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==Far Further Bid==
 
==Far Further Bid==
Far Further aims to unite the global music industry through the .music TLD. The company aims to provide a secure domain space for the industry, promotion of music, protection of intellectual property rights and the advancement of music education.<ref>[http://www.farfurther.com/mission Far Further Mission]</ref>
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Far Further is a  TLD development and marketing company based in Tennessee. It was founded by music professionals with the objective to unite the global music industry and to provide a secure domain space for the industry, to promote music, protect intellectual property rights and to help advance music education through the .music TLD. <ref>[http://www.farfurther.com/mission Far Further Mission]</ref>
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The company partnered with [[eNom]], the second largest registrar and a subsidiary of [[Demand Media]] to provide back-end registry services.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/second-music-applicant-is-demand-media-partner/ Second .music applicant is Demand Media partner]</ref> Far Further's bid to operate the .music TLD is supported by the Recording Industry Association of America, International Federation of Phonographic Industries and The Recording Academy.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/riaa-backs-music-new-gtld-bid/ RIAA backs .music new gTLD bid]</ref> According to John Styll, the RIAA "support was a hard won. The RIAA put together a loose coalition of organizations from sectors from around the world and ran a pretty intensive RFI process.” He also added that, the .music TLD will be restricted and registrants must join the "Accredited Global Music Community Members” organization before they can register a domain name.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/riaa-backs-music-new-gtld-bid/ RIAA backs .music new gTLD bid]</ref>
    
It's executive team include:<ref>[http://www.farfurther.com/about-us About Far Further]</ref>
 
It's executive team include:<ref>[http://www.farfurther.com/about-us About Far Further]</ref>
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* Michael Young, CTO of Architelos/Strategic Adviser
 
* Michael Young, CTO of Architelos/Strategic Adviser
 
* Norbert Grey, CFO of Architelos/Strategic Adviser
 
* Norbert Grey, CFO of Architelos/Strategic Adviser
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The company partnered with [[eNom]], the second largest registrar and a subsidiary of [[Demand Media]] to provide back-end registry services.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/second-music-applicant-is-demand-media-partner/ Second .music applicant is Demand Media partner]</ref> Far Further's bid to operate the .music TLD is supported by the Recording Industry Association of America, International Federation of Phonographic Industries and The Recording Academy.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/riaa-backs-music-new-gtld-bid/ RIAA backs .music new gTLD bid]</ref> According to John Styll, the RIAA "support was a hard won. The RIAA put together a loose coalition of organizations from sectors from around the world and ran a pretty intensive RFI process.” He also added that, the .music TLD will be restricted and registrants must join the "Accredited Global Music Community Members” organization before they can register a domain name.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/riaa-backs-music-new-gtld-bid/ RIAA backs .music new gTLD bid]</ref>
      
==TLDH and LHL Bid==
 
==TLDH and LHL Bid==
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