All posts belonging to the EU tag can be found in the list below.
Industry body Performing Arts Employers Association League Europe (Pearle) has urged the European Union (EU) to include the live events industry in its post-COVID recovery package. In a position pa...
Tags: EU, Live Events, Music Venue Trust, venuesHigh-profile cultural figures have urged European governments to “be bold” and to invest in culture and the arts ahead of a major European Union meeting in Brussels tomorrow (Friday). In a lett...
Tags: Arts, Culture, EU, European Union, TheatreWireless Festival has partnered with MelodyVR to produce a three-day virtual festival, while the European Arenas Association is looking to develop a recovery plan for the live events industry... Wi...
Tags: Covid-19, EU, European Arenas Association, MelodyVR, Theatre, WeRNotVirus, Wireless FestivalThe European Commission has indicated in a document that festivals and concerts should be the last form of activity to restart following the COVID-19 shutdown of events. The EU Commission, which is...
Tags: Concerts, Covid-19, EU, European Commission, FestivalsNearly 40 pan-European music industry organisations have signed an open letter to demand emergency aid for the sector across the European Union in response to the Covid-19 live events shutdown. The...
Tags: Covid-19, EMMA, EU, Festivals, IMMF, Live DMAEuropean Union countries from this week must begin to implement stricter consumer protection rules, including restrictions on the use of bots to harvest tickets for concerts or sporting and events. ...
Tags: Bots, Consumer Protections, EU, ResaleThe European Union Parliament has today (Wednesday) voted in favour of a landmark ruling to ban ticket bots that circumvent purchase rules. MEPs discussed the resale issue for the first time, offic...
Tags: Bots, EU, face-value resale site, Legislation, Software, ToutsGoogle has been fined €1.5bn ($1.7m/£1.3m) by European authorities for violating antitrust laws in the online advertising market. The fine, which marks the third against Google by the EU since 2...
Tags: Ads, Antitrust, EU, Fined, GoogleA new organisation, the Face-value European Alliance for Ticketing (FEAT), has launched across Europe to help bolster the drive to tighten-up secondary ticketing legislation. FEAT, which launched y...
Tags: EU, Face Value, FEAT, Law, Legislation, Resale, Secondary Ticketing, UKEU ticket buyers will no longer need to pay additional fees or be refused service based on their location after the European Parliament voted to ban geo-blocking. The move for online traders to tre...
Tags: E-Commerce, EU, Europe, European Parliament, Geo-Blocking, Law, Legislation, Online Shopping
