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The first round of tickets for the UEFA Euro 2020 football competition were allocated on Tuesday through a random ballot of a record-breaking 19.3 million ticket requests. The governing body for Eu...
Tags: Euro 2020, Random Ballot, UefaVivendi has confirmed talks with Chinese internet giant Tencent over a potential sale of 10% of the French media conglomerate’s stake in Universal Music Group. The proposed €3bn (£2.8bn/$3.4bn...
Tags: Tencent, UMG, Universal Music Group, VivendiTickets.ie, the system utilised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), has apologised after fans encountered problems when they tried to purchase tickets for Saturday’s Dublin v Mayo All-Ireland ...
Tags: Croke Park, GAA, Gaelic Football, Tickets.ieUS-based start-up FanDragon Technologies has bolstered its executive team with three new appointments to spearhead the company’s next phase of growth. The blockchain-powered, mobile ticket delive...
Tags: Appointments, Blockchain, FanDragon, TechnolgyTickPick has raised $40m (£33m/€36m) from PWP Growth Equity to help accelerate its marketing and business development initiatives and establish a data team. The New York City-based secondary tic...
Tags: AI, Growth, PWP Growth Equity, Secondary Market, Technology, TickPickDeutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) has hailed the success of its open-air concerts as it kicks off a strong Q3. The German entertainment and ticketing giant has seen the immediate benefits of its rec...
Tags: DEAG, Germany, M&A, MyTicket, Open-Air Concerts, SwitzerlandLondon Theatre Direct (LTD) has launched Tickets.co.uk to expand its inventory to include different ticketing sectors within the UK entertainment industry. The move will allow LTD to offer ticketin...
Tags: API, London Theatre Direct, LTD, Theatre, Tickets, Trafalgar Entertainment Group, UKAlbert Almeida, chief operating officer of Live Entertainment at BookMyShow, has said the Indian ticketing firm should see a three-fold jump in revenue from sports business in the next two years. T...
Tags: BookMyShow, Finance, India, IPL, Revenue, sportsEvent Genius has signed a new cashless payment deal with Afro Nation for the festival’s first African outing in Ghana this December. The technology provider will its Event Genius Pay technology t...
Tags: Afro Nation, Cashless, Event Genius, Event Genius Pay, Ghana, Payments, RFIDNorth American marketplace Vivid Seats has launched a loyalty programme to reward ticket buyers with credit back on purchases by using its new app. Customers are automatically enrolled in the Vivid...
Tags: Credit, Live Events, Loyalty, Rewards, Vivid SeatsOfficials at NFL American football franchise the Arizona Cardinals have reminded fans that a new digital ticketing programme will be in place for all 2019 games at State Farm Stadium. The league-wi...
Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Digital, NFL, SafeTix, State Farm Stadium
