BRS Media launches Registry Management for Top Level Domains

February 28, 2024
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BRS Media launches Registry Management for Top Level Domains

BRS Registry to offer Strategic Marketing, Brand Development and Data Analysis to Top Level Domains!

 

San Francisco CA February 28, 2024 – BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, announced today BRS Registry offering Top-Level Domain operators data-driven content strategy, unparalleled digital branding expertise, and world-class storytelling.

 

In 1998 BRS Media launched a little known country domain extension and turned into one of the best recognized and most successful rebranded Top-Level Domain (TLD) in the history of the Internet. This TLD continues to have a compelling reputation as a ‘Cult Brand’ Top-Level Domain, a distinctive and alternative style that differs from existing top-level domains. A quarter-century on, the TLD has evolved to meet the growing demand and creativity of its clientele, which has a thriving and diverse client base and over 1.1 Million followers across Social Media that enthusiastically support the TLD.

 

“We are excited and thrilled to be launching BRS Registry Management based on our twenty-five plus years of professional & successful experience in strategic marketing and brand development for Top-Level Domain Registry Operators,” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. “As a Category Creator in the Domain Industry, BRS Media pioneered the ‘Industry Specific’ vertical domain space with dotFM over a quarter-century ago and the .FM Top-Level Domain continues to be at the forefront of innovative technology.”

 

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has acknowledged that: “TLD operators face a challenging task of building consumer awareness and this can and may take significant time and effort”. In today’s ultra-competitive market a brand strategy and marketing plan are a necessary prerequisite to long term success. BRS Registry Management focuses on; Brand Experience, Brand Definition, Platform & Positioning, Content Marketing Strategies, Brand and Portfolio Architecture, Providing Registry Operators with Insights and Trends, Opportunity Assessment, Action Prioritization, Impact Qualifications, Content Marketing Execution and Social Media Brand Marketing.

 

Meet us at ICANN79 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, or connect via BRS Registry at https://brsregistry.com

 

 

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media was established in 1995, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: BRS Registry, Strategic Marketing, Brand Development and Registry Management for Top Level Domains; dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; Main Street Branding™, helping Clients Assemble a World Class Identity and iRadio® Service. Main Street Branding and dotRadio are trademarks; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

 

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media Inc.

Email: jsiddiqui@brsregistry.com

BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2022

January 24, 2023
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2022

The .FM TLD’s Annual ranking of the top sites, sounds and brands building success On Air & Online!

 

San Francisco CA January 24, 2023 – BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has released the annual year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2022, the year’s top .FM sites and brands.

For the 11th Year in a row, dotFM’s year-end top 100 ranking, “.FM Top 100 Hits of 2022” lists the top sites and brands from the past year under the .FM Namespace. The Top 100 hits represent some of the most creative and innovative brands in podcasting, streaming media and social entertainment today. The .FM Top 100 Hits of 2022 chart is available at: https://Get.fm/2022Top100 

“While podcasting remained a dominant category in 2022, growth in other segments across varied regions is exciting. From Services and Streaming sites to Broadcasters, Social Entertainers and Apps, the .FM has seen a rise in traffic across the Top Level Domain with a record 45.95 Billion queries, which reflects an astounding 330% growth over the past decade.” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. “It’s truly amazing to see the continued diversity within the .FM namespace, the innovation and originality of dotFM clients is inspiring.”

Highlights from the 2022 ranking: The fastest growing category in 2022 continues to be Podcast Apps, Podcast Hosting and Podcasters like global podcast platform Castbox.fm (No. 1) topping the list for the 4th year in a row. Podcast App/Services Anchor.fm (No. 3) and Megaphone.fm (No. 6) both Spotify owned companies and Soundon.fm (No. 5), Taiwan’s top Podcast company, continuing with their impressive performance in the Top 100.

Today, the .FM TLD is one of the best recognized and most successful rebranded Top-Level Domain in the history of the Internet and represents some of the most innovative brands in Broadcasting, Podcasting, Streaming and Social entertainment. The comprehensive portfolio of registrants not only includes broadcasters, Internet radio, podcasters, and the music community but also interactive companies, premier social media ventures, and streaming entrepreneurs worldwide. 

