All posts belonging to the Competition tag can be found in the list below.
The UK’s competition regulator is continuing its legal action against Viagogo despite the ticketing operator claiming a court victory earlier today (Thursday). Viagogo said a High Court ruling fo...
Tags: CMA, Competition, Court, Legal, ViagogoThe UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it will join the Irish competition regulator in investigating the acquisition of concert promoter MCD Productions by LN-Gaiety Holdings...
Tags: CCPC, CMA, Competition, Live Nation, LN-Gaiety, MCD ProductionsHundreds of Liverpool fans have been left disappointed after being wrongly informed they had won VIP tickets to the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid. Entertainment retail store Zavvi had to ba...
Tags: Champions League, Competition, Liverpool, Uefa, ZavviThe NFL American football league has launched a new competition that will offer a pair of season tickets to the winning fan’s preferred team for a whole century. The ‘Tickets for 100 Years’ c...
Tags: Competition, NFLGermany’s Higher Regional Court has upheld the decision by the competition watchdog with regards to CTS Eventim’s merger with promoter Four Artists. Eventim revealed the buyout in March 2017, b...
Tags: Competition, Eventim, Four Artists, Germany, MergerEuropean music festival organisers have cited increasing competition in the market as their main concern when it comes to the ability to sell tickets for their events. The Pollstar website, citing ...
Tags: Competition, Europe, Festivals, Sales, YouropeLive Nation now reportedly controls more than a quarter of UK festivals, causing the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) to renew calls for a competition investigation into its dominance. ...
Tags: AIF, CMA, Competition, Dominant, Festivals, Independent Festivals, Live Nation, TicketmasterTwo senior US politicians have called on the competition regulator to take action against ticketing operators flouting consumer rules. Representatives Frank Pallone, the Ranking Member of the House...
Tags: Competition, Consumer, FTC, Live Nation, TicketmasterLive Nation shareholders have begun legal proceedings against the company in connection with last month’s New York Times story that suggested it is being investigated by the Department of Justice. ...
Tags: Competition, Court, Legal, Live Nation, Securities, TicketmasterSeatGeek founder Russ D’Souza (pictured) said he is excited to see open ticketing catching on across the industry, with hopes that it will remove “a number of pain points that exist in the older e...
Tags: Competition, MLS, NFL, Open Market, Russ D'Souza, SeatGeek, Sounders
