Generic top-level domainsDNSSEC
Overview
.broadway is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) created through ICANN's New gTLD Program. The string is associated with Broadway and is classified under the "Culture" category.
History
- Delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 18 November 2015.
- Celebrate Broadway, Inc. was the successful applicant for the string.
- The application process involved string contention among multiple applicants.
Usage and Audience
- Category: Culture (per source classification).
- Primary stakeholders and applicants included organizations with interests in Broadway and related cultural activities.
- Notable applicants involved in the delegation process:
- Celebrate Broadway, Inc. — successful applicant; submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC).
- Donuts (Goose North, LLC) — filed for this string as part of a large portfolio of new gTLD applications and submitted a PIC.
- Key GTLD Holding Inc. — filed for the string and was represented by Matthew Russotti.
Notable Cases or Examples
- Celebrate Broadway, Inc. partnered with Minds + Machines as a back-end registry service provider; Minds + Machines is noted as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. (TLDH).
- Donuts was a prominent contender; it submitted hundreds of new gTLD applications and reportedly invested heavily in application fees.
Operator
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: BROADWAY organisation: Celebrate Broadway, Inc. address: 729 Seventh Ave, 7th Floor address: New York NY 10019 address: United States of America (the) contact: administrative name: TLD Registry Services Management organisation: Nominet address: Minerva House address: Edmund Halley Road address: Oxford Science Park address: Oxford OX4 4DQ address: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) phone: +44.1865332211 e-mail: registrymanagement@nominet.uk contact: technical name: TLD Registry Services Technical organisation: Nominet address: Minerva House address: Edmund Halley Road address: Oxford Science Park address: Oxford OX4 4DQ address: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) phone: +44.1865332211 e-mail: registrytechnical@nominet.uk nserver: DNS1.NIC.BROADWAY 213.248.219.38 2a01:618:403:0:0:0:0:38 nserver: DNS2.NIC.BROADWAY 103.49.83.38 2401:fd80:403:0:0:0:0:38 nserver: DNS3.NIC.BROADWAY 213.248.223.38 2a01:618:407:0:0:0:0:38 nserver: DNS4.NIC.BROADWAY 2401:fd80:407:0:0:0:0:38 43.230.51.38 nserver: DNSA.NIC.BROADWAY 156.154.100.3 2001:502:ad09:0:0:0:0:3 nserver: DNSB.NIC.BROADWAY 156.154.101.3 2001:502:2eda:0:0:0:0:3 nserver: DNSC.NIC.BROADWAY 156.154.102.3 2610:a1:1009:0:0:0:0:3 nserver: DNSD.NIC.BROADWAY 156.154.103.3 2610:a1:1010:0:0:0:0:3 ds-rdata: 47576 8 2 ccc4ce45aacb1c0ecd8181d968b86beff3b34d1a71576f137ca43529ff8f12bb whois: status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: http://nic.broadway created: 2015-10-08 changed: 2025-05-28 source: IANA