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Tickets.com Partnet With Mobile Marketing Company Txtstation

By admin On May 6, 2010 No Comments

COSTA MESA, Calif. (PRNewswire) May 5, 2010 - Tickets.com— a leading global provider of integrated, high- performance ticketing solutions—has announced a partnership with Txtstation Global Mobile Marketing, the recognized leader in mobile interactivity. The new alliance allows Tickets.com— the first and only ticketing company in the United States to offer both mobile ticket transactions and mobile barcode delivery— to expand and enhance the products and services it offers its clients in the explosively growing mobile realm.

By harnessing the power of mobile marketing from Txtstation, Tickets.com makes it possible for clients to dynamically interact with fans at games, concerts, events, and broadcasts in real-time. In addition to heightening the overall experience for consumers with interactive promotions and marketing, Txtstation capabilities will help Tickets.com clients strategically build brand identity with target markets with an engaged and captive audience in place. Custom programs and graphics will differentiate campaigns for each individual brand and client’s needs.

Additionally, real-time one-to-one dialogue with event attendees will allow Tickets.com clients to identify and capture data on potentially all audience members—not just ticket buyers—that can be used for opt-in, ongoing mobile marketing, cross promotions, and other revenue-building initiatives. Mobile marketing solutions from Txtstation also deliver incremental revenues from premium text messages (SMS), multi-media messages (MMS), and content downloads.

“Our alliance with Txtstation is in alignment with our strategy to partner with industry-leading companies who can provide exceptional technologies at competitive pricing,” said Sheri Fink, eCommerce and Strategic Alliances, Tickets.com. “We look forward to offering our clients real- time mobile interactivity with their fans.”

Txtstation Global Mobile Marketing (www.txtstation.com) has been providing mobile interactivity products and services to events, sports teams, music/entertainment properties, broadcasters, brands, and agencies since 2004. “We are excited about collaborating with Tickets.com to boost mobile interactivity for their clients,” said Michael Falato, Vice President of Sales & Business Development, Txtstation. “I think our companies are well matched in terms of commitment to technological innovation and customer service, and I see many opportunities for synergy in supporting Tickets.com and its broad range of clients.”

Tickets.com is at the vanguard of mobile technologies and website mobilization in the ticketing and admissions service industry. Its proprietary ProVenueMobile™ product is the first mobile ticketing technology allowing fans to browse listings and make real-time purchases from their mobile phones without the need to “click to call” to finalize the transaction. Its Tickets@Phone® technology is another pioneering product, offering consumers the option to digitally receive unique barcoded tickets directly and securely to their mobile phones for a 100% mobile—and green—ticket-buying experience.

About Tickets.com

Tickets.com is a leading provider of fully integrated event ticketing technologies, solutions, and services for thousands of top arts, entertainment, and sports organizations worldwide. Delivering the latest in ticketing technology, Tickets.com offers the advanced ProVenue® ticketing platform, which serves the core of a comprehensive web-based suite of integrated features, products, and services that help clients enhance ticket sales, marketing efforts, and overall customer experience. A privately held subsidiary of MLB Advanced Media, LP, since 2005, Tickets.com is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA, and has regional offices across the U.S. and around the world. The company also sells tickets directly to consumers at www.tickets.com.

About Txtstation

Txtstation is a leading mobile marketing company specializing in sports and entertainment that allows broadcasters, event owners, sponsors and general media to communicate with viewers or fans directly through mobile phones, internet, and landlines.

Txtstation creates one to one ‘real time’ dialog with consumers at specific times and places such as events, concerts and live or pre recorded broadcast. Since 2004, Txtstation has been at the forefront of mobile interactivity designing ‘live’ integrated programs that harness the excitement of live events and broadcasts while delivering high consumer response, encouraging brand loyalty, building email and cell phone databases, and increasing sales. www.txtstation.com

Media Contact:
Chaeli Walker
Tickets.com
(Tel) 714-327-5492
cwalker@tickets.com

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Fatsoma Ltd Launches a Customer-Facing Social Ticketing Network

By admin On May 6, 2010 No Comments

UK online promotion and ticketing platform, Fatsoma Ltd, have launched their own customer-facing event listings portal. The is consistent with their social ticketing solution as it gives promoters access to the thousands of online reps.

