I think it’s fair to say that ICANN is in a state of near meltdown at the moment. With less than a week to go before the new gTLD program’s first application window is opened, on Thursday January 12, 2012, the amount of work being done is mind-ben…
Posts Tagged ‘New TLDs’
Pressure mounts on new gTLDs
Yesterday evening, the GNSO held its last teleconference of the year. We had invited ICANN’s new gTLD supremo Kurt Pritz to give an update on the recent US Congress hearings.
Kurt was ICANN’s spokesperson in both hearings, and felt that the first …
Needy applicants to pay USD 47,000 for new gTLDs
As part of its drive to open up its new gTLD program to potential applicants that do not have the financial resources to fulfil the full program requirements, ICANN is reducing the fees from USD 185,000 to USD 47,000. A 76% rebate!
But before appl…
ICANN playing ostrich
Does ICANN have its head stuck in the sand on new gTLDs? The campaign against the Internet governance organisation has been building up in the past few months, with public protests from entities like the American national advertisers’ association …
New gTLDs and ICANN face renewed pressure
The forces of resistance to change and innovation are stepping up their fight against the rollout of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs).
Never mind the fact that the program itself is the result of:
21 months (from 2005 to 2007) of intense work…
Talking new gTLDs in Bulgaria
I’m at the Domain Forum in Sofia, Bulgaria, today doing a couple of presentations on new gTLDs. The first is an introduction to the program itself and the following panel I’m on is looking at what registrars will have to face as many new gTLDs com…
