Some of the continent's leading concert and festival promoters unite in the formation of an organisation that seeks to fight ticket-touting and establish ethical mechanisms for event-goers to resell tickets they cannot use.
FEAT, the Face-value European Alliance for Ticketing, will lobby both national governments and the European Union (EU) to introduce legislation to regulate the resale sector and educate music fans into only buying tickets from safe, authorised outlets.
A not-for–profit...
Posted on: 14/02/2019Categories: News from Audience Magazine
A leading independent promoter, Diego Finkelstein (pictured), has sold his DF Entertainment to Live Nation Entertainment (LNE), with whom he has partnered on many shows.
Founded in 2015, the Buenos Aires-based company sold more than 500,000 tickets to events in 2018.
"The demand for concerts and live events across South America has never been higher, and the local insight of Diego and the DF Entertainment team will help us connect more artistes and fans throughout Argentina than...
Posted on: 14/02/2019Categories: News from Audience Magazine
Controversial secondary ticketing website Viagogo has been accused of breaching a court order, with legal action to follow "as quickly as possible".
Secured by the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) last year, the order required Viagogo to overhaul its business model and comply with a range of consumer protection legislation by 18 January.
However, the company did not do this, as CMA executive director of enforcement Michael Grenfell told an All-Party Parliamentary Group on...
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Media and entertainment conglomerate Liberty Media Corporation is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA), according to the UK's Financial Time (FT) newspaper.
Liberty owns racing brand Formula 1, 71 per cent of multimedia platform SiriusXM and 34 per cent of Live Nation Entertainment, while CAA has more than 3,000 clients across film, sport and music, including Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga.
Private equity firm TPG,...
Posted on: 14/02/2019Categories: News from Audience Magazine