The portal is not only used by customers to search through the hundreds of promoters and venues already selling tickets through the Fatsoma platform, but also has functions for reps to sign up and search events that they want to recommend to their friends.

Paul Stacey, Director of Fatsoma Ltd, explained, “Each rep is given their own customisable ticket page which will list all events they’re representing. They will even have their own URL, such as www.fatsoma.com/paul/, through which they can sell tickets to all their friends. When a customer buys a ticket from that link or ticket page the rep is paid commission at a rate set by the promoter.”

Once customers have bought tickets, they too are given the option of becoming a rep and recommending the event to their friends via their own ready-made ticket page in order to earn a commission per ticket sold.

With previous innovations into Facebook integration allowing reps to sell tickets via tabs on their Facebook profiles, as well as financial incentives provided for reps who introduce new promoters to the platform, the Fatsoma team aim to provide a social and viral ticketing solution to respond to the rise in the role social networking plays in organising events and now in selling tickets.

Stacey continued, “The latest developments complete our all encompassing platform. This will encourage more promoters to use Fatsoma, which in turn attracts more reps to push events, who bring in the customers and allow ticketing to go viral. This is truly a social alternative solution to current online promotion and ticketing services available.”

To date, Fatsoma have over 4000 registered reps, selling hundreds of thousands of tickets. Clients include UK promoters Propaganda, Mission, Warehouse Project, and Rough Hill, iconic Manchester venues Fac251 and Sankeys, and Sony artists such as Chipmunk.

About Fatsoma Ltd

Fatsoma Ltd is the ultimate online promotion platform specialising in social and viral ticketing solutions for promoters, venue owners, festival organisers, and artists. The Fatsoma portal provides access to thousands of online reps who sell tickets for top UK events through their own customisable ticket page. Simultaneously, users can search through the customer-facing event listing site to find the best UK events and request to sell their tickets. With financial incentives provided to reps for selling tickets to friends and inviting promoters onto the platform, Fatsoma provides the first truly viral ticketing alternative for the new age of online social networking.

The all-encompassing platform also allows clients to sell their own tickets through their own website as well as through the new Fatsoma event portal, and access many other features including viral marketing and extended social network sales via Facebook integration, the ability to collect and use their own private consumer data, and the ability to send out targeted newsletters, eflyers and SMS marketing campaigns.

The company was established in Manchester in 2006 to meet the needs of independent promoters using the new social networking phenomenon. Fatsoma is rapidly growing towards an international market and is now being utilised across the events and live music sectors. For more information on Fatsoma Ltd please contact juliette.keyte@fatsoma.com or visit www.fatsoma.com.

Contact Information

Address:
Fatsoma Ltd.
3 The Stables
Wilmslow Road
East Didsbury
Manchester
M20 5PG

Email Contact:
juliette.keyte@fatsoma.com
Juliette Keyte, Marketing and Brand Manager

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Jonas Brothers Announces Summer Concert Dates

By admin On May 3, 2010 No Comments

One of pop music’s biggest names, Jonas Brothers, have announced plans for a 2010 summer tour.  The tour will run the large arenas throughout North America.  The group will get everything started on July 27 in Dallas, TX at Superpages.com Center and will continue through a October 17 show in Raleigh, NC at time Warner Cable Music Pavilion.

Some of the other highlighted shows along the way include Tinley Park, IL at First Midwest Bank Amphitheater, Montreal, QU at Bell Centre and Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center.

The Jonas Brothers will be performing songs from the past albums and songs from this summers Disney channel movie, “Camp Rock 2:  The Final Jam.”