The .FM Top-Level Domain is available through most ICANN Accredited Registrars or any worldwide .FM Registrar Partners (https://get.fm/registrars) like: Namecheap, Go Daddy, Hover, Name.com, Dynadot, Network Solutions, Gandi.net, Cloudflare and more. Information about .FM Domains, Emoji Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and more is also available at https://Get.fm

 

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media was established in 1995, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; Main Street Branding™, helping Clients Assemble a World Class Identity and iRadio® Service. Main Street Branding and dotRadio are trademarks; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

 

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media Inc.

Email: jsiddiqui@brsmedia.fm

BRS Media’s dotFM Further Expands Availability of Emoji Domains

May 24, 2022
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BRS Media’s dotFM Further Expands Availability of Emoji Domains  

 The .FM TLD now offers nearly 100 new emoji-based characters for use in domains.

 

San Francisco CA May 24, 2022 – BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has once again extended Emoji based Domain Names, to include nearly 100 new emoji characters. Emoji domains are a domain name with an expressive digital image or icon in it.

 

Over 4 Years Ago, dotFM launched Emoji-based Domain Names. Today emojis are successfully incorporated in all aspects of consumers’ online conversations; mobile devices, social media, texting, messaging, and now web domains. Emojis in Domains are Safe, Stable, Secure, SSL & SEO optimized and work with all browsers. This release includes the Melting Face, Mirror Ball (Disco Ball), Ninja, Coin, the Troll and other new single emoji domains, now available at https://get.fm/singleemoji.

 

“Emoji Branding is the next frontier in Creative Digital Marketing, and we look forward to the originality of dotFM clients in benefiting from this expansion,” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media, Inc. “dotFM is excited to be one of only a few prime TLDs to support emoji-based domain names and thrilled to announce this addition.”

 

dotFM pioneered the ‘Industry Specific’ domain space over 25 years ago and the .FM Top-Level Domain continues to be at the forefront of innovative technology, with this new expansion of Emoji based Domain Names. Emoji Domain Names are now available based on Unicode Consortium Emoji Version 14.0 standards using single code point, and allowing a mix of letters and emoji characters under the top-level .FM, as well as the dotRadio extensions, .RADIO.fm and .RADIO.am.

Today, the .FM TLD is one of the best recognized and most successful rebranded Top-Level Domain in the history of the Internet and represents some of the most innovative brands in Broadcasting, Podcasting, Streaming and Social entertainment. The comprehensive portfolio of registrants not only includes broadcasters, Internet radio, podcasters, and the music community but also interactive companies, premier social media ventures, and streaming entrepreneurs worldwide. 

 

The .FM Top-Level Domain as Emoji’s are available directly from dotFM (https://dot.fm), as well as through Retail Registrars (https://get.fm/registrars) like: HexoNet, Porkbun, iWantMyName, United Domains, Gandi.net and many more. Information about .FM Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and Emoji Domains are available at https://Get.fm/Emoji.

 

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media was established in 1995, and has been featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only truly Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; Main Street Branding™, helping Clients Assemble a World Class Identity and iRadio® Service. Main Street Branding and dotRadio are trademarks; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

 

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media Inc.

Email: jsiddiqui@brsmedia.fm

BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2021

January 25, 2022
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2021

The .FM TLD’s Annual ranking of the top sites, sounds and brands building success On Air & Online!

 

San Francisco CA January 25, 2022 – BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has released the annual year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2021, the year’s top .FM sites and brands.

For the 10th Year in a row, dotFM’s year-end top 100 ranking, “.FM Top 100 Hits of 2021” lists the top sites and brands from the past year under the .FM Namespace. The Top 100 hits represent some of the most innovative and creative brands in podcasting, streaming media and social entertainment today. The .FM Top 100 Hits of 2021 chart is available at: https://Get.fm/2021Top100 

 

“Over the past decade we have seen a meaningful shift in usage reflecting the diversity in the FM namespace, the inspiration and originality of dotFM clients is exciting,” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. “This past year almost all of the Top 100 realized considerable growth in queries, in part from the significant DNS upgrade in early 2021 dramatically increasing the network nodes worldwide from 30 to over 356 across 6 continents.”

Highlights from the 2021 ranking: The fastest growing category in 2021 continues to be Podcast Apps, Podcast Hosting and Podcasters. For the first time in history all five of the top listings are in the podcasting category, with global podcast platform Castbox.fm (No. 1) topping the list for the 3rd year in a row. Podsight’s pdst.fm (No. 2), Podcast App/Services Anchor.fm (No. 3) and Megaphone.fm (No. 5), both Spotify owned companies, and Omny.fm (No. 4) from Triton Digital’s Omny Studio finishing off the top five.

