“”Online video network Blip.tv announced a $12-million round of funding, and a rebranding. Now it’s known simply as “Blip.”

I went to DomainTools.com and see that Blip Networks, Inc.  acquired the domain name Blip.com in August of 2011 from Marvel Characters, Inc.

Of course we don’t know what Blip paid for Blip.com but now that they own both the .Com and .Tv domain name they simply changed their domain to Blip which they couldn’t have done if they didn’t own the .com

Interestingly enough Blip.com forwards to Blip.Tv not the other way around.

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Among those listed on YouTube.com as coming channels are:

Freemantle the producer of American Idol

The Wall Street Journal

Car and Driver Television

Style on Location

WWE Fan Nation channel

Soccer United Marketing will launch Kick TV.

Reuters.com news channel

Slate will have Slate News Central

Bleacher Report

Car and Driver Television

Lionsgate Fitness Channel

Demand Media has a number of eHow channels including Livestrong

Motor Trend

Pitchfork TV

START a New video games channel, hosted by IGN Entertainment, for anyone who loves or plays games.

The Red Bull channel chronicles the competition and daily lives of the world’s best action sports athletes.

So the question is with YouTube.com coming out with TV channels will this give a boost to .TV domains.

I would think so.

Creation of TV channels by YouTube.com should increase the demand for generic .TV domains.

Your thoughts are always welcome.…

However instead of dropping the domain for what would have been a one time payment of $4,750, the domain name was taken back by the .TV registry and not allowed to drop.

Verisign owns the .TV registry.

We chatted with the .TV Registry who informed TheDomains.com that they now have implemented a policy that will intercept any one character .TV domain from dropping  ever again.

Instead the .TV registry intends to reclaim any single character domain from ever dropping and putting any of them, like G.tv into the registry reserved status.

While the .TV Registry was quick to tell us they have reserved every one character .TV domain that will ever drop, what they will do with those domains is far from certain.

The .TV Registry did not disclose if or how they plan to sell these single character domain names.

As the Registry, they are well within their rights to not allow these domains to drop and to take them back and put them into reserved status, but it certainly will shrink the available pool of 1 character domains and therefore make those single character .TV domains currently held by domainers much more valuable.

If you ever on Jeopardy and are asked what was the last single character .TV domain that was allowed to drop, the answer would be 9.TV which dropped and was picked up for a one time renewal fee in early May.

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In a press release,  Blip.tv announced it has relaunched its site.

Blip.tv also announced today that it has reached more than three billion views to date, making it one of the Internet’s largest independently owned and operated video properties.

Blip.tv is now on pace to reach one billion views per quarter.

Wow

Another .TV was in the news today is Bee.TV which just raised another $1.5 million in funding after receiving $8 Million in funding two years ago.

“BeeTV lets people interact with each other while watching the same TV show or movie, and get more information straight from the same app (think news, gossip, fan pages and so on). The app also lets users rate and get personalized recommendations for TV shows.”…

The auction started at noon EST today and closes on March 23rd at 3:15PM EST.

There are a lot of 2 letter and 2 number .TV domains and the reserve ranges for most of them are $200-$500.

All of these domains comes with a normal registration fee.

While most of the domain in this auction are registry owned, there are also some privately owned domains included as well.

Some of the non- 2 letter/number domain names which caught my eye include, Attorneys.TV, Lawyers.TV, Infomercials.TV and Stocks.TV

One domain gg.tv already has a bid at $300 and has meet reserve, so it appears the 2 letter .TV domains reserve is actually $300 per.

Prime.TV internet properties include these gems:

Guys.TV, Medical.TV; Modern.TV; Makeover.TV; Experience.TV, Inside.TV; Artist.TV; Executive.TV; WildLife.TV; DreamHome.TV; Bites.TV; User.TV; Decor.TV; Fabulous.TV; Hardcore.TV and Softcore.TV

Teknologi.TV (Norwegian for Technology)

Ferie.TV (Norwegian for Vacation)

Underholding.TV (Norwegian for Entertainment)

Interaktiv.TV (Norwegian for Interactive)

Kosmetikk.TV (Norwegian for Cosmetics)

Rezepte.TV (German for recipes)

Urlauber.TV (German for Tourists)

Here is Prime.TV’s vision:

“”Our vision is a TV network that is freely accessible to all people around the world. We want to make sure that people in all corners of the world can access our videos and learn new things, have a good laugh, feel the music buzz or get amazed by new discoveries. Our wide range of .TV channels give us the possibility to reach a large audience and we want to spread our videos to cellphones, home cinema, televisions or any other device that has access to the internet.”"

It does not appear that any “stations” are yet active but the company certainly has BIG plans and the raw domain names to build out quite the network.…

Google has asked some manufactures that were getting ready to  unveil new Internet-ready TVs at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month to delay the rollout.

It appears according to those reports that Google is having software issues.

There is also the issue of programming, with all the major networks so far saying there are not going to allow their programs on Google.TV.

Here are a few stories you can ready on the topic, here, here and here.

According to AVN.com, Playboy.tv, is “the new home for full-length HD videos from top Playboy programs, exclusive Playboy TV reality shows and movies, Playboy radio, and the company’s very own playmates.”

Playboy has had a real TV channel available on places like Directv for years.

The site has an affiliate program which is also live…

It looks like the car manufacturer has owned the domain for a while but its was directed to BMW.com.

However now the site which is chocked full of videos of its cars and is being featured in as the go to URL in television commercials plus viral videos submitted by enthusiasts.

Take a look at bmw.tv and then take a look bmw.com and the US site bmwusa.com and let me know what you think the best and most effective of the bunch is or where a car shopper would spend most if there time if they were in the market for a new car.…

The auction had 3 bidders battling it out through the $20′s and $30′s before closing at $33,700.

Its one of the higher priced .Tv sales I have seen in a while.

At first blush a lot of domainers might not understand As to whom would want or pay anything near this much for a three letter .TV domain.

However there seems to be at least 3 large communications companies in different parts of the World named MTS.

MTS.ca is a Canadian communications company that offers wireless, data and on demand TV and a product called “MTS Ultimate TV Service”

Another possible buyer is a company in India which launched something called the MTS TV service in April of this year that allows Video On Demand Services over the Internet.

Finally there is a cable and broadcast company in Russia also called MTS.

Anyway a great .TV sale, congrats to the Seller and the buyer…