Jonas Brothers Tickets

2010 Jonas Brothers Concert Dates:

July 27	Dallas, TX	Superpages.com Center
July 29	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center
July 31	The Woodlands, TX	The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 2	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
August 3	Wichita, KS	INTRUST Bank Arena
August 5	Noblesville, IN	Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 6	Maryland Heights, MO	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 7	Tinley Park, IL	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 10	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
August 11	Burgettstown, PA	First Niagara Pavilion
August 12	Bristow, VA	Jiffy Lube Live
August 13	Hartford, CT	Comcast Theatre
August 14	Hershey, PA	Hersheypark Stadium
August 16	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
August 21	Wantagh, NY	Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 25	Mansfield, MA	Comcast Center
August 27	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
August 29	Virginia Beach, VA	Virginia Beach Amphitheater
August 31	Cleveland, OH	Quicken Loans Arena
September 1	Clarkston, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 2	Toronto, ON	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
September 4	Montreal, QC	Bell Centre
September 7	Milwaukee, WI	Marcus Amphitheater
September 8	Saint Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center
September 9	Omaha, NE	Qwest Center Omaha
September 11	Englewood, CO	Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
September 14	Auburn, WA	White River Amphitheatre
September 15	Vancouver, BC	General Motors Place
September 17	Wheatland, CA	Sleep Train Amphitheatre
September 18	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 19	Concord, CA	Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
September 21	Fresno, CA	Save Mart Center
September 23	Irvine, CA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 25	Chula Vista, CA	Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
September 26	Phoenix, AZ	Cricket Wireless Pavilion
September 29	Oklahoma City, OK	Ford Center
September 30	North Little Rock, AR	Verizon Arena
October 4	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center
October 6	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans Arena
October 8	Tampa, FL	Ford Amphitheatre
October 9	West Palm Beach, FL	Cruzan Amphitheatre
October 12	Orlando, FL	Amway Arena
October 14	Atlanta, GA	Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
October 15	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena
October 16	Charlotte, NC	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 17	Raleigh, NC	Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion

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Shakira Will Set Out on World Tour This Fall

By admin On May 3, 2010 No Comments

Shakira has announced plans to tour the world for the first time in three years.  Everything will getting started this fall in North America where the first three shows have been announced.

Shakira, who was born in Columbia, is currently set to kick the tour off in New York, NY at Madison Square Garden on September 21.  From there she has scheduled shows in Houston, TX at Toyota Center and then Los Angeles, CA at Staples Center.  Stay tuned for additional dates as they are announced.

This will be the first tour for Shakira since signing her deal with Live Nation in 2008.  She will be touring in support of her 2009 album release of “She Wolf.”  The album peaked at #15 on the Billboard top 200.

Shakira Tickets

2010 Shakira Concert Dates:

September 21	New York, NY	Madison Square Garden
October 8	Houston, TX	Toyota Center
October 23	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center

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Qcue Names Vice President of Business Development

By admin On May 3, 2010 No Comments

AUSTIN, Texas (BUSINESS WIRE) April 29, 2010 - Qcue, the dynamic pricing engine for live entertainment events, today announced the appointment of Eric Freeland as vice president of business development, where he will lead the company’s client acquisition and partnership efforts.

Freeland joins Qcue from StubHub, where he was responsible for all aspects of business development supporting the company’s multi-year sponsorships with professional sports teams and NCAA Division I schools.

Sports teams, concert promoters and venues use Qcue’s software to set the right price at the right time based on shifting market conditions. By enabling fans to purchase fair-priced, face-value tickets directly from a team’s box office, Qcue’s dynamic pricing solutions ensure a more consistent, high-value experience coupled with greater price transparency and choice-of-seat flexibility.

An expert in client prospecting and value creation, contract negotiation and project management, Freeland supported StubHub’s sponsorship negotiation with 24 Major League Baseball clubs leading to an exponential year-over-year sales increase in the company’s biggest market. He also launched StubHub’s first non-sports integration with Tickets.com for a major venue, spanning all live entertainment events at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York.

“Eric did an amazing job at StubHub as they transformed the ticketing industry and changed the perception of how teams can serve fans and increase revenues,” said Barry Kahn, CEO of Qcue. “Dynamic pricing represents the next step in bringing technology to live event ticketing benefitting teams and fans alike. We are excited to bring Eric on board as someone who has done this before and has strong relationships with many of our partners, clients and prospects.”

