English Premier League club Manchester United has announced it is reforming its season ticket policies to offer fans more choice. From next season, season ticket-holders will be able to opt in or out of each cup competition in which the club competes. The changes have been brought in following the consultation with Manchester United Fans’ …
Detroit Pistons to drive ticket and merchandise sales through Verb partnership
Verb Technology Company, a business that provides interactive video-based sales enablement applications, has partnered with the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s Detroit Pistons. The NBA franchise will utilise Verb’s suite of sales enablement solutions to help drive ticket and merchandise sales, and engage with Pistons fans through interactive and shoppable digital content. Adam Falkson, Detroit Pistons …
Tix Ticketing: the self-service revolution
Tix Ticketing’s chief operating officer Hrefna Sif Jónsdóttir tells us about the move to give patrons more control and reducing the workload of a box office… It’s 2022 – customers want as much control as possible when it comes to purchasing absolutely anything. And that includes buying tickets. Tix has highlighted the trend of patrons …
Harlequins supporters to utilise TM tech
Gallagher Premiership rugby club Harlequins will utilise Ticketmaster’s 3D Virtual Venue, to offer supporters a life-like view from their seats before purchasing a ticket to a match. When looking to buy tickets to watch rugby at The Stoop, Harlequins fans will be able to make sure their seat is the best in the house before …
Tech Stack: Digital ticketing, streaming and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Motorsport and the metaverse Animoca Brands, a company that specialises in promoting digital ownership for games and the metaverse, has announced it will be integrating the Hockenheimring in various products in the REVV Motorsport ecosystem. It will produce and sell NFTs (non-fungible tokens) …
People: Accesso, DICE and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Nicola Liscio-Heffernan has been appointed by Accesso Technology Group as the new EMEA sales director for the technology provider. Accesso recently extended its partnership with Merlin Entertainments and will continue to be the ticketing technology provider for 113 Merlin venues across 19 …
Tix Ticketing expands operations to Ukraine, adds three team members
Tix Ticketing has announced that it will establish a new office in Kyiv, Ukraine, and has added to its engineering team. Three new senior developers have joined the ticketing software company and will focus on strengthening the core technical platform. Andrii Zhuk, Oleksandr Karplyuk and Oleksandr Melnichenko will also work to extend the Tix solution …
FIFA boasts further 23.5 million World Cup ticket requests
Some 23.5 million ticket requests were made for the most recent random selection draw sales period for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Football fans tried their hand at securing tickets for the tournament later this year in the sale period that closed on Thursday last week. The sales phase followed the tournament’s final draw, …
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella production set to end
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End musical Cinderella is set to end, less than one year since it opened. The final performance of the composer’s reimagined show will take place on June 12. While the show will no longer be performed on London’s West End, a production of Cinderella is due to open on Broadway in …
ESNS opens applications and announces focus on Spain
Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS), the European artist-focused event, has opened its applications and will highlight Spain’s emerging talent at ESNS 2023. ESNS has opened its applications for European artists to perform at the event, having previously helped the early careers of artists such as Arlo Parks, Celeste, Dua Lipa, Sigrid and Fontaines DC. The conference side …