Message-ID: <199810161720.NAA09438@cti06.citenet.net> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:13:22 -0400 From: "George(s) Lessard" <mailto:media@citenet.net> Subject: "Tuvalu Cashes in on the Internet" or "Digital Development" ? To: mailto:INTDEV-L@uriacc.uri.edu
"Tuvalu Cashes in on the Internet" or "Digital Development" ?Toronto-based TV Corp. announced this week that it would begin selling licenses for Internet domain names ending in .tv, a country code assigned to the small nation of Tuvalu. The domain .tv as always been considered one of the most potentially profitable Internet addresses, as it would make addresses like nbc.tv or cnn.tv easy to remember. "We think it'll be the brand of choice for media content providers," said TV Corp. president Jason Chapnik, who said his group is already receiving sign-ups for the domain as well as interest from companies who want to act as resellers. (Wall Street Journal)
found via.. DON FITZPATRICK ASSOCIATES "SHOPTALK" Friday October 16, 1998 <http://www.tvspy.com/shoptalk.htm>
and......
Internet name sale turns tiny Tuvalu into Cinderella - 10/15/98 http://detnews.com:80/1998/technology/9810/15/10150072.htm
Tuvalu Government http://www.emulateme.com/government/tuvagov.htm
Tiny country of Tuvalu hopes Internet name sale works magic http://www2.nando.net:80/newsroom/ntn/info/101598/info2_26407_noframes.html
Tuvalu http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogden/piir/pacific/tuvalu.html
Tuvalu Political Overview http://www2.hawaii.edu/usr-cgi/ssis/~ogden/piir/pacific/tuvalu.html
Tuvalu flag .gif http://www.gallery.uunet.be/hermandw/fl/smalgifs.html
ABC Country Book of Tuvalu- Government http://www.theodora.com/wfb/tuvalu_government.html
Newsweek.com: Today's Newsweek: Cyberscope: The Mouse that Roared http://www.newsweek.com:80/nw-srv/tnw/today/cs/cs01th_1.htm
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