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.tv is the country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the island
nation of Tuvalu. Except for reserved names like .com.tv, .net.tv, .org.tv and others,
any person in the world can register a .tv domain for a fee, much of the income from which goes to the government and people of Tuvalu. The domain name is popular (and thus economically valuable) due to it
being mnemonic for the word 'television' (other similar ccTLDs are .fm, .am, and .cd).
idealab!, United Nations, Taiwan
Leasing the right to use the .tv domain to an idealab! company [1] gave Tuvalu enough money to
join the United Nations in 2000
[2] . This enabled Tuvalu to voice its support
for its long-time diplomatic and economic ally, the Republic of
China on Taiwan, in the United Nations [3] [4] . (See also China and the United Nations and Foreign relations of Taiwan.)
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