The European Parliament has voted to approve the Digital Services Act (DSA), to better deal with online harms. New regulations tied to the legislation will include several measures related to the sale and resale of tickets online in the EU, including verification of professional sellers, requirements for annual reporting,... Read more
Viagogo, secondary ticket platform and the parent company of StubHub, is ordered to pay A$7 million (around 5 million US dollars) fine for misguiding Australian consumers during concert and sports tickets resale operations conducted in 2017. Ruled by the Federal Court of Australia, the decision of penalty came after... Read more
Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Ticket Lottery Begins
Olympics May 10, 2019
Online lottery applications for tickets to the 56th Olympic Games hosted by Tokyo in summer 2020 have begun for Japan residents and will be accepted through May 28. People hoping to attend the games must register through the official ticketing site at Ticket.Tokyo2020.org, and each applicant will be able... Read more
Tokyo 2020 Foreign Tickets Will Go On Sale This Spring
Olympics March 11, 2019
Tokyo 2020 delegates revealed the ticketing timeline during the 38th Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly in Bangkok earlier this month, noting that tickets to the Olympics will be available in June. Japanese residents will be able to buy tickets between April 27 and May 6 during the country’s... Read more
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are having trouble filling their stadium this season, and according to several fans and industry insiders, the team’s anti-broker tactics are fueling the lack of attendance. Multiple ticket brokers have commented that when the team was doing poorly, their sales staff looked the other way... Read more
Ticketmaster Launches Ticket Exchange In The UK
Industry December 10, 2018
Ticketmaster has officially launched its new in-house fan-to-fan Ticket Exchange marketplace in the UK. Ticket Exchange was announced back in August following Ticketmaster’s decision to close down resale websites Seatwave and GetMeIn! in the European market. While neither site operates anymore, Seatwave still acts as the official resale site... Read more
Firefly Music Festival, set to take place in Dover, Delaware this summer, parted ways with StubHub and announced TickPick as its third-party ticket vendor and official resale partner. The festival, which will run June 14-17, will feature a TickPick “Will Call” booth, offering an allotment of face-value passes for... Read more
