What is .bbc?
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 .bbc names for sale at any registrar.
.bbc entered the DNS root zone on March 21, 2015, 11 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
On the technical side, .bbc is served by 8 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .bbc, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.bbc).
.bbc FAQ
What country is .bbc?
None. .bbc is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .bbc domain extension?
British Broadcasting Corporation operates .bbc as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .bbc created?
.bbc was delegated to the DNS root zone on March 21, 2015.
Is .bbc a valid domain?
Yes. .bbc is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .bbc addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .bbc domain?
No. .bbc is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for British Broadcasting Corporation.
Is .bbc DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .bbc.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed November 10, 2021. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
