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Notes on the online TV economy.

Sourced research and short-form essays on connected television, the streaming-versus-linear crossover, and the .TV namespace. Published from this domain.

No. 06

How a private domain acquisition actually works.

The mechanics of acquiring a premium domain are straightforward — and almost no one outside the domain industry knows them. A step-by-step walk-through of the standard process in 2026.

9 May 2026
14 min read
Acquisition process
No. 05

Why the .TV namespace matters for connected television.

The .TV top-level domain occupies a structural position no other namespace can claim. Why search engines treat it as generic, why audiences read it as the medium, and what that means for one-word names within it.

8 May 2026
12 min read
Namespace analysis
No. 04

What category-defining domains are doing in 2026.

Five deployment patterns observed when category-defining single-word domains transact in the open market or get redeployed by their owners. Descriptive, not prescriptive.

7 May 2026
11 min read
Domain strategy
No. 03

How buyers value direct-navigation traffic in 2026.

Type-in traffic is the oldest acquisition channel on the internet — and, for serious buyers in a rising-CAC environment, the most reliably valued. Three frameworks the market actually uses.

6 May 2026
12 min read
Valuation framework
No. 02

Ad-supported streaming: the new free TV economy.

Free television was supposed to be over. The fastest-growing layer of connected TV in 2026 is the layer where the consumer pays nothing — and the math behind it explains why the trend continues.

5 May 2026
11 min read
Market analysis
No. 01

What “online TV” means in 2026 consumer search data.

Industry vocabulary changes every five years. Audience vocabulary doesn't. A look at the search-intent data behind a phrase that has outlasted every category rebrand for two decades.

4 May 2026
10 min read
Search analysis