Ticket central: StubHub: see a program, save a TV show.(Programming)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 2004 by Albiniak, Paige

Remember when screaming studio audiences queued up for free? That's so 20th century. Now fans can get tickets to their favorite shows the hip way: on the Web. Just log on to StubHub.com, bid for your pleasure, and win seats for a guaranteed date and time.

What you buy is convenience--but the proceeds go to a worthy cause. The Museum of Television & Radio uses the money to collect and preserve TV and radio shows, with 120,000 programs already in its archives.

The benefits are twofold. "The networks and studios get to be supportive of the museum, and the audience is happy because they can 2get sought-after tickets," says Barbara Dixon, vice president and director of the Los Angeles Museum of Television & Radio. The museum also puts on events, such...

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