Today, the .FM TLD is one of the best recognized and most successful rebranded Top-Level Domain in the history of the Internet and represents some of the most innovative brands in Broadcasting, Podcasting, Streaming and Social entertainment. The comprehensive portfolio of registrants not only includes broadcasters, Internet radio, podcasters, and the music community but also interactive companies, premier social media ventures, and streaming entrepreneurs worldwide. 

The .FM Top-Level Domain is available through most ICANN Accredited Registrars or any worldwide .FM Registrar Partners (https://get.fm/registrars) like: Namecheap, Go Daddy, Hover, Name.com, Dynadot, Network Solutions, Gandi.net, United Domains and more. Information about .FM Domains, Emoji Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and more is also available at https://Get.fm

 

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media was established in 1995, and is celebrating 25 years Online, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; Main Street Branding™, helping Clients Assemble a World Class Identity and iRadio® Service. Main Street Branding and dotRadio are trademarks; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

 

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media Inc.

Email: jsiddiqui@brsmedia.fm

BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2020

January 25, 2021
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2020

The .FM TLD’s Annual ranking of the top sites, sounds and brands building success On Air & Online!

San Francisco CA January 25, 2021 – BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has released the annual year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2020, the year’s top .FM sites and brands.

For the 9th Year in a row, dotFM’s year-end top 100 ranking, “.FM Top 100 Hits of 2020” lists the top sites and brands from the past year under the .FM Namespace. The Top 100 hits represent some of the most creative and innovative brands in podcasting, streaming media and social entertainment today. The .FM Top 100 Hits of 2020 chart is available at: https://Get.fm/2020Top100 

“This past year has been noteworthy in shifting consumer habits and accelerating growth in online services. The Top 100 Hits of 2020 reflects the changes in these dynamics, with the .FM TLD showing an overall Year-Over-Year traffic growth of 41% and a record 39.6 Billion queries.” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. “It’s truly amazing to see the continued diversity within the .FM namespace, the innovation and originality of dotFM clients is inspiring.”

Highlights from the 2020 ranking: The fastest growing category in 2020 continues to be Podcast Apps, Podcast Hosting and Podcasters like global podcast platform Castbox.fm (No. 1) topping the list for the 2nd year in a row. Podcast App/Services Anchor.fm (No. 3) and Megaphone.fm (No. 8) both Spotify owned companies and Zeno.fm (No. 6) the fastest and easiest way to listen and create streaming radio, making their outstanding debut on the Top 100.

Today, the .FM TLD is one of the best recognized and most successful rebranded Top-Level Domain in the history of the Internet and represents some of the most innovative brands in Broadcasting, Podcasting, Streaming and Social entertainment. The comprehensive portfolio of registrants not only includes broadcasters, Internet radio, podcasters, and the music community but also interactive companies, premier social media ventures, and streaming entrepreneurs worldwide. 

The .FM Top-Level Domain is available through most ICANN Accredited Registrars or any worldwide .FM Registrar Partners (https://get.fm/registrars) like: Namecheap, Go Daddy, Hover, Name.com, Dynadot, Network Solutions, Gandi.net, United Domains and more. Information about .FM Domains, Emoji Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and more is also available at https://Get.fm

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media was established in 1995, and is celebrating 25 years Online, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; Main Street Branding™, helping Clients Assemble a World Class Identity and iRadio® Service. Main Street Branding and dotRadio are trademarks; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

 

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media Inc.

BRS Media’s dotFM Expands Availability of Emoji Characters

July 7, 2020
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BRS Media’s dotFM Expands Availability of Emoji Characters  

 The .FM TLD now offers over 120 new emoji-based characters like 🪀 🧇 🦩 🧻 🦨  for use in domains.

 

San Francisco CA July 7, 2020 – BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has extended Emoji based Domain Names, to include over 120 new emoji characters. Emoji domain is a domain name with an expressive digital image or icon in it.

 

In 2018, dotFM launched Emoji-based Domain Names. Today emojis are incorporated in all aspects of consumers’ online conversations; mobile devices, social media, texting, messaging, and now web domains. Emojis as Domains are Safe, Stable, Secure, SSL & SEO optimized. The list of currently available single emoji domains is at https://get.fm/singleemoji.

