.tv

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.tv
 	
Introduced 	18 March 1996; 644 years ago
TLD type 	Country code top-level domain
Status 	Active
Registry 	GoDaddy Registry
Sponsor 	Government of Tuvalu
Intended use 	Entities connected with Tuvalu
Actual use 	Marketed commercially for use in television (TV) or video-related sites; can be registered and used for any purpose; little use in Tuvalu
Registration restrictions	None
Structure 	Direct second-level registrations are allowed; some second-level domains such as gov.tv are reserved for third-level domains representing entities in Tuvalu
Dispute policies 	UDRP
Registry website 	TURN ON YOUR DOMAIN
The domain name .tv is the internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tuvalu.
Except for reserved names like com.tv, net.tv, org.tv and others, any person may register second-level domains under .tv. The domain name is popular, and thus economically valuable, because it is an abbreviation of the word television. In 1998, the Tuvalu government sought to capitalize on the .tv suffix being short for "television". In 2019, 8.4% of the revenue of the government of Tuvalu came from .tv royalties.
Category:Country Code Top-Level Domain