Famous Four Media
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| private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | generic top-level domain Registry |
| Founded 📆 | 2011 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Gibraltar |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Geir Rasmussen and Iain Roache |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | http://www.famousfourmedia.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Famous Four Media is an Internet services company based in Gibraltar. The company holds interests across approximately 80 businesses including fund management, domain name registry, intellectual property, media and e-commerce.
History[edit]
Iain Roache founded Famous Four Media in 2011 to participate in ICANN's new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program. After the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) revealed who had applied for which gTLD names in what is expected[1] to become the largest expansion in the history of the Internet's Domain Name System, first announced in 2011,[2]
Iain Roache was the secondary contact of 11 new GTLD applications to ICANN.[3] and Geir Rasmussen was the primary contact for 60 of Famous Four Media's gTLD applications.[4]
Famous Four Media has 12 uncontested[5] gTLDs.
| gTLD String | Uncontested | Estimated launch |
|---|---|---|
| .accountant | Yes | Q1 2014[6] |
| .bid | Yes | Q1 2014[7] |
| .date | Yes | Q1 2014[8] |
| .download | Yes | Q1 2014[9] |
| .faith | Yes | Q1 2014[10] |
| .loan | Yes | Q1 2014[11] |
| .men | Yes | Q1 2014[12] |
| .review | Yes | Q1 2014[13] |
| .science | Yes | Q1 2014[14] |
| .trade | Yes | Q1 2014[15] |
| .webcam | Yes | Q1 2014[16] |
| .win | Yes | Q1 2014[17] |
In August 2012, Roache and Famous Four Media were named as defendants in a civil lawsuit alleging it failed to fulfill contractual obligations in respect of an application for the .BIM registry, and fraudulent misrepresentation of the company.[18] The suit also names Domain Venture Partners PCC Limited, whose applications for all 61 TLDs were filed in conjunction with Famous Four Media through various subsidiary names.[19] On 16 August 2013 the case was dismissed with prejudice. [20] [21] [22]
In June 2013 Famous Four Media launched Governance Councils for all the 60 gTLDs that they had applied for, inviting participation from the different affinity groups represented by the gTLDs.[23]
References[edit]
- ↑ "New gTLD Reveal Day - Applied-for Strings". ICANN. 2013-06-12.
- ↑ "ICANN Approves Historic Change to Internet's Domain Name System". ICANN. 2011-06-20.
- ↑ "Discovery Labs search: Mr.+Iain+Simon+Roache". Pool.com. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
- ↑ "Discovery Labs search: geir rasmussen". Pool.com. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Famous_Four_Media
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.accountant
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.bid
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.date
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.download
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.faith
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.loan
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.men
- ↑ http://domainincite.com/13502-famous-four-wins-three-new-gtld-contention-sets
- ↑ http://domainincite.com/13502-famous-four-wins-three-new-gtld-contention-sets
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.trade
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.webcam
- ↑ http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.win
- ↑ "Man claims he and friends were duped for $123,000 in new top level domain scheme. Updated: the lawsuit has been dropped". Domain Name Wire. 2012-10-26.
- ↑ "The Domain Venture Partners new TLD pitch deck". Domain Name Wire. 2012-11-13.
- ↑ http://blog.guillon.com/2013/08/lawsuit-against-domain-venture-partners.html
- ↑ "Official dismissal" (PDF). District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Tampa Division. 2013-08-16.
- ↑ "Lawsuit against new TLD applicant Famous Four Media is dismissed". Domain Name Wire. 2013-08-30.
- ↑ http://www.thedomains.com/2013/05/25/famous-fours-dothealth-creates-governance-council-to-provide-imput-on-health/
External links[edit]
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