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Domains Help

About .tv domains

All .tv domains have the same requirements, restrictions, and supported features, such as registrations and renewals, transfers, and DNS.

Registrations and renewals

Anyone can register .tv domains on a first-come, first-served basis.

New registrations

  • Registration length: 1-10 years
  • Must use: 1-63 characters
  • Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 3rd and 4th characters of the domain name)
  • Cannot use: Special characters (e.g., & or #)
  • IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names): Supported

Renewals

  • Renewal length: 1-10 years
  • You can manually renew your domain anytime before expiration. We'll attempt to auto-renew 1 day after expiration, and we'll park the domain after the first failed billing attempt. Redemption fees may be applied 19 days after expiration. Check out the standard expiration timeline for details on what happens after expiration.

Features

DNS requirements

  • Must use: 0-13 nameservers
  • DNSSEC: Supported
  • IPv4: Supported
  • IPv6: Supported

.tv domains must use authoritative nameservers. This means the domain must already be configured with a valid DNS zone on the intended nameservers before they can be assigned to your .tv domain.

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