at that price.

Other 4 figure bids on .TV domain names include:

Ohio.Tv $9,500

Spain.TV  $8,000

UT.Tv  $4,500

Actress.Tv $3,800

Seen.Tv $3,300

NorthAmerica.Tv $2,300

SoapOperas.Tv $2,300

Female.Tv $2,200

CardGames.Tv $2,200

25.Tv $999

Of course there are other domain in the auction as well most notably IK.com which currently has a $130,000 bid below its reserve range of $250k-$499K…

Legacy Fund just sold the domain OO.tv for $18,000

With their recent sale of Jeu.tv for $50,000, which was also co-brokered by MostWantedDomains.com, short memorable .TV domains continue to be in demand.

In addition those two sales that we reported Legacy Fund has sold quite a few .TV domains that were not reportable and has turned down a six figure offer on two others.

The domain OO.tv was acquired in a Moniker.com/SnapNames  .TV themed auction for $2,150 just 14 months ago in July 2011.

Legacy Fund still owns over 30 two letter .tv’s and two number tv’s.

The buyer of OO.tv is ZillionTV.tv.

Here is a profile of their owner:

“The Origin of ZillionTV

“The idea for ZillionTV originated with Peter Redford, a renowned Silicon Valley pioneer who had been instrumental in the development of many game-changing technology inventions, including the computer mouse, graphical user interface and Macromedia Flash player. When he created the first ZillionTV prototype in early 2007, Peter envisioned the TV
equivalent of a magazine stand, delivering niche programs to satisfy the hundreds of hobbies and interests not covered on mainstream broadcasts.

After seeing an initial demonstration of the technology in Peter’s home, veteran TV industry executive Mitch Berman signed on in March 2007 to make the idea of ZillionTV a reality. After 25 years of leadership at entertainment and technology pioneers including HBO, E! Entertainment Television, Sky Network Television New Zealand, Galaxy Media Australia (FOXTEL), OpenTV and C-COR, Mitch immediately recognized the potential of ZillionTV and recruited an executive team of innovative thinkers and industry heavyweights. One early decision was to enhance Peter’s original vision of delivering solely niche programming, and begin building a vast library of popular TV shows and movies.

Throughout 2007 and early 2008, executives of the up-and-coming company focused on forming partnerships, developing the technology and raising capital.

By spring 2008, the details of the ZillionTV Service began to fall into place.”

Congrats to the team at Legacy Fund and the buyer…

William & Kate have been all over the in the news this week, but In what maybe the biggest missed story, was that Prince Prince William and Kate the Duchess of Cambridge, showed off their dance skills on the island of Tuvalu last night.

Of course most people have never heard of the island nation, but those in the domain industry know (or should know) that Tuvalu is the country whose ccTLD is .TV.

The only thing I have ever heard about the island is that its really small and sinking.

Everyone seems to be above water and having a great time.

You can watch the video here.

Yes Kate.tv and William.tv are taken

PrinceWilliam.Tv is available as of time of publication.…

i.TV today announced a partnership with Nintendo to create Nintendo TVii, a built-in service on the Wii U console that redefines how consumers find, watch and engage with their favorite video entertainment.

Nintendo TVii will debut when Wii U becomes available in North America on 11/18/2012.

“Nintendo TVii combines show discovery, remote control, and social interaction, all in one experience. There’s nothing like it on the market,” said i.TV CEO, Brad Pelo. “We are thrilled that Nintendo shares our vision for the future of television and is making it a reality with Nintendo TVii on Wii U.”

“Nintendo TVii makes watching TV more simple and fun by combining and displaying video content from a variety of sources, all in one easy-to-use second screen experience,” said Zach Fountain, Nintendo of America’s Director of Network Business. “i.TV’s strong legacy and commitment to reinventing TV make them an ideal partner to help bring Nintendo TVii to life.”

Nintendo announced Nintendo TVii and the partnership with i.TV at an event held today in New York City.

Pricing and Availability

Nintendo TVii for Wii U will be available in the U.S. and Canada as a free, fully-integrated feature with the new console when it goes on sale on 11/18/2012.

About i.TV

Creator of the most downloaded TV guide app in the history of Apple’s App Store, i.TV designs and builds second screen and social TV experiences for brands like AOL, Huffington Post, and Entertainment Weekly.

Every month over 15 million people use i.TV technology to discover, watch and engage with television. For more information, visit i.TV.…

VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) just published a new video yesterday promoting .TV domain names. Earlier this year Tuvalu had renewed the contract with the company until 2021.

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