Nearly 25 years after it was assigned the country code top-level domain .tv, the internet’s full power remains relatively unknown to many people on the island of Tuvalu, but its evolution has made the domain one of its most valuable resources. Thanks to the rise of livestreamed programming and competitive video gaming, Tuvalu earns about 1/12th of its annual gross national income (GNI) from licensing its domain to tech giants like Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch through the Virginia-based company Verisign.
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