Having consigned to oblivion the unpopular “digital archery” method of determining who goes first in the new gTLD round, ICANN today announced that it was going to evaluate all new gTLD applications concurrently (the “single batch”), and release all results simultaneously. The decision is a victory for clarity and a very good result for new [...]
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ICANN Seeks Input on gTLD Batching – ag-IP
Monday, July 30th, 2012MARINA DEL REY, CA – At the Prague Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting, the new gTLD Program Committee decided to terminate Digital Archery, and instructed ICANN staff to proceed with the initial evaluation of applications as quickly as possible. This evaluation, according to ICANN, is in progress based on a tentative [...]
Google & Amazon, Two Of The Largest gTLD Applicants Team Up To Form A …
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012Google and Amazon, two of biggest applicants for new gTLD’s just teamed up to form the InternetAssociation.org a new lobbying group. According to the Washington Post other founding members include eBay and Facebook. According the Internet Association’s website: “The Internet Association is the unified voice of the Internet economy, representing the interests of America’s leading [...]
From the Application Window to the Ballot Box
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012Politics and government abound when your headquarters are located in Washington, DC. The White House is a relatively short walk down Pennsylvania Avenue from our office in Georgetown, and the Capitol is not much further than that. There are even rumors that the CIA used to have a secret drop-off spot just a block from [...]
The GAC Strikes Back
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012Last week in Prague, the GAC (Government Advisory Committee) relentlessly hammered ICANN over a range of issues relating to the new gTLD program. And while their criticisms were legitimate, one has to wonder to what extent governments were punishing ICANN for past offenses. At the same time, the ICANN board and management seem to have [...]
ICANN cancels Digital Archery program, has no immediate alternative
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012IDG News Service – The Digital Archery contest, devised by ICANN to determine which gTLD applications would be handled first, was canceled on Thursday, the chair of the gTLD Program Committee announced during the ICANN 44 summit in Prague. No alternative was announced. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was planning to [...]
ICANN cancels Digital Archery program, has no immediate alternative
Saturday, June 30th, 2012The Digital Archery contest, devised by ICANN to determine which gTLD applications would be handled first, was canceled on Thursday, the chair of the gTLD Program Committee announced during the ICANN 44 summit in Prague. No alternative was announced. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was planning to use a Digital Archery [...]
ICANN Cancels Digital Archery Program, Has No Immediate Alternative
Friday, June 29th, 2012The Digital Archery contest, devised by ICANN to determine which gTLD applications would be handled first, was canceled on Thursday, the chair of the gTLD Program Committee announced during the ICANN 44 summit in Prague. No alternative was announced. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was planning to use a Digital Archery [...]
ICANN Officially Kills Digital Archery
Thursday, June 28th, 2012ICANN has officially killed off the Digital Archery program in an announcement today. “”Resolved the New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to terminate the Digital Archery process as approved in Resolutions 2011.12.08.04-2011.12.08.07.” Rationale for Resolution: “To remain accountable to the ICANN community, after careful consideration of the objections raised to the digital [...]
ICANN Officially Kills Digital Archery
Thursday, June 28th, 2012ICANN has officially killed off the Digital Archery program in an announcement today. “”Resolved the New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to terminate the Digital Archery process as approved in Resolutions 2011.12.08.04-2011.12.08.07.” Rationale for Resolution: “To remain accountable to the ICANN community, after careful consideration of the objections raised to the digital [...]
ICANN Officially Kills Digital Archery
Thursday, June 28th, 2012ICANN has officially killed off the Digital Archery program in an announcement today. “”Resolved the New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to terminate the Digital Archery process as approved in Resolutions 2011.12.08.04-2011.12.08.07.” Rationale for Resolution: “To remain accountable to the ICANN community, after careful consideration of the objections raised to the digital [...]
gTLDs – Application Process Derailed; ICANN Seeks Solutions From Internet …
Thursday, June 28th, 2012The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has quickly gone from resurgent “Little Engine That Could” to train wreck. Having just weathered an embarrassing six-week delay in its gTLD application process, it took ICANN less than a week to come off the rails again. Over the past weekend, and just before its semi-annual [...]
gTLDs – Application Process Derailed; ICANN Seeks Solutions From …
Thursday, June 28th, 2012The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has quickly gone from resurgent “Little Engine That Could” to train wreck. Having just weathered an embarrassing six-week delay in its gTLD application process, it took ICANN less than a week to come off the rails again. Over the past weekend, and just before its semi-annual [...]
ICANN suspends Digital Archery contest for gTLD program
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012June 25, 2012, 8:15 AM — ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery contest part of its new Generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) Program, which was destined to decide which gTLD applications would be handled first, the organization announced on Saturday. The future of this application process is still to be determined, ICANN said during a news [...]
ICANN Suspends Digital Archery Contest for GTLD Program
Monday, June 25th, 2012ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery contest part of its new Generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) Program, which was destined to decide which gTLD applications would be handled first, the organization announced on Saturday. The future of this application process is still to be determined, ICANN said during a news conference in Prague on Monday. The [...]
What Do Donuts Have to Do With Domain Names?
Friday, June 22nd, 2012Donuts, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup, will likely be the registry service for quite a few of the new gTLDs. Of the 1,930 applications for gTLDs received by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), 307 (15.9%) came from one of the 307 wholly owned Donuts subsidiaries. Of those, just under half (151) appear [...]
A Proposed New gTLD Timeline Without Batching
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012Following the release of our new gTLD multiple batch timeline yesterday, today we would like to take the opportunity to demonstrate to ICANN and the community exactly how a single batch timeline could be implemented and how this would benefit all applicants. In recent weeks, ARI Registry Services has publicly expressed concern about the current [...]
Likely Timeline to New gTLD Delegation With Batching
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012Today, the team at ARI Registry Services decided to tread where no-one has tread before and map out the likely timeline to new gTLD delegation with batching. The exercise took some time, given that the information provided in the Applicant Guidebook is limited and there hasn’t been any specific public data made available. However, we [...]
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