dotTV Adds Anthony Bishop and Phillip Reese to SeniorManagement Team; Expertise In Technology...

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2000

dotTV (www.TV), the exclusive worldwide source for web addresses ending in .TV, today announced the appointment of Anthony Bishop as Vice President and General Counsel, and Phillip Reese as Vice

Broadening dotTV's executive team, Bishop and Reese join Lou Kerner, Chief Executive Officer; John Bowen, Vice President, Strategy; and John Momtazee, Vice President, Business Development.

"We are committed to hiring the top talent in all disciplines to help set the course for dotTV," said Lou Kerner, dotTV's CEO. "With the addition of Anthony and Phillip to our management team, dotTV is in a prime position to set the global pace for new domain name registrars and registries."

Bishop will draw from his experience as Associate General Counsel of Amazon.com to manage dotTV's legal affairs. Reese, a former Executive Director of the Infrastructure Core at the University of Southern California Information Services Division, will manage dotTV's information technology as the company scales its business worldwide.

dotTV announced the availability of .TV Internet addresses earlier this month, uniting "TV," the world's most recognized two letter symbol, with the World Wide Web to empower companies, organizations and individuals to create the global Internet destinations and brands of tomorrow. Leading companies that have adopted the .TV domain name include: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., Columbia TriStar International Television, Pegasus Communications and Sega of America. Inquiries can be made at the company's web site, www.TV.

About dotTV

dotTV (www.TV) is a registrar and the exclusive worldwide registry for second-level domain names in the .TV top-level domain through an agreement with the Country of Tuvalu. The company is dedicated to creating the premier top-level domain so that companies, organizations and individuals can create the Internet brands and identities of the future. dotTV received its initial funding and support from idealab!, a leading creator of Internet businesses.