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[ftangftang] 12/1/2016 07:32

.boston acquisition

Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains, is pleased to announce its agreement to acquire a 99% interest in Boston TLD Management LLC ("BTM"), the owner of rights to the .boston geo-TLD, and the agreement of its subsidiary, Minds + Machines Limited, to act as the Registry Service Provider for the geo-TLD ("the Acquisition").

Boston Globe Media Partners LLC ("Boston Globe Media") transferred into BTM its ownership rights to, and operating responsibilities for, the .boston geo-TLD. Boston Globe Media acquired the .boston rights from Globe Newspaper Company, Inc., the original .boston applicant, in October 2013. The formal completion of the Acquisition by MMX is subject, inter alia, to the receipt from ICANN of approvals by Boston Globe Media for the transfers of ownership rights in the .boston geo-TLD and BTM.

Antony Van Couvering, CEO of MMX, commented:

"Over the last five years MMX has worked hard to establish itself as the owner/operator of choice for cities and municipalities on geo TLDs. We intend to continue growing this part of our portfolio as relevant opportunities emerge.

"We look forward to working with BTM, Boston Globe Media, the City of Boston and our distribution partners to ensure the successful launch of .boston later this year, which we believe will become a major digital asset to the City of Boston, its businesses and communities."

BTM's application to ICANN for delegation of the .boston geo-TLD remains pending. Details of the launch schedule will be announced post-completion of the relevant ICANN approvals. Regular updates on the forthcoming launch and registration information for .boston will be available at www.dotboston.co.

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[ftangftang] 11/1/2016 16:09

Digital Artists Go Dotty for London
11/01/2016 3:55pm
PR Newswire (US)

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LONDON, January 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --



Dot London launches public art initiative to celebrate some of the capital's leading contemporary digital artists

Dot London, the capital's unique domain name, is launching Dot to Dot, an exciting art initiative using a mix of digital and traditional art forms to showcase 20 London-based artists across the city and online (hxxp://www.makeyours.london), from Tuesday 12th January - Sunday 28th February 2016.

(Photo: hxxp://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160108/320298 )

(Photo: hxxp://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160108/320299 )

(Photo: hxxp://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160108/320300 )

The 20 Dot to Dot pieces will be displayed in a number of satellite exhibitions at venues around the city throughout January and February, including Covent Garden, St Christopher's Place W1, One New Change, The Trunk at The Artworks in Elephant & Castle, BOX PARK Shoreditch and Borough Market's Market Hall which will feature an exclusive show of large hanging dots.

The city-wide exhibitions will feature an eclectic mix of still and digital art works from established and up-and-coming artists. Showcased talent includes renowned conceptual artist Duggie Fields; influential and uncompromising duo, The DNA Factory; and urban art collective, Greyworld.

The art pieces will additionally be displayed within posters across London as large circular, or 'dot', stills. The artist's fully digital pieces can also be viewed on their new, corresponding Dot London websites or visit hxxp://www.makeyours.london to see the full collection.*

Dan Hill, Head of Dot London, said: "London is a melting pot for creativity and technology, and Dot to Dot is where they intersect. Our art initiative will showcase the capital's diverse range of artistic talent using contrasting modes - pop-up satellite exhibitions, street art and Dot London websites to help reach a wider online audience."

The digital artworks created for the project include, 'On Target', a swinging Sixties inspired dot, by graphic designer and illustrator Rian Hughes; 'Dotted Fox', a seemingly randomly arrangement of smaller dots to creates the image of a walking fox, by Yoni Alter; and 'Happy Dot', a bright yellow smile evoking the phrase "Turn that frown upside down" by contemporary artist, Stuart Semple.

London art icon, Duggie Fields, said: "I was excited to animate 'So Cool' and bring it to life for Dot to Dot. I feel that the computer takes me into areas of creativity I never expected to find myself, so it felt right to align my identity and my work with the London I love, interactively, by displaying my piece using a Dot London web address."

