hgtv (.hgtv)

The .hgtv domain extension was created for the Home & Garden Television brand, tied to the popular cable channel. It was originally sponsored by Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc., a company that managed several media brand TLDs. The domain saw limited use during its active period. In June 2023, ICANN revoked the .hgtv top-level domain, meaning it is no longer present in the root zone and cannot accept new registrations. This followed a period where the sponsoring organization apparently let the registry agreement lapse or failed to meet operational requirements. As of mid 2023, any existing .hgtv sites have ceased to function. The domain remains in the IANA database only as a historical record.

ICANN delegated .hgtv to Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc. in June 2016. The company operated several TLDs for media brands. Seven years later, in June 2023, ICANN revoked the domain. The record notes that .hgtv is no longer in the root zone. This is a relatively rare outcome for a brand TLD. The 2016 delegation came during the first big wave of new generic top-level domains, when many media companies secured their own branded extensions.