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Rockhouse Partners Started by Former Ticketmaster Executives

By admin On February 9, 2010 No Comments

NASHVILLE, TN (Rockhouse Partners) February 2, 2010 – Today former Ticketmaster Entertainment executives officially launch Nashville-based Rockhouse Partners, on the heels of the largest merger approval in music industry history. The technology-based entertainment agency will focus on connecting sponsor brands to consumers in the music and sports industries through digital marketing strategy, online/offline activation programs, and new digital products, along with data aggregation and analysis.

Co-founders Tawn Albright, Kevin Brown, and Joe Kustelski bring to Rockhouse Partners 40+ years combined experience in technology, digital media, consumer products, ticketing, live entertainment, artist management, promotions, start-ups, advertising, and Fortune 500 brands. The trio met at Echo, Ticketmaster Entertainment’s digital marketing firm, where Albright served as CEO, Brown led Strategic Marketing, and Kustelski was Vice President of Product & Technology.

“From my days at The Coca-Cola Company in corporate development to Ticketmaster and Echo where we managed the digital presence for more than 250 artists, festivals, and properties; sponsorships have become the glue in connecting brands to the entertainment industry. The way the industry is moving, brands are demanding more value in the form of measuring data and proving ROI. We see a major opportunity to activate brands and fans in a meaningful, relevant, and interactive way,” stated Albright.

Rockhouse Partners’ initial clients include C3 Presents (Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Music Festival), Lance Armstrong and the RadioShack Pro Cycling Team, Next BIG Nashville, the Tennessee State Fair, Nashville agencies like redpepper, and other entities across the entertainment vertical. The company’s target clients are sponsorship brokers, live entertainment properties, brands and their agencies, sports entities, advertising/marketing firms, and media companies.

“We can’t say enough great things about Rockhouse,” said Courtney Graber, Director of Sponsorships for C3 Presents. “They have the unique ability to grasp digital strategy and technology at the highest level, combine that knowledge with an in-depth understanding of brand sponsorships, all the while being able to manage and measure the most critical success metrics.”

While collaborating at Ticketmaster/Echo, the Rockhouse Partners founders fine-tuned their eye toward data by managing 15 million consumer database relationships, 200,000 paid fan club subscriptions, one million mobile fan records, and more than $25 million in ticket sales annually.

“We launched this venture hell-bent on not creating just another digital marketing firm. We’re creating scalable technology products that address specific business opportunities, we understand the value of data, and we bake measurement into everything we do,” said Kustelski.

In addition to Rockhouse Partners’ initial clients, the company has formed partnerships with Nashville entities including American Songwriter magazine and email marketing firm Emma; along with Austin-based design/development shop Smith & Robot.

“The response so far to our unique model has exceeded all expectations. We’re busy growing the team, building out our technology platform, and we’re beyond excited to take this next step,” said Brown. “2010 looks bright as we’ll be focusing on business development, with programs planned at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin and the annual IEG Sponsorship Conference in Chicago.”

Rockhouse Partners also looks to further support Nashville’s business and music communities. Albright serves on Mayor Karl Dean’s inaugural Music Council, Kustelski led the creation of Nashville’s first Entrepreneur Center through the Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Technology Council, and Brown spearheaded Digital Nashville’s marketing team.

About Rockhouse Partners:

Rockhouse Partners is a technology-based entertainment agency focused on sponsorship creation, activation, and measurement for the rapidly-changing music and sports industries. To activate is to set in motion, to make more active, to organize/create, or to accelerate a reaction. And that’s just what Rockhouse does. The ingredients typically include digital marketing, technology and digital products, the highest-level of business strategy, data aggregation and analysis, a whole lot of intellectual curiosity, along with partnership models and new venture creation… but the recipe is never the same. In short: Rockhouse CREATES, MANAGES, and MEASURES every element within the sponsorship life cycle.

CONTACT INFO:
Kevin Brown
615.772.4326
kevin@rockhousepartners.com
www.rockhousepartners.com

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Time Warner Cable and FanSnap Join Forces For Ticket Search

By admin On February 9, 2010 No Comments

PALO ALTO, CA (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) February 01, 2010 — FanSnap, the ticket search engine for fans, today announced a new partnership with Time Warner Cable Inc., providing the nearly nine million subscribers of TWC’s Road Runner High Speed Online service convenient integrated access to the nation’s largest ticket search engine. FanSnap’s comprehensive results include 10+ million sports, theater, and concert tickets to 40,000+ events, from dozens of the leading providers.

“We know fans rely on Road Runner for the latest sports and entertainment news and content, and we are pleased to be working together with their team to provide convenient, fast access to the available live event tickets for the associated teams, artist and shows that their subscribers desire,” said FanSnap CEO and co-founder Mike Janes.

“People are not always aware of upcoming events in their area, andeven if they are, the experience of finding tickets can befrustrating and time consuming,” said Steve Cook, Senior VicePresident of HSO Strategy for Time Warner Cable. “Integrating the FanSnap ticket search engine throughout Road Runner provides our subscribers dynamic, relevant event and ticket information targeted to their specific location and interests, saving them time and money. “With this partnership, Road Runner subscribers will be able to accessthe FanSnap’s several industry-first features, the most prominent being its patent-pending dynamic FanSnap Maps(SM), which help fans to:

– Determine at-a-glance the ticket price range by section, using colored “heat map” markers

– Zoom into the interactive venue maps, and see the ticket offers from numerous providers placed in clearly labeled rows– View at-a-glance the “Best Value Tickets”

– the lowest price tickets available in key areas of the venue, easily identified as blue stars on the FanSnap Maps

– Share events and even actual ticket listings via Facebook, Twitter, or Email

In October, FanSnap was named to the “PC World 100: Best Products of2009.” In August, FanSnap was also named winner of the “Most Innovative New Search Engine” category of the Search Engine Watch(SEW) Awards 2009.