Dot to Dot is the first in a series of activities arranged by Dot London to take place over the next three months across the capital. For more information about Dot London visit hxxp://www.makeyours.london and follow @dotLondon

Notes to Editors

*hxxp://www.makeyours.london will be live from Monday 11th of January

The Dot to Dot Satellite Exhibitions

The Trunk at The Artworks in Elephant & Castle, 12th - 17th January
One New Change, City of London, 12th - 30th January
The Market Hall Exhibition - A unique hanging installation of dot artwork, Borough Market, 12th - 30th January
The Covent Garden Digital Dot Room, an immersive cinematic art experience, 18th - 31st January
BOXPARK Shoreditch, 1st - 28th February
Participating Artists



Artists Dot London Websites
Duggie Fields duggiefields.london
Greyworld greyworld.london
Bert Gilbert bertgilbert.london
Stuart Semple stuartsemple.london
Gregoire A. Meyer gregoireameyer.london
Yoni Alter yonialter.london
Trinity Tristan trinitytristan.london
Paola Minekov Art paolaminekovart.london
Sheila Fratini sheilafratini.london
Rian Hughes rianhughes.london
The DNA Factory thednafactory.london
Maggie Lambert maggielambert.london
Matt Cooper mattcooper.london
James Curran jamescurran.london
Morris Monroe morrismonroe.london
Simon Eves simoneves.london
Michelle Loa Kum
Cheung michelleloakumcheung.london
Yair Neuman yairneuman.london
Mandii Pope mandiipope.london
Dilek O'Keeffe dilekokeeffe.london

cheers
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[smarm] 11/1/2016 08:37

What a fiasco.

S

[ftangftang] 07/1/2016 23:33

Expert roundup: What’s next for the new TLDs in 2016?

JANUARY 4, 2016 CHRISTOPHER HOFMAN LAURSEN 6 COMMENTS

new tld 2016 expert roundupHappy new year!

Looking back at 2015 it was an exciting year for the new top level domains (TLDs) such as .club, .link and .london. We reached 11M domain registrations, hundreds of new TLDs were released, celebrities and businesses adopted these new web addresses and the aftermarket sales increased.

It can be discussed whether the new domain extensions had their break-through year. Personally I think there was immense progress on 2014, when it comes to awareness and usage, but I’m sure that there is a lot more to come.

So what will happen with the new TLDs in 2016?



cheers
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[treble in 1999] 07/1/2016 14:33

So here we have 2016 predictions.

hxxp://blog.europeandomaincentre.com/expert-roundup-whats-next-for-the-new-tlds-in-2016/?utm_source=EDC+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ae1d235047-Expert_roundup_20161_7_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8103445be6-ae1d235047-102560877

It looks to me like our board are already doing what the "experts" accept is the way forward

[treble in 1999] 07/1/2016 14:33

So here we have 2016 predictions.

hxxp://blog.europeandomaincentre.com/expert-roundup-whats-next-for-the-new-tlds-in-2016/?utm_source=EDC+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ae1d235047-Expert_roundup_20161_7_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8103445be6-ae1d235047-102560877

It looks to me like our board are already doing what the "experts" accept is the way forward

[henjay] 10/12/2015 23:51

Google pushing new tlds...c/o norrab

hxxp://googleandyourbusiness.blogspot.co.uk/

[henjay] 16/11/2015 11:41

Haut, it's $20m not $200m...I wish!

[henjay] 16/11/2015 10:50

Berkens is a domainer no wonder he dislikes new domain names when he probably has thousands of .com to sell..lol.Verisign have recently admitted that new tlds are affecting their sales...so there it is.

[haut brion 58] 16/11/2015 10:26

Interesting article, bentley.

Michael Berkens, "Knowing what .law sold for in a private auction, at the rate of registrations it will be a generation for anyone involved in that extension to get any rate of reasonable return."

AVC said in October, "The early interest in .law by the legal community has been outstanding."

And Lou Andreozzi, CEO of Dot Law, Inc was also very very bullish, saying "his goal for .law in the next 12 to 24 months is to reach 10 percent market penetration, or around 100,000 sales.

At roughly $200 per year (plus a $10 verification fee), the domain is looking at an annual market north of $200 million, and potentially exponentially more when offensive and defensive purchases are figured in."

We will see how this pans out over the next 12 months...

[bentley43] 15/11/2015 12:32

I think this sums up the problem

hxxp://www.thedomains.com/2015/11/12/worldtrademarkreview-com-law-legal-not-getting-much-love/

[ftangftang] 13/11/2015 16:08

Stats Spin? .London Renewal At 75.4% For Sunrise, Landrush & 1st Day Domains
NOVEMBER 13, 2015 BY MICHAEL BERKENS 1 COMMENT
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The .London registry along with Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX)) announced today that the renewal rates for .London domain names “exceeded expectations by reaching 75.4%.”

However that “renewal rate is for a total of 38,389 names applied for during the Dot London combined Sunrise and Landrush period as well as the first day of General Availability, registered between August 19th and September 9th 2014.”

All domain renewals have passed their grace periods.”

Domain names acquired in Sunrise are by trademark holders. In Landrush people paid an extra fee to get early access to domain names prior to them becoming available on a first come, first served basis known as General Availability .

