.tv is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tuvalu. The domain name is popular, and thus economically valuable, because TV also happens to be an abbreviation of the word television.
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.tv is the internet domain suffix officially assigned to the island nation of Tuvalu, but it has become popular and valuable because "TV" is also the common abbreviation for television. This dual meaning has made .tv addresses appealing to media companies and content creators who want domain names that reflect their business.
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Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- .tv
- Top level domain.image
- DotTV logo.svgclass=skin-invert
- Top level domain.type
- Country code top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.registry
- GoDaddy Registry
- Top level domain.sponsor
- Government of Tuvalu
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Entities connected with Tuvalu
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Marketed commercially for use in television (TV) or video-related sites; can be registered and used for any purpose; little use in Tuvalu
- Top level domain.restrictions
- None
- Top level domain.structure
- Direct second-level registrations are allowed; some second-level domains such as gov.tv are reserved for third-level domains representing entities in Tuvalu
- Top level domain.disputepolicy
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Background and creation
- Marketing and use
- Benefits
- Content stations
- co.tv
- Future
- References
- External links
.tv is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tuvalu. The domain name is popular, and thus economically valuable, because TV also happens to be an abbreviation of the word television.
In 1998, the government of Tuvalu sought to capitalise on the .tv suffix, later signing with the International Telecommunication Union, Information.CA, Idealab, Verisign, and currently GoDaddy to expand the domain. Except for reserved names like com.tv, net.tv, org.tv and others, anyone may register second-level domains under .tv. By 2019, 8.4% of the revenue of the government of Tuvalu came from .tv royalties, with hundreds of thousands of websites registered under the domain. Google treats .tv as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see [the domain] as being more generic than country targeted."