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Action Fraud is urging people to “take more care” when buying tickets to live events as it reports victims lose an average of £365 (€409/$462) to ticket fraud each year. The UK’s national ...
Tags: Action Fraud, Fraud, Resale, STAR, ToutsTicketmaster has teamed up with Montreal-based Groupe CH to provide ticketing for 20 venues and festivals, as well as NHL ice hockey’s Montreal Canadiens. The Canadian sports and entertainment co...
Tags: Groupe CH, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, TicketmasterFans for the 2019 Rugby World Cup who bought semi-final tickets listed for the wrong venue have been offered refunds or equivalent seating following the mistake. The knockout game, which is schedul...
Tags: International Stadium Yokohama, Japan, Rugby, Rugby World CupTicketfly has been hit with another lawsuit after allegedly using indie duo Sylvan Esso’s image for promotional purposes without their permission. The band’s lawyers said in a complaint that th...
Tags: Eventbrite, Lawsuit, Legal, Sylvan Esso, TicketflyThe UK government has introduced a bill to prohibit the unauthorised sale of tickets for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The legislation contains a number of temporary measures which all ha...
Tags: Birmingham 2022, Commonwealth Games, Legislation, Major Events, Resale, UKDeutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) is pushing forward with its ambitious buy-and-build strategy after becoming the majority shareholder in German electronic music promoter I-Motion. DEAG has bought a...
Tags: DEAG, Electronic Music, Germany, I-Motion, LiveStyle, MarketsThe Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the governing body of French football, has signed off on a single ticket price for away fans starting from the 2019-20 season. The rate for Ligue 1, the t...
Tags: Away Prices, Away Tickets, French Football, LFP, Ligue 1, Price Cap, pricingThis week our Insights team turned its focus on the rise and fall of AIM-listed Accesso's share price. Can the new board deliver a turnaround? accesso Technology Group (accesso) is the self-describ...
Tags: Accesso, Analysis, Financials, Insights, Theme Park, Theme Parks, Visitor AttractionPortuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica says it has become the first major European football club to accept online payments for tickets and merchandise with cryptocurrency. Through its partn...
Tags: Benfica, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Payments, UTRUSTFormer England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has questioned the Cricket World Cup ticket process after pointing out the many empty seats during the India and South Africa match on Wednesday. The ...
Tags: Ageas Bowl, Cricket World Cup, Empty Seats, ICCMore than 130,000 tickets have been shifted for the 2019 European Games in Minsk, with 15 per cent of sales attributed to foreign fans following the most recent sales phase. Russians are the most a...
Tags: European Games, Minsk 2019, Sales, Ticketpro