Renewal rates for domains registered in Sunrise, in Landrush and on the first day of General Availability tend to have a higher renewal rate than domains registered after as they are of a high quality.

In the same press release Dot London says:

“There are over 70,000 registered domain names”‘

However according to NameStat.org which takes into account all expired domain names, there are just over 60,000 .London domain names, meaning that the real renewal rate for .London is quite lower than the announced 75.4% rate.

ntldstats.com is also showing almost 9,200 .London domain names in the upcoming delete cycle as well making the announcement of a “renewal rate” premature. Most registries like Verisign for .Com announce their renewal rate for all domain names registered that wind up getting deleted.

.Com traditional renewal rates are around 73% but that is for a full cycle, looks like .London is about to lose another 9K+ domain names that were registered after Sunrise, Landrush and the 1st day of GA.



cheers
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[ftangftang] 13/11/2015 15:48

Renewal rates for new TLDs so far
BY ANDREW ALLEMANN — NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Renewal rates seem to be in line with previous TLD launches.

Dot London revealed its initial renewal rates today, reporting that 75.4% of the domain names registered during sunrise, landrush and day one of general availability were renewed.

That means just shy of 29,000 of the 38,389 registrations were renewed.

Renewal rates for domain names registered during sunrise and landrush are generally higher than other registrations. The same can usually be said for domain names registered on the first day of general availability.

Last week Rightside revealed overall renewal rates of 67% so far across its portfolio of TLDs. It expects full year renewal rates to be between 50% and 67%.

Donuts, which offers more TLDs than any other registry by far, stopped reported renewal rates after initial numbers came in between 55% and 72%. The company had predicted renewal rates of 80%, and it seems that actual results came in well below that.

Based on other third party calculations I’ve seen, I believe most TLDs are seeing renewal rates between 50% and 70% over time.

New TLD registries will point out that first year renewal rates for .com are about 50%.

I suspect renewal rates range dramatically based on TLD affinity, pricing and promotional deals.



cheers
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[ftangftang] 13/11/2015 15:41

.london update

Further to the announcement of 27 October 2015, the directors of Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains, are pleased to announce that Dot London has announced that first year renewals for the 38,389 names applied for during the Dot London Sunrise, Landrush and first day of General Availability periods and registered between 19 August 2015 and 9 September 2015, reached 75.4%. This is at the top end of industry renewal rates.

The full text of the Dot London announcement can be viewed through the following link, hxxp://domains.london/news/.

Antony Van Couvering, CEO of Minds + Machines, said:

"Geo TLDs represent an important market segment for the Group. Strong renewal rates, underpinned by strong adoption rates, are among the reasons why we believe geo's can play an integral part in building a long-term, powerful platform from which we can continue to grow."

cheers
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[treble in 1999] 13/11/2015 10:26

No point consolidating the shares until the buy back is complete and profits coming through.
If you want to create a $billion company, maybe it's best to start with the appropriate number of shares
When you start this process you can do all the planning you like, but things change along the way and you must adapt accordingly.
Time will tell

[johnma] 12/11/2015 22:07

Hi TrebleFrankly management created this mess in the first place - issued way too much paper. Even after buying back upto 100m shares their will still be too many in issue.

[treble in 1999] 12/11/2015 20:55

To me it is no surprise that the share buyback is at these prices.
Fred unloaded 20% of the company, and it was only purchased along the way by the institutions, on the basis a share buy back was likely, and they could then reduce their exposure. They don't like to hold to high a percentage.
At this rate its likely to take another 6 months to complete. Of course if the share price rises, then it will be less as the monies are expended quicker.

[treble in 1999] 12/11/2015 20:55

To me it is no surprise that the share buyback is at these prices.
Fred unloaded 20% of the company, and it was only purchased along the way by the institutions, on the basis a share buy back was likely, and they could then reduce their exposure. They don't like to hold to high a percentage.
At this rate its likely to take another 6 months to complete. Of course if the share price rises, then it will be less as the monies are expended quicker.

[henjay] 02/11/2015 09:53

smarm..I did! I never did think it would take the world by storm, always thought it would be a slow burner, no panic it will come good and sooner than you want it seems, ..lol

[liquid millionaire] 02/11/2015 08:30

Good to see that Hendersons at now over 20%

[smarm] 02/11/2015 08:26

dave - thanks for the table....shows just how little momentum there is. Who here thought the take up would be so poor.

S

[henjay] 30/10/2015 17:56

smarm, yes it is, even better is they finally admit new tlds are giving them probs..all good