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'''DotFM''' is a company based in San Francisco, CA that was launched in the year 1998 as the first domain registry of its kind in the world offering premium multimedia domains via [[.am]] and [[.fm]] TLDs.<ref>[http://twitter.com/#!/dotfm Twitter]</ref>
'''DotFM''' is a company based in San Francisco, CA that was launched in 1998. The company provides registry services for two [[ccTLD]]s; .am (Armenia) and .fm (Federated States of Micronesia).<ref>[https://dot.fm/about.cfm Dot.fm - About Us]</ref> These TLDs are popular [[Domain hack|domain hacks]] for streaming media, internet and over-air radio stations, and podcasting, as well as for companies offering apps or services in support of broadcasting or recording audio.<ref>see e.g. [https://get.fm/2020Top100/ Get.fm's Top 100 .fm domains of 2020]</ref> DotFM also provides registry services
 
==Services==
The .FM domain helps in the marketing of popular Social Media, Music and Radio sites online.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/pages/dotFM-FM-AM-Domain-Name-Service/ Facebook]</ref>
 
Some of the domain names using .FM include –
* www.last.fm<ref>[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]</ref> – Site for listening to songs on the PC
* www.radiolicious.fm<ref>[http://www.radiolicious.com/ Radiolicious]</ref> – Listening to music on the go.
* www.blip.fm<ref>[http://blip.fm/ BLIP.fm]</ref> – music sharing site
* www.extension.fm<ref>[http://ex.fm/ exfm]</ref> – online music library
* www.ping.fm<ref>[http://www.ping.fm/ Ping.fm]</ref> - social networking
* www.jobradio.fm<ref>[http://jobradio.fm/ JobRadio.FM]</ref> – career
* www.vegan.fm<ref>[http://vegan.fm/ VEGANFM]</ref> – cooking
* www.astronomy.fm<ref>[http://www.astronomy.fm/ Astronomy.FM]</ref> – astronomy


==.am and .fm==
The [[ccTLD]]s .am and .fm are early examples of "repurposed" or "open" ccTLDs.<ref>See [[Country_code_top-level_domain#Open_ccTLDs|Open ccTLDs]], [[Open Use ccTLDs]]</ref> DotFM has partnered with FSM Telecommunications Corporation to market .fm outside of the Federated States of Micronesia.<ref>[https://brsmedia.com/brs-media-and-fsmtc-sign-extended-agreement-for-top-level-domain-fm/ BRSMedia.com - BRS Media and FSMTC Extend Agreement for .fm TLD]</ref>.


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Latest revision as of 17:31, 12 March 2021

Industry: Domain Registry
Founded: San Francisco, USA, 1998
Founder(s): BRS Media Inc.
Headquarters: 55 New Montgomery St Ste 622
San Francisco, CA
Country: USA
Website: dot.fm
Facebook: DotFM Facebook
Twitter: @dotfm
Key People
George Bundy, Chairman and CEO

DotFM is a company based in San Francisco, CA that was launched in 1998. The company provides registry services for two ccTLDs; .am (Armenia) and .fm (Federated States of Micronesia).[1] These TLDs are popular domain hacks for streaming media, internet and over-air radio stations, and podcasting, as well as for companies offering apps or services in support of broadcasting or recording audio.[2] DotFM also provides registry services

.am and .fm

The ccTLDs .am and .fm are early examples of "repurposed" or "open" ccTLDs.[3] DotFM has partnered with FSM Telecommunications Corporation to market .fm outside of the Federated States of Micronesia.[4].

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