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'''.tickets''' is a proposed [[gTLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]]. After a [[private auction]] in September 2014, Accent Media became the sole applicant for the string.

'''.tickets''' is a [[gTLD]] delegated in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]]. The registry is managed by [[Accent Media Limited]], with back-end services provided by [[CentralNic]].

 

Accent Media won the [[private auction]] for the .tickets string in September 2014, outbidding the other four applicants. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 26 March, 2015.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated String, ICANN.org] Retrieved 26 Mar 2015</ref>

 

.tickets reached general availability on 21 September 2015, following an Early Access Program (EAP) held from 14-20 of September 2015.  The mandatory sunrise period was held from 13 July 2015-11 September 2015.

==Current Applicant==

==Current Applicant==

==Private Auction==

==Private Auction==

In September 2014, it was announced that Accent Media won the rights to the string over the other applicants. The company had received $1.62 Million in investment money from [[CentralNIC]], and Accent will switch their backend provider from [[Afilias]] to CentralNIC. CentralNIC will acquire a 12% stake in Accent as well.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/17377-accent-wins-tickets-auction-after-1-6m-centralnic-investment Accent Wins .tickets Auction after 1.6M CentralNIC Investment] ''DomainIncite" by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 23 Sept 2014</ref>

In September 2014, it was announced that Accent Media won the rights to the string over the other applicants. The company had received $1.62 Million in investment money from [[CentralNic]], and Accent will switch their backend provider from [[Afilias]] to CentralNIC. CentralNIC will acquire a 12% stake in Accent as well.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/17377-accent-wins-tickets-auction-after-1-6m-centralnic-investment Accent Wins .tickets Auction after 1.6M CentralNIC Investment] ''DomainIncite" by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 23 Sept 2014</ref>

==References==

==References==