Ticketek

Ticketek is an Australian event ticketing company. Formed in 1979, the company is owned by Nine Entertainment Co. and operates ticketing operations for entertainment and sporting events in Australia and New Zealand. There are companies using the name Ticketek in other countries however these are not a part of the Ticketek Australia/NZ operations but are a part of Ticketek Pty Ltd/Softix Pty Ltd. Ticketek Pty Ltd sell the Softix premium ticketing software solution created by Softix Pty Ltd to other countries. Ticketek Pty Ltd also own the simplified ticket management solution company Eventopia. Ticketek was part of PBL's Consolidated Press Holdings until it was sold to PBL's internet arm ecorp, in 1999, two years after introducing online ticketing in Australia. Ticketek was ecorp's major source of profits. Ticketek was originally called Best Available Seating Service Pty Ltd. It was one of at least three Australian Best Available Seating Service operations, the others being BASS and BASS Victoria