In an article published by itbusiness.ca, the CEO of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), Byron Holland said that 50 percent of all new gTLD's will go out of business in 2-3 years. “It’s going to dramatically impact the Canadian domain space one way or the other” “We assume if you add 500 or 1,000 new TLDs to the Internet landscape, we will definitely be up against a more … [Read more...]
Publicly Traded NCCGroup Announces It Has Applied For The New gTLD: .Secure
The Nccgroup a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange (NCC) has announced it has applied for the new gTLD .Secure. under its subsidiary Artemis Nccgroup currently owns and operates Escrow UK among other services and according to its most recent financial report generated in the first 10 months of the financial year, £72.0m. The NccGroup according to its site provides "business … [Read more...]
ICANN “Targeting” May 22 As Re-opening Of TAS: Big Reveal Still Unknown But Prague Looks Likely
According to a statement issued overnight, ICANN is "targeting 22 May 2012 as the intended reopening date for the TLD Application System." "It is anticipated that the system would remain open for five business days and close on 30 May. This takes account of the 28 May Memorial Day holiday in the United States." "We have met our commitment to provide notice to all users on or before 8 May … [Read more...]
Demand Media Reports: Beats Expectations Sends Stock Soaring & Spends $18M On New gTLD’s
Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) just reported its earnings for the 1st Q of 2012 beating expectations and sending the stock soaring in aftermarket trading up almost 20% Some interesting stuff in this report including that Demand invested $18 Million in new gTLD's. Previously Demand reported it was allocating $5 Million for new gTLD's meaning that they were going to apply for some 25 new … [Read more...]
ICANN Offers Full Refund To Any Applicant For A New gTLD Which Pulls Its App Before The Big Reveal
In an Announcement tonight, ICANN is offering to refund any applicant who has submitted and paid its fee for a new gTLD if they pull their application prior to the Big Reveal. ""In recognition of the inconvenience caused by the temporary suspension of the TLD application system, ICANN will provide a full refund of the application fees paid by any new gTLD applicant that wishes to withdraw its … [Read more...]
Beckstrom: ICANN May Deny New gTLD Applications If They Got An Unfair Advantage In Seeing Others Info
Rod Beckstrom the CEO of ICANN just told theHill.com, that applicants who looks at other applicants info in an attempt "to gain an unfair edge over their competitors" may have their own application denied. In an interview with The Hill, he noted that ICANN has "ultimate authority" over approving all applications and said the organization will examine whether any groups used a recent system … [Read more...]
ICANN Pushes Off TAS/ New gTLD’s Off For 7 More Business Days, We Predict Big Reveal For May 31st
According to a statement released by ICANN tonight, it appears the TAS system is at a couple of weeks away from being re-opened. Today was the day that ICANN promised a week ago it would give a date for the re-opening of the TAS system and for the Big Reveal Here is what ICANN said a week ago about today April 27th: "“”No later than 27 April 2012 we will provide an update on the reopening … [Read more...]