“Qcue has quickly established itself as a leading innovator in the ticketing industry, helping teams and venues maximize revenue opportunities while being more flexible and transparent in how they do business,” said Freeland. “I’m excited to join the team and continue to capitalize on this incredible market opportunity.”

About Qcue

Qcue is reinventing the primary ticket marketplace with the world’s only dynamic pricing engine for live entertainment events. Sports teams, concert promoters and venues use Qcue’s patent-pending technology to set the right price at the right time and provide the best value for fans, from the date of on-sale to the date of the event. Customers and partners include the San Francisco Giants, the Dallas Stars, Major League Baseball Advanced Media and Tickets.com. Founded in 2007, Qcue is based in Austin, Texas. For more information on Qcue, visit www.qcue.com.

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Carrie Underwood Play On Tour Get Additional Dates

By admin On April 20, 2010 No Comments

Carrie Underwood is one of the most respected and successful country music artists. After winning a second Entertainer of the Year award at Sundays Academy of Country Music Awards Underwood has announced that her current Play On tour will get just a little bigger.

The newly added fall leg of the tour will add another 40 plus shows that will get started on September 23 in Portland, OR at Rose Garden Arena and will continue through December 19 in Calgary, AB at Pengrowth Saddledome.

A few of the other highlighted shows include, October 2 in Los Angeles, CA at Hollywood Bowl, October 13 in Nashville, TN at Bridgestone Arena and November 15 in Newark, NJ at Prudential Center.

Support for the fall tour will come from Billy Currington and Sons of Sylvia.

Underwood is touring in support of her third studio album, “Play On,” which was released in November 2009 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard top 200 chart.

Carrie Underwood Tickets

2010 Carrie Underwood Concert Dates:

September 25	Portland, OR	Rose Garden Arena
September 27	San Jose, CA	HP Pavilion at San Jose
September 28	Stockton, CA	Stockton Arena
September 29	Bakersfield, CA	Rabobank Arena
October 1	San Diego, CA	San Diego Sports Arena
October 2	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl
October 3	Glendale, AZ	Jobing.com Arena
October 6	Houston, TX	Toyota Center
October 7	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center
October 9	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center
October 10	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
October 12	North Little Rock, AR	Verizon Arena
October 13	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena
October 15	Moline, IL	iWireless Center
October 16	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
October 17	Omaha, NE	Qwest Center Omaha
October 19	Wichita, KS	INTRUST Bank Arena
October 20	Oklahoma City, OK	Ford Center
October 22	Memphis, TN	FedExForum
October 23	Mobile, AL	Mobile Civic Center
October 25	Tampa, FL	St. Pete Times Forum
October 26	Jacksonville, FL	Veterans Memorial Arena
October 27	Duluth, GA	The Arena at Gwinnett Center
October 29	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum Complex
October 30	Charlotte, NC	Time Warner Cable Arena
November 1	Cleveland, OH	Wolstein Center
November 3	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre
November 5	Uniondale, NY	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 6	Manchester, NH	Verizon Wireless Arena
November 12	Roanoke, VA	Roanoke Civic Center
November 13	University Park, PA	Bryce Jordan Center
November 15	Newark, NJ	Prudential Center
November 16	Baltimore, MD	1st Mariner Arena
November 29	Auburn Hills, MI	The Palace of Auburn Hills
December 1	St. Louis, MO	Chaifetz Arena
December 2	Evansville, IN	Roberts Stadium
December 4	Des Moines, IA	Wells Fargo Arena
December 5	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls Arena
December 7	Rapid City, SD	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
December 8	Casper, WY	Casper Events Center
December 10	Billings, MT	Rimrock Auto Arena
December 12	Bozeman, MT	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
December 14	Yakima, WA	Yakima Valley SunDome
December 16	Vancouver, BC	General Motors Place
December 18	Edmonton, AB	Rexall Place
December 19	Calgary, AB	Pengrowth Saddledome

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