 

“dotFM is excited to be one of only a few prime TLDs to support emoji-based domain names and thrilled to announce this addition,” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media, Inc. “With adoption continuing to climb, Emoji Branding is the next frontier in Creative Digital Marketing, and we look forward to the originality of dotFM clients in benefiting from this expansion.”

 

dotFM pioneered the ‘Industry Specific’ domain space over 25 years ago and the .FM Top-Level Domain continues to be at the forefront of innovative technology, with this expansion of Emoji based Domain Names. Emoji Domain Names are now available based on Unicode Consortium Emoji Version 13.0 standards using single code point, and allowing a mix of letters and emoji characters under the top-level .FM, as well as the dotRadio extensions, .RADIO.fm and .RADIO.am.

 

Today, the .FM TLD is one of the best recognized and most successful rebranded Top-Level Domain in the history of the Internet and represents some of the most innovative brands in Broadcasting, Podcasting, Streaming and Social entertainment. The comprehensive portfolio of registrants not only includes broadcasters, Internet radio, podcasters, and the music community but also interactive companies, premier social media ventures, and streaming entrepreneurs worldwide. 

 

The .FM Top-Level Domain as Emoji’s are available directly from dotFM (https://dot.fm), as well as through Retail Registrars (https://get.fm/registrars) like: Go Daddy, HexoNet, Porkbun, iWantMyName, 101 Domain, https://i❤️.ws and many more. Information about .FM Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and Emoji Domains are available at http://📻.fm or  https://Get.fm/Emoji.

 

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media was established in 1995, and is celebrating 25 years Online, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only truly Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; Main Street Branding™, helping Clients Assemble a World Class Identity and iRadio® Service. Main Street Branding and dotRadio are trademarks; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

 

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media Inc.

Email: jsiddiqui@brsmedia.fm

BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2019

January 27, 2020
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2019

 

The .FM TLD’s Annual ranking of the top sites, sounds and brands building success On Air & Online!

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BRS Media, a diverse and growing marketing and e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today released the annual year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2019, the year’s top .FM sites and brands.

For the 8th Year in a row, dotFM’s year-end top 100 ranking, “.FM Top 100 Hits of 2019” lists the leading sites, sounds and brands from the past year under the .FM Namespace. The top 100 hits represent some of the most recognizable and innovative brands in audio, streaming media and social entertainment today. The .FM Top 100 Hits of 2019 chart is available at: https://Get.fm/2019Top100.

“It’s truly astounding to see the consistent widespread variety within the .FM namespace, the originality and innovation of dotFM clients continues to be both uplifting and exciting,” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. “For nearly 25 years, the .FM TLD’s pioneering, cutting edge Brand Registry Services have evolved to meet the growing demand and creativity of our clientele. The FM Top-Level Domain saw a Year-Over-Year traffic growth of over 16% in 2019 and a remarkable 62% growth since 2012, when ICANN launched over 1200 New Top-Level Domains.”

Highlights from the 2019 ranking: The overwhelming growth category again this past year has been Podcast Apps, Podcast Hosting and Podcasters like #1 Castbox.fm, #2 Anchor.fm, Megaphone.fm, Overcast.fm, Transistor.fm, Omny.fm and Captivate.fm. Today, the comprehensive portfolio of registrants not only includes broadcasters, Internet radio, podcasters and the music community, but also interactive companies, premier social media ventures and streaming entrepreneurs worldwide.

The .FM Top-Level Domain is available directly through dotFM (https://dot.fm), as well as most ICANN Accredited Registrars (https://get.fm/registrars) including: Namecheap, Go Daddy, Hover, Name.com, Dynadot, Network Solutions, Gandi.net, United Domains and more. Information about .FM Domains, Emoji Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and more is also available at https://Get.fm.

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media (http://brsmedia.fm) was established in 1995, and is celebrating 25 years Online, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only truly Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; Main Street Branding™, helping Clients Assemble a World Class Identity and iRadio® Service. Main Street Branding and dotRadio are trademarks; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

Contacts

Junaid Siddiqui
BRS Media Inc.
Email: jsiddiqui@brsmedia.fm

Source: BRS Media, Inc

BRS Media, Inc. to Launch Brand Registry Services for Top-Level Domains

March 5, 2019
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BRS Media, Inc. to Launch Brand Registry Services for Top-Level Domains

The company pioneered the Industry Specific and Branded TLD space over 20 years ago.

