All posts belonging to the Canada tag can be found in the list below.
StubHub’s parent company eBay yesterday (Thursday) completed the sale of the secondary ticketing provider to Viagogo for $4.05bn in cash. The announcement comes just two days after the UK’s Com...
Tags: Canada, CMA, Ebay, M&A, Merger, StubHub, ViagogoYouTube has expanded its ticketing integration to allow Canadians watching videos from Official Artists Channels to see ticket listings for live performances in North America. Through partnerships ...
Tags: Canada, Eventbrite, Sales, Ticketmaster, YouTubeCanadian ticketing firm Showpass has seen its revenue increase a record 83 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2019, through expanded partnerships with Facebook and Square, as well as via acqui...
Tags: Canada, Facebook, Finance, Revenue, Showpass, square, Token MobileTicketmaster has been fined C$4m ($3m/€2.7m/£2.4m) and agreed to make a number of operational changes following proceedings brought by Canada's competition watchdog over deceptive ticket pricing. ...
Tags: Canada, Competition Bureau, Fees, Fine, pricing, TicketmasterOntario has scrapped its resale price cap that would have stopped tickets from being sold at 50 per cent above the original face value. Following a change of regime at the government’s helm, the ...
Tags: Canada, Ontario, Price Cap, ResaleTicketmaster has been accused of a “bait and switch” move by a Rolling Stones fan that saw his ticket prices shoot up by C$60 more than they were listed for. After Edward Mair added the C$119.5...
Tags: Canada, Drip Pricing, Fees, pricing, Rolling Stones, TicketmasterThe British Columbian government opened its spring session of the legislature yesterday (Tuesday) by promising a ban on mass ticket scalping, among other consumer protection measures. Lt.-Gov. Jane...
Tags: Bots, British Columbia, Canada, Legislation, Resale, ToutingThe Canadian government has today (Friday) revealed Ticketmaster has not been overcharging for concert tickets by using bots following an investigation. Several formal complaints were filed to Cana...
Tags: Bots, Canada, Competition Bureau, Scalping, Ticketmaster, TradeDeskTicketmaster has been named as the ticketing partner for the inaugural season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), which tips off in May 2019. The CEBL will feature six teams across Ca...
Tags: basketball, Canada, Canadian Elite Basketball League, CEBL, TicketmasterTicketmaster’s North American arm has now denied accusations it is colluding with scalpers following the undercover sting perpetrated by Canadian media outlets. In an initial response to the foot...
Tags: Canada, Scalping, Ticketmaster, TradeDesk
