What is .dish?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .dish names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .dish on August 10, 2016. Like most of the newer endings, it was applied for in the 2012 New gTLD Program round and its registry agreement was signed on July 30, 2015.
Dish DBS Corporation also runs 9 other TLDs, including .blockbuster, .data, .dot, .dtv and .latino.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 4 name servers for .dish, every one of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .dish haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.dish).
Same registry, other endings
9 other TLDs share this operator.
.dish FAQ
What country is .dish?
None. .dish is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .dish domain extension?
Dish DBS Corporation operates .dish as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .dish created?
.dish was delegated to the DNS root zone on August 10, 2016.
Is .dish a valid domain?
Yes. .dish is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .dish addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .dish domain?
No. .dish is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Dish DBS Corporation.
Is .dish DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .dish.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed December 12, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