San Francisco CA March 5, 2019 – BRS Media, a diverse and growing marketing and e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced the Company would begin offering its successful Brand Registry Services to Top-Level Domain Operators, for the first time in over 20 years. BRS Media is a leading-edge firm that combines data-driven content strategy, unparalleled digital branding expertise, and world-class storytelling to the Top-Level Domain Marketplace.

BRS Media launched a little known country domain extension in 1998 and turned it into one of the best recognized and most successful rebranded Top-Level Domain (TLD) in the history of the Internet. This TLD continues to have a compelling reputation as a ‘Cult Brand’ Top-Level Domain, a distinctive and alternative style that differs from existing top-level domains.Twenty years on, the TLD has evolved to meet the growing demand and creativity of its clientele, that has a thriving and diverse client base and over 1 Million followers across Social Media that enthusiastically support the TLD. Even with the release of over 1200 New Top-Level Domains, this TLD showed a Year-Over-Year traffic growth of over 10% in 2018 and an over 50% growth since 2012.

“We are excited and thrilled to offer for the first time, our twenty plus years of professional & successful experience in strategic marketing and brand development for Top-Level Domain Registry Operators.” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. “Our primary focus is to create and support Top Level Domain brand goals by development and management of marketing processes and platform strategies to ensure that a TLDs culture cuts through and translates into best-in-class online experience for the audience and clients.”

In a recent letter to a New Top-Level Domain Operator, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), acknowledged that: “New gTLD operators face a challenging task of building consumer awareness and this can and may take significant time and effort.” and “introduction of new gTLDs to the market would involve significant effort and investment by the registry operators”. In addition, a recent Amendment by the U.S. Department of Commerce recognized, “.. that ccTLDs, new gTLDs, and the use of social media have created a more dynamic DNS marketplace.”

In today’s ultra-competitive market a brand strategy and marketing plan are a necessary prerequisite to long term success. BRS Media’s Brand Registry Services focuses on; Brand Experience, Brand Definition, Platform & Positioning, Content Marketing Strategies, Brand and Portfolio Architecture. Providing Registry Operators with Insights and Trends, Opportunity Assessment, Action Prioritization, Impact Qualifications, Content Marketing Execution and Social Media Brand Marketing.

BRS Media will be in attendance at the ICANN meeting in Kobe, Japan. New gTLD, ccTLD or Legacy TLD Registry Operators looking to position Top-Level Domains to cut through and translate into outstanding online experience for the audience, contact George Bundy or schedule a call via registry@brsmedia.com    

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media (https://brsmedia.com) was established in 1995, and is celebrating over 20 years Online, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only truly Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; @RADIO.am & @RADIO.fm, Premium Web-based Email Services and iRadio® Service. dotRadio is a trademark; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media Inc.

Email: jsiddiqui@brsmedia.com

BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2018

January 23, 2019
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2018

The .FM TLD’s Annual ranking of the top sites, sounds and brands building success On Air & Online!

San Francisco CA January 23, 2019 – BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has released the annual year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2018, the year’s top .FM sites and brands.

For the 7th Year in a row, dotFM’s year-end top 100 ranking, “.FM Top 100 Hits of 2018” lists the top sites and brands from the past year under the .FM Namespace. The top 100 hits represent some of the most recognizable and innovative brands in streaming media and social entertainment today. The .FM Top 100 Hits of 2018 chart is available at: https://Get.fm/2018Top100

“It’s truly amazing to see the continued wide diversity within the .FM namespace, the innovation and originality of dotFM clients is both refreshing and inspiring.” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. “For well over 20 years, the .FM TLD’s pioneering, cutting edge Brand Registry Services have evolved to meet the growing demand and creativity of our clientele. Even with the release of over 1200 New Top-Level Domains, the .FM TLD showed a Year-Over-Year traffic growth of over 10% in 2018 and an over 50% growth from 2012.”

Highlights from the 2018 ranking: The fastest growing category this year was Podcast Apps, Podcast Hosting and Podcasters like Anchor.fm, Castbox.fm, Megaphone.fm, Overcast.fm, Transistor.fm, Omny.fm and Fireside.fm. Today, our comprehensive portfolio of registrants not only include broadcasters, Internet radio, podcasters and the music community, but also interactive companies, premier social media ventures and streaming entrepreneurs worldwide.

