.tv Registration

The .tv registration is the best way to secure an official web address of Tuvalu as well as to establish an online identity for personal TV channel sites on the Internet. ICANN (the Internet Corporations for Assigned Names and Numbers) assigned the .tv extension as the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu, located in the Pacific Ocean, in 1996. The .tv Corporation (a VeriSign company) is the official authority which manages the registration process of .tv domain. The registration service is sponsored by the Government of Tuvalu.

At the end of 2006, VeriSign established an agreement with Demand Media to offer .tv registrations for media related contents. Later on, VeriSign and Demand Media entered into an agreement with ChannelMe.tv to promote .tv domain names for streaming video and audio sites.

Any entity, including individuals, as well as foreign companies and organizations, can register .tv domain names. Create a domain name using special characters, English alphabets, numbers and hyphens. The hyphen cannot begin or end a .tv domain name. In addition to the English character set, you can also use multi-lingual characters while creating a domain name. Excluding the .tv extension, the domain name cannot exceed sixty-three characters in length. Before registering a .tv domain name, you can check the availability of the domain name in the search tool provided at the official registry website. Through ICANN accredited registrars, you can register .tv web domain names.

A registrant has to pay the registration fee fixed for .tv registration. Newly registered .tv domains will be activated within 24 or 48 hours. On request, the .tv registered names can be suspended, deleted, transferred or renewed. You are given the option to renew an active name, an expiring name and an expired .tv domain name for longer periods.

The Internet is a rich resource for locating ICANN accredited registrars who can help you with .tv registrations. To know more about .tv registration, log on to http://www.tv, which is the web site of the official registry.