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Can't wait for EU commission to notice this and add them to the "gatekeepers" list.
by progbits 3y ago
Can't wait for EU commission to notice this and add them to the "gatekeepers" list.
- morsch 3y agoTicketmaster isn't huge in Europe. I think CTS Eventim is the closest equivalent, with a similar share of tickets sold in a few countries, including their home turf, Germany. But I don't think it's comparable, as they're not similarly vertically integrated. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTS_Eventim https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTS_Eventim
- atoav 3y agoI think the lock-in is nowhere near what ticketmaster is doing. Bands don't have to make deals with Eventim, for venues Eventim is typically just an additional way to sell tickets.
- maccard 3y agoTicketmaster are enormous in Europe. Pretty much every major artist uses them, and every festival uses them (aside from Glastonbury apparently). If that's not your definition of huge I don't know what is.
- bazmattaz 3y agoTicketmaster is gigantic in the UK
- nsteel 3y agoThat's a bit confusing when gigantic.com is "one of the UK's largest independent ticket agencies".
- carlosjobim 3y ago[flagged]