New York Show Tickets
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Broadway show marketing |
| Headquarters | New York City , United States |
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| Founder(s) | Noel Turner |
| Website | www |
| Launched | December 1995 |
| Current status | Active |
New York Show Tickets Inc. (NYTIX) was formerly known as New York TV Show Tickets Inc., until a name change in 2010. The organization is a New York City-based marketing company that provides Broadway show marketing and Broadway ticket offers. It previously also offered TV show tickets, TV taping marketing, TV audience management, NYC parking offers, a NYC restaurant guide, articles on TV programs, Broadway theater profiles, and advice on ways that visitors could see New York attractions cheaply.
History
The company was founded in November 1995 by Noel Turner as New York TV Show Tickets Inc. and specialized in recruiting and managing audiences for tapings of TV shows that were recorded in the New York City area. Early on, they managed the audience for The Gordon Elliott Show, Rolonda, Dr. Laura, and NBC's Later Today. The company also provided marketing and ticketing services to The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Emeril Lagasse's Emeril Live.
The company also provided free tickets to New York-area TV tapings, managed TV show audiences and promoted the tapings of NYC TV show tapings. It attempted to bring some consistency to the TV productions it worked with by helping them maintain continuity in audience management when staff changed and by delivering audiences to TV studios.
In 1986, through NYNEX "Public Access Line Ports", the company began to deliver audio information services over "540" lines. The advent of the internet reduced the profitability and value of these PALPs, and the service was discontinued by 1998. During this time, the company provided up-to-date television audience information to people who called in. It provided a centralized method of connecting a TV production to its audience members, so that people would get the day's ticket availability and then be provided with directions to the show of their choice.
In 1998, New York TV Show Tickets began offering Broadway-related content, which eventually became its main focus.
Today, NYTIX sells Broadway show tickets and provides discount offers to Broadway shows through online information guides (accessible through their website) that explain how to get discounted tickets to Broadway shows.
A February 15, 2007 Wall Street Journal article stated that compared to online last-minute ticket buying options, nytix's discounts were similar to BroadwayBox's, and that both services were cheaper than Gotickets and Entertainment Link, concluding that nytix's "service is worth it for regular theatergoers who are open about what to see and when."[1]
References
- ↑ Keogh, Bryan (February 15, 2007). "Scoring Seats for a Broadway Show". Wall Street Journal.
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