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Entries from June 2006

Production.com Domain Available

June 28th, 2006 · No Comments

The domain Production.com will become available for sale after an anticipated re-branding of the company’s online film venture which is set to launch in late summer.  The focus will be on online short film and video contests.  The new domain for the venture will be announced shortly.  The company has launched ProductionBuzz.com  to provide news and information about Film and TV production.  For any information about the availability of Production.com, please send us an email, IM or Skype through our contact page.

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Tags: Domains · Entertainment · Projects

Google Tests “Cost per Action” Advertisements

June 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

In an attempt to protect its advertising partners from click fraud, Google is testing a new type of online ad that would only charge the advertiser when a user performs a certain action. This would assure advertisers that they are getting a return on their investment, while weeding out false clicks.

Source:  BetaNews
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Tags: Advertising · Google

Oversee.net Acquires Domain Portfolio of 35,000 Names

June 21st, 2006 · No Comments

Oversee.net announced its acquisition of a privately-held domain name portfolio of 35,000 Internet domain names.  The company, which owns DomainSponsor, claims to monetize more than one million domain names and have more than 100 million unique visitors per month. 

Commenting on the transaction, Lawrence Ng, Chief Executive Officer of Oversee.net, said,

“The domain industry is undergoing [...]

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Tags: Domains

NameMedia launches with 650,000 domains

June 14th, 2006 · No Comments

The Boston Globe reports on the public launch of NameMedia (formerly BuyDomains):

NameMedia is the new name of BuyDomains.com, a company that was started in Washington, D.C., in 1999 and acquired last year by a pair of venture capital firms, Highland Capital Partners of Lexington and Summit Partners of Boston. During the past year, operating in [...]

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Tags: Domains

Cosmote agrees to purchase Germanos S.A.

June 1st, 2006 · No Comments

COSMOTE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS S.A. signed today an agreement with Mr. Panos Germanos, founder and major shareholder of Germanos S.A., and other shareholders to acquire 42% of the outstanding shares of Germanos S.A., at 19 Euro per share, subject to receiving the necessary approvals by the relevant regulatory authorities. Following this acquisition, COSMOTE intends to launch [...]

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Tags: Mobile