CBC.COM is for sale. (1.Viewing)

Esdiel · Jan 22, 2021

Does anyone think CBC will ever go for the .COM, or know whether they've tried in the past?

Below is a bit of info I was able to find which may be helpful.

Archive.org shows that CBC has been using CBC.ca since at least October 31st, 1996, however, they apparently went online in 1995 for the first time, "becoming Canada's first news website":

https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/your-public-broadcaster/history

As for CBC.COM, it "appears" as though it was only registered for the first time on August 10, 2000, according to whois and archive.org. If nobody owned CBC.com before this date, it naturally leads one to assume CBC didn't have much interest in it at the time.

Of course it's always possible the .COM was unavailable when CBC decided to go with the .CA but I doubt they tried too hard to acquire it (at that time), especially given the previous owner (if he/she ever existed) must have let it drop at some point (as per the whois registration date).

What do you guys think, and/or have you ever heard anything about CBC wanting the .COM?

Esdiel · Jan 22, 2021

Below is the oldest capture for CBC.ca on archive.org (from Oct 31, 1996).

I thought you guys might be interested in seeing what Canada's first news website looked like in its infancy:

https://web.archive.org/web/19961031095442/http://www.cbc.ca/

DomainRecap · Jan 22, 2021

I'm pretty sure that an LLL with key letters like that was registered prior to 2000, but like they say in the movies, records from back then were probably lost in a fire and are incomplete at best.

Based on my internal timeline, I would bet on 1995-97 for a realistic registration date, with 1996 getting the best odds.

I just did some quick research and the estimated time of the LAST LLL.com hand-registration was in January of 2000 (probably some crap one like XZQ.com), so definitely CBC.com didn't stick around even close to that long.

I was there when TSX bought TSE.com (before that crone Barbara Stymiest bowed down and gave it to the Japanese) and I think it was 1995 or 96, and I'm sure we bought it from someone.

Esdiel · Jan 25, 2021