Latin music revenues exceeded $1bn (£800m/€900m) in the US last year, according to The Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) end-of-year Latin music report for 2022. Revenues improved from $881m in 2021 to $1.1bn in 2022, with Latin music’s overall share of the music market growing from 5.9% to 6.9%. The success of Bad Bunny …
Spotify offers small insight into direct ticket selling test
Spotify chief financial officer Paul Vogel has offered an insight into the early days of the streaming platform’s ticket selling efforts. At the recent Evercore ISI Technology Conference, Vogel discussed the revenue streams being explored by Spotify. The platform introduced a ticket platform in early August for select artists, testing the waters with selling tickets …
Disney considers membership for streaming, park entry and merchandise
Disney has confirmed it is considering launching a paid membership that would provide discounts and benefits across its entire portfolio of offerings, including streaming, park entry and merchandise. The initiative is currently very much in the planning stage, with no further details revealed over price and what the specific perks would be. According to an …
Tech Stack: NFT albums, record-breaking virtual reality events and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… K-pop mixes digital and physical K-pop festival KCON LA recently wrapped up its first in-person edition since 2019 with a second multi-act concert at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Organisers confirmed that more than 90,000 visitors attended the conference aspect of the event …
Spotify tests selling concert tickets directly to fans
Music streaming platform Spotify is testing the water with selling tickets directly to fans rather than linking through to external ticketing operators. According to news site Musically, Spotify kicked off the tests yesterday (Wednesday) with a small number of artists. Pre-sale tickets were made available to fans through the Spotify app and the freshly launched Spotify …
NFTs, ticketing solutions and streaming
Web3 and ticketing solution provider Revuto is offering lifetime digital subscriptions for entertainment streaming platform Netflix and music streaming platform Spotify, via a non-fungible token (NFT) solution. Revuto will offer the subscriptions via its Revulution NFT and a total of 10,000 users will be able to secure the unique subscription model. Dino Ivankovic, head of …
Free pre-season streaming for Bristol City season ticket holders
English Championship club Bristol City is offering 2022-23 season ticket holders free access to live streams of its pre-season games. Season ticket holders will be able to watch three pre-season home games for free in July on Robins TV. The Championship kicks off earlier next season, with the league beginning on July 29. Bristol City …
Cinema ticket sales and streams smash records for BookMyShow
Entertainment company BookMyShow has celebrated a number of achievements including 29 million cinema tickets sold across its platform in April alone. The Mumbai-headquartered company has also highlighted its foray into entertainment content with BookMyShow Stream, with 52,000 streams purchased by cinephiles and entertainment lovers last month. Ticket sales and streaming stats showcase a hunger for …
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) …
FAI abandons streaming season passes to protect match attendances
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has ditched its season pass option for its LOI TV streaming service, in order to protect match attendances during the forthcoming 2022 season. Matches across the Premier Division, First Division and Women’s National League during the 2022 season – which begins this month – will still be available to …