Motorpoint Arena Nottingham has appointed Ticketek as its ticketing, marketing and data analytics partner. TEG announced today (Tuesday) that Ticketek has signed a deal with the venue for the supply, installation and support of ticketing systems and services. Ticketek will deliver a full-service solution that will utilise the knowledge and relationships of Motorpoint Arena Nottingham’s …
SOLT data shows consistent pricing, attendances and revenues up in 2022
The Society of London Theatre (SOLT)’s 2022 sales data for its member venues, which includes all commercial West End locations and London’s major subsidised theatres, has shown that ticket pricing stayed consistent this year, despite rising costs. It is the first time SOLT has released a full set of annual figures since 2019, after …
Data analysis shows live music audiences overtaking theatre
Data-driven consultancy Data Culture Change, in partnership with Campaign for the Arts, has analysed data from the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) which shows a slowdown in the upwards trajectory in post-pandemic arts attendances. In the three months from July to September 2022, the DCMS found that more adults in England …
See Tickets, Vivendi suffer reported data breach
Global ticketing platform See Tickets has notified customers of a data breach, which has reportedly lasted two-and-a-half years. While See Tickets and parent company Vivendi have yet to come forward with statements, consumer rights law firm Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP has published a press release to say that it is investigating claims …
TEG announces formation of TEG Europe
TEG has today (Tuesday) announced the formation of TEG Europe, bringing together its UK-based live entertainment, ticketing, venue, digital and data operations into a single integrated operation. TEG Europe will be based out of Bristol and London and will comprise TEG Live Europe, which includes the former TEG MJR’s touring business; TEG Venues, which includes …
Former UK Theatre executive director launches data-driven consultancy
David Brownlee, the former UK Theatre executive director, has launched Data Culture Change, a data-driven consultancy to help the cultural sector maximise its use of data. Planned products for the new consultancy include catchment analysis, data-led reviews, big data analysis, bespoke consulting, sales review and training, product development and benchmarking. The consultancy began operating in …
Elevate Sports Ventures partners with Recentive Analytics
Sports and entertainment consulting agency, Elevate Sports Ventures, has partnered with technology business Recentive Analytics to help sports teams, leagues and venues with predictive software solutions. The Precast software solution is already used by more than 30 sporting clients including National Football League (NFL)’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Thrill one Sports and Entertainment, the National Basketball …
Vivid Seats data reveals festival trend changes
Fans are willing to travel further to attend music festivals in the US to see their favourite acts, according to data from online ticketing marketplace Vivid Seats. The data has revealed that the average distance a fan travelled between 2021 and 2022 was 433 miles. This year, Vivid Seats claimed that festival attendees will travel …
Data, revenue, fan engagement – digital ticketing at the Six Nations with Tixserve
Following five exciting weekends of rugby’s Guinness Six Nations, 370,000 Tixserve-powered digital tickets were delivered across both Twickenham Stadium, London, and the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, for fixtures against Scotland, France, Ireland and Italy. Digital match day ticketing, hospitality ticketing and car parking passes were issued via the Tixserve platform and delivered into the relevant client’s …
Concerns raised over Covid visitor data collected by UK attractions
The Natural History Museum shared visitor data with Facebook as it “hoovered up” personal details during the pandemic, according to the Telegraph. The newspaper reports that the London attraction obtained more than 700,000 sets of data with the help of the Covid-19 booking system. It shares some of its visitor information with third parties, including …