The Road Runner-FanSnap co-branded solution ‘powered by FanSnap’ is made possible by FanSnap’s proprietary suite of ticket search technology, designed to make it fast and easy for FanSnap partners to provide access to highly relevant event and ticket data throughout their web sites. Providing this information and experience increases audience engagement, increases the partner’s value proposition, and creates an exciting new potential revenue stream for publishers of web sites and portals that host music, sports, theatre, news, or other relevant content.

About FanSnap

FanSnap is the live event ticket search engine for fans. Our missionis to provide the most comprehensive, accurate, fast and easy-to-useresource for fans to find the tickets they desire to sports,concerts, and theatre events. FanSnap provides free ticket searchresults for dozens of the leading ticket providers, including TicketNetwork, StubHub, RazorGator, Las Vegas Tickets, Gold CoastTickets, eBay, Barry’s Tickets, AllShows.com, and Ace Ticket.

Our detailed ticket-level search results are made possible by thecombination of strategic industry partnerships and systems integration, as well as our FanSnap TicketData(SM) systems andpatent-pending dynamic FanSnap Maps(SM). Palo Alto, CA-based FanSnap was founded in 2007 and is funded by General Catalyst Partners and Highland Capital Partners.

About Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located in five geographic areas — New York State (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. Time Warner Cable serves more than 14 million customers who subscribe to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers a suite of phone, Internet, Ethernet and cable television services to businesses of all sizes. Time Warner Cable Media Sales, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions that are targeted and affordable.

More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com,www.twcbc.com and www.twcmediasales.com.

PRESS CONTACT:
FanSnap
Christian Anderson
(206) 251-3469
christian@fansnap.com

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Corinne Bailey Rae Planning North American Concert Tour in 2010

By admin On January 28, 2010 No Comments

Corinne Bailey Rae, a highly popular jazz musician, is on the comeback trail with a new album and a new concert tour.  She will kick everything off on April 9 in Vancouver, BC with a show at Commodore Ballroom.  Everything will wrap up on May 14 in Baltimore, MD at Rams Head Live!

Bailey Rae will be touring in support of her upcoming album, “The Sea,” which will be released on February 2.

Bailey Rae has been on a break ever since her husband, Jason Rae, was killed in 2008.

“I’m really aware that I can’t hide any of my feelings. With music I feel like it’s the one time when I don’t have to think and I don’t have to contrive anything,” Bailey Rae said on her Web site. “So that’s how this record turned out. It’s not contrived. It’s just open.”

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2010 Corinne Bailey Rae Concert Dates

April 9	Vancouver, BC	Commodore Ballroom
April 11	Portland, OR	Roseland Theater
April 12	Seattle, WA	Moore Theatre
April 15	San Francisco, CA	The Regency Ballroom
April 17	Indio, CA	Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 22	Chicago, IL	Vic Theatre
April 28	Montreal, QC	Club Soda
April 30	Boston, MA	House of Blues
May 1	Philadelphia, PA	Theatre of the Living Arts
May 3	New York, NY	Webster Hall
May 11	Atlanta, GA	Center Stage
May 13	Washington, DC	9:30 Club
May 14	Baltimore, MD	Rams Head Live!

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Digionex and Cleveland Cavaliers Partner For Dynamic Pricing Consulting Deal

By admin On January 28, 2010 No Comments

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (Digonex) January 28, 2010 – Indianapolis-based pricing software developer Digonex Technologies, Inc., today announced that that the Cleveland Cavaliers will be the first sports franchise to leverage its Sports & Entertainment Analytical Ticketing System (SEATS), which was launched in November 2009.

While sports teams and franchises have traditionally used a tiered-pricing structure, which is set at the beginning of a season, unexpected factors throughout the season are causing teams and franchises to evaluate alternative ticket pricing structures and technologies that enable them to demonstrate their commitment to the fans.

SEATS is a fully automated commerce engine that analyzes sales data and provides price suggestions based upon econometric and behavioral principles. SEATS takes a customizable approach, making use of dozens of parameters to evaluate ticket sales and offer price recommendations.

“Our technology helps sports franchises stay in sync with an ever-changing marketplace and provides a fair-to-all pricing solution that benefits both sports teams and fans,” said Jan Eglen, Ph.D, CEO for Digonex. “We are thrilled to be working with the Cavaliers to help them understand how our technology can positively impact the franchise and extend loyalty to their fans.”

“We are excited to be working with Digonex on this initiative,” said Mike Tomon, vice president of ticket sales & service for the Cavaliers. “With the SEATS system in place, The Cavaliers organization will offer a value-based pricing system driven by fan demand in the market.”

SEATS will perform an analysis on fan based pricing structure for single games and will make instant price recommendations to the Cavaliers for selected games and other Arena events. Digonex plans to begin working with the Cavaliers following the All-Star break.

About Digonex Technologies, Inc.

Digonex Technologies focuses primarily on development of automated and optimized dynamic pricing platforms for e-commerce, allowing client companies to increase customer retention and maximize revenue. For more information, visit Digonex Technologies’ Web site at www.digonex.com.

Media Contact:
Melissa Liton for Digonex
206-282-4923 Ext 115
melissa@communiqurepr.com

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Michael Buble Adds More Shows To His 2010 Concert Tour

By admin On January 27, 2010 No Comments

Michael Buble announced he will be expanding his 2010 concert tour into the summer after many of his spring dates experienced sellouts.  Buble’s original schedule of shows was to run from March 10 in Orlando, Fl until April 9 in Los Angeles, CA.  The new leg will get started on June 22 in Tulsa, OK at BOK Center and will continue through a