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ICANN Releases New gTLD Contracting Statistics For Week Ending 30 May

Below are the key Contracting statistics, as of 30 May 2014:

 

  • 1131 applicants have been invited to Contracting
  • 569 applicants have responded to their Contracting Information Request invitation
  • 493 contracts have been sent out for signature
  • 426 Registry Agreements have been signed
  • 3 Code of Conduct Exemptions have been granted:
    • .NRA
    • .NEUSTAR
    • .KRED

All signed Registry Agreements and granted Code of Conduct Exemptions can be viewed here: www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries

View Contracting Statistics From Previous Weeks »

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-30may14-en

ICANN: Pre-ICANN 50 Policy Update Webinar

The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday 12 June at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarizing policy activities across the ICANN policy development community including the ongoing Transition of Stewardship of the IANA Functions, ICANN Accountability, and Cross-Community efforts.

Updates will also be provided on topics from ICANN ‘s Support Organizations and Advisory Committees:

  • ASO and RIR Updates
  • Curative Rights for IGO /I NGO s
  • Data and Metrics for Policy Making
  • Inter- Registrar Transfer Policy Part D
  • Policy and Implementation
  • Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues
  • Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information
  • Framework of Interpretation Final Report
  • ALAC Policy Advice Activities
  • ATLAS II Overview
  • High-Level Governmental Meeting
  • GAC Advice Follow-up
  • R SSAC Restructure Update
  • R SSAC Caucus Call for Membership
  • SSAC Activities

The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session runs for 90 minutes and will be conducted in English only. The webinar will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function in Adobe Connect.

Recordings of the webinars will be made available. The Policy Development Support Team is always available to answer any questions via email at
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Please RSVP via this form.
Remote participation details will be sent via e-mail the week of 9 June.

Please RSVP via this form.

Remote participation details will be sent via e-mail the week of 9 June.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-05-30-en

NameJet .Dance Auction Results

NameJet and Rightside Registry partnered and offered 20 .Dance domain name. 13 out of the 20 domain names included in the auction sold.

 

Ballroom.dance was the highest selling domain name at $1,017.

Here are the results :

ballroom.dance$1,017

2.dance$460

3.dance$299

1.dance$401

exotic.dance$329

line.dance$319

music.dance$435

pole.dance$1,210

studios.dance$299

swing.dance$339

touchdown.dance$309

videos.dance$299

y.dance$405

.ME Registry Launches Mercury.me

.ME Registry, the company behind .ME extension announced the launch of Mercury.me, a digital media company specializing in apps and a .ME Premium Domain Program story.

 

You can read the press release after the jump:

“The .ME Registry is proud to announce the launch ofMercury.ME, a digital media company specializing in apps and a .ME Premium Domain Program success story.

Mercury.ME is a digital media company based in Beirut, Lebanon fusing technology and culture to create content that connects with people on a meaningful, human level. The company is focused on learning apps as well as delivering film, music and books to audiences all around the world.

Among the great apps this Middle Eastern company has launched is My Calendar, an interactive educational app that helps children learn their days, months, seasons and holidays in English, French and Arabic – in various dialects. Children can customize their daily calendars in any of the languages provided, as well as listen to and learn different pronunciations. They also launched Picture It, a social guessing game app that turns photos into puzzles. Users take a photo, send it to friends, give them a few hints and see if they can figure it out. Other Mercury.ME apps that have recently launched include: Kite Run, Now News, and Lotto Lab.

Jimmy Ghazal the Head of Digital Operations of Mercury.ME states: “As a digital content development company based in Beirut, we not only strive to be a regional magnet for all things innovation, but also to be a cultural reference in digital and mobile publishing, the repository of heritage and content from Lebanon and the Middle East. We create content for the digital platform that is contextually relevant, culturally meaningful, and that promotes our Middle Eastern heritage.”

The team behind Mercury.ME are alumni of the .ME Premium Domain Program. The Premium Names Program was created to match premium .ME domains to the most relevant use by a business or startup. In this case, the team reviewing the application for Mercury.ME, found the perfect match. The .ME Registry CEO Predrag Lesic states: “The Mercury.ME team were a great fit for the .ME Premium Domain Program. They share our passion for education and cutting edge technology and allocating this premium name was a no brainer for us. We are very pleased to be able to help this talented team reach their goals.”

Mercury Content is pushing the boundaries of innovation to produce and deliver the type of content people across the region want to read, interact, and watch. The products they create not only serve to promote the artists, writers, producers, and filmmakers of the region, but also serve to connect people to their heritage and values.

To learn more about the .ME Registry, the Premium Domain Program and many clever uses of the .ME domain go to http://www.Domain.ME.

Check out EuroDNS here to register your .ME domain name.

 

 

ICANN: Updated Auction Schedule

The Auction Schedule is updated as of 29 May 2014. This version is updated to reflect the accommodated postponement requests due to the anticipated timeline for the finalization of the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework.

 

19 May 2014 – New gTLD Auction Rules update

The Auction Rules were recently updated. Please find the latest version in the link below. The current version and a redline copy of the prior version are also available in the Auction Resources section of the New gTLD Microsite.

Understanding Auctions

Overview

Contention sets are groups of applications containing identical or confusingly similar applied for gTLD strings. Contention sets must be resolved prior to the execution of a Registry Agreement for an applied-for gTLD string. An ICANN facilitated auction is a last resort for resolving String Contention Sets, as described in the Applicant Guidebook (AGB)section 4.3.

Auctions will be conducted over the Internet using a procedure know as an ascending-clock auction, where the auctioneer successively increases the start-of-round and end-of-round range of prices, on a per auction round basis. Applicants within the contention set must submit bids to indicate their willingness to pay an amount within the defined price range in the auction round. As the price ranges of the auction rounds increase, applicants may successively choose to exit the auction. When a sufficient number of applications have exited the auction process, so that the remaining application(s) are no longer in contention with one another, and all the relevant string(s) can be delegated as gTLDs, the auction will be deemed concluded. At this point, prevailing applicants that remained in the auction will pay the finalized price and proceed toward delegation.

Auction Eligibility

A String Contention Set will be eligible to enter into a New gTLD Program Auction under the following circumstances only:

  • All active applications in the contention set have:
    • Passed evaluation
    • Resolved any applicable GAC advice
    • Resolved any objections
    • No pending ICANN Accountability Mechanisms
  • Each applied-for gTLD in the contention set is:
    • Not classified as “High-Risk” per the Name Collision Occurrence Management Plan

Auction Resources

Questions?

  • Applicants:Submit an inquiry via the Customer Service Portal
  • Non-Applicants:Email us at
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This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org//en/applicants/auctions

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