A new event ticketing standard has been introduced by the Australian Government to help ticket buyers make informed decisions when purchasing tickets from online resellers. Under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), online ticket resellers will have to clearly disclose that they are a reseller and not a primary ticket provider, as well as the ticket’s …
Kägelbanan set to reopen under Stockholm Live
Live entertainment, venue management and event strategy company ASM Global has announced that Kägelbanan, Stockholm is set to reopen under a new operator, Stockholm Live. The music venue at Södra Teatern has been closed for three years but will now be opening its doors once more for concerts and events. In previous years, Kägelbanan has …
Seat Unique scores first major music partnership, signs deals with Essex Cricket and St. Helens
Seat Unique has been named as the exclusive premium ticketing and hospitality partner of Rock N Roll Circus. The event sees musical talent entwined with the circus, with artists performing in the Big Top alongside resident aerialists, stilt walkers, fortune tellers and more. Fans will now be able to purchase tickets at any time online …
Hayya Card holders allowed to watch Qatar match for free
Hayya Card holders were allowed to enter Al Bayt Stadium without tickets for yesterday’s match between FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar and the Netherlands. Hayya Cards are Fan IDs needed for travelling to Qatar in order to enter the country, stadiums and access free transport. According to Tariq Panja, a reporter for the New York …
Italian Supreme Administrative Court affirms TicketOne fine annulment
Bird & Bird partner and associate Federico Marini Balestra and Lucia Antonazzi have analysed the annulment of the €10.9m (£9.4m/$11.3m) fine given to CTS Eventim-owned TicketOne by the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) in 2021. In October, the Italian Supreme Administrative Court ( ‘Consiglio di Stato’ in Italian or CDS) affirmed the Lazio Regional Administrative Tribunal/Court …
SeatGeek partners with MLS franchise Real Salt Lake
End-to-end live event platform SeatGeek has partnered with Major League Soccer (MLS) side, Real Salt Lake (RSL). RSL has become the eighth MLS team to use SeatGeek as its ticketing platform, along with a number of football teams in the English Premier League. Fans will be able to purchase tickets through the platform, and utilise …
Dynamic pricing with Digonex – TheTicketingBusiness News
Digonex, a dynamic pricing solutions provider for the attractions and live entertainment industries, has continued to prosper in a post-COVID environment. This success is mostly accredited to attractions and tour operators utilising its pricing services, but the Indianapolis-headquartered company has also seen a resurgence in its live entertainment and performing arts portfolio. Originally founded in …
People on the move: Ticketek, Vivenu and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Live entertainment, ticketing, digital and data company Ticketek has appointed Danny Hannaford (pictured left) as its UK general manager. Hannaford boasts over 13 years of experience in ticketing operations and has worked with a number of venues and organisations in the live entertainment …
Tech Stack: TikTok concerts, NFT ticketing and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Metallica’s Helping Hands concert Streaming platform Paramount+ will stream Metallica’s ‘Helping Hands’ concert, which benefits the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. The concert, which is taking place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, will stream via the platform in the US …
Italy’s live sector shows positive signs of bouncing back
The recent Milan Music Week provided the perfect backdrop for Italy’s copyright agency SIAE to present a preview of its figures relating to concerts, for the first nine months of 2022. During a panel discussion at the event, guests talked about the data and how the pandemic significantly impacted the live sector in Italy. Despite …