BRS Media has pioneered the ‘multimedia’ domain space since launching the .FM & .AM Top Level Domains over 20 Years Ago. Since that time, the .FM Brand Registry Service has evolved to meet the growing demand and creativity of the clientele. Some of the world’s most innovative .FM brands include; Panoply.fm, Southwest.fm, CarrieUnderwood.fm, DI.fm, Last.fm, Douban.fm, Earbud.fm, Jazz.fm, Coca-Cola.fm, Summertime.fm, among thousands more.

The .FM Top-Level Domain is available through most ICANN Accredited Registrars or any worldwide .FM Registrar Partners (https://get.fm/registrars) like: Namecheap, Go Daddy, Hover, Name.com, Dynadot, Network Solutions, Gandi.net, United Domains and more. Information about .FM Domains, Emoji Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and more is also available at https://Get.fm

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media (https://brsmedia.fm) was established in 1995, and is celebrating over 20 years Online, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only truly Open & Innovative Domain Extensions; @RADIO.am & @RADIO.fm, Premium Web-based Email Services and iRadio® Service. dotRadio is a trademark; and dotFM, dotAM and iRadio are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media Inc.

Email: jsiddiqui@brsmedia.fm

BRS Media’s dotFM Officially Sponsors the RADIO Emoji on World Emoji Day

BRS Media’s dotFM Officially Sponsors the RADIO Emoji on World Emoji Day

The .FM TLD adopted the RADIO 📻 Emoji as part of its commitment to Emoji-based domain names

San Francisco, CA. July 17, 2018 –  BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, announced today on World Emoji Day, that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has become the official sponsor of the 📻 ‘RADIO’ Emoji, through the Unicode Consortium’s Adopt-a-Character program.

In April, dotFM launched Emoji-based Domain Names. Emoji Branding is the next frontier in Creative Digital Marketing in the Domain Name space. Today emojis are incorporated in all aspects of consumers’ online conversations; mobile devices, social media, texting, messaging, and now web domains.

“As part of our ongoing 20th Anniversary, we are thrilled ‘📻’ to announce on World Emoji Day, our official permanent sponsor of the RADIO Emoji as part of the Unicode Consortium’s Adopt-a-Character campaign,” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media, Inc. “We are pleased to support the Adopt-a-Character program, the Unicode Consortium plays a critical role in developing, maintaining, and promoting standards in Emoji characters. It’s the Unicode’s efforts that enable people around the world to use Emojis across all platforms, mobile devices, computers and the Internet.”

dotFM encourages anyone interested in Adopting a Character to visit the Unicode Consortium site at https://www.unicode.org/consortium/adopted-characters.html and make a donation to sponsor your favorite character today!

dotFM pioneered the ‘Industry Specific’ domain space over 20 years ago and the .FM Top-Level Domain continues to be on the forefront of innovative technology, with the launch of Emoji based Domain Names. Emoji Domain Names are now available based on Unicode Consortium Emoji Version 5.0 standards using single code point; and allowing a mix of letters and emoji characters under the top-level .FM, as well as the dotRadio extensions, .RADIO.fm and .RADIO.am

Some of the world’s most innovative .FM brands include; Overcast.fm, Southwest.fm, CarrieUnderwood.fm, DI.fm, Anchor.fm, Last.fm, Earbud.fm, Rainmaker.fm, Jazz.fm, Panoply.fm, Coca-Cola.fm, Summertime.fm, among thousands more.

The .FM Top-Level Domain as Emoji’s are available directly from dotFM (https://dot.fm), as well as through Retail Registrars (https://get.fm/registrars) like: Go Daddy, HexoNet, Porkbun, iDotz.Net, https://i❤.ws and many more. Information about .FM Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and Emoji Domains are available at http://📻.fm or https://Get.fm/Emoji.

 

About BRS Media, Inc:

Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media (https://brsmedia.fm) was established in 1995, and is celebrating over 20 years Online, featured as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years. Its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, spotlighting Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; dotRadio™ extensions .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s only truly Open & Innovative Domain Extensions and @RADIO.am & @RADIO.fm, Premium Web-based Email Services. dotRadio is a trademark; and dotFM and dotAM are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

 

Junaid Siddiqui

BRS Media, Inc.

Email: jsiddiqui@brsmedia.fm

 

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