.video
| Status: | Proposed |
| country: | International |
| Registry: | Rightside |
| Registry Backend: | Donuts |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Media |
| Priority #: | 643 - Uniregistry, Corp. 1402 - Donuts (Lone Tigers, LLC) 1466 - Top Level Domain Holdings 1477 - Amazon |
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.video is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Current Applicants
- Top Level Domain Holdings - It is one of 68 applications that Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. has filed for on its own behalf.[1]
- Uniregsitry, Corp - Domainer Frank Schilling's company applied for 54 TLDs.[2]
- Donuts (Lone Tigers, LLC) - .video is one of 307 applications by Donuts.
- Amazon - applied for 76 new TLDs.[3]
Amazon
Amazon's application was issued a GAC Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, Heather Dryden. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the ICANN Board that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.[4]
The warning states that the applicant is "seeking exclusive access to a common generic string .. that relates to a broad market sector," which Ms. Dryden notes could have unintended consequences and a negative impact on competition.[5]
TLDH & $15mm Auction Funding
On February 26 2013, Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. announced that it had entered into a funding agreement worth $15 million to be used in the case of auction for a specific unnamed TLD. The investor will not receive ownership of the TLD but a share of future revenues. TLDH did not name the TLD that the funds are directed for, and it is in 11 head to head contentions and 12 featuring more than one contender.[6]
References
- ↑ gTLD Application Update 92 applications submitted, TLDH.org
- ↑ Here Are the 54 New gTLDs that Frank Schillings Uniregsitry Applied for
- ↑ New TLDs who Applied for What, TGDaily.com
- ↑ GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org Retrieved 25 Nov 2012
- ↑ Video AU, GACweb.ICANN.org
- ↑ TLDh Gets 15 Million for A Single Top Level Domain Name Auction, DomainNameWire.com Published and Retrieved 26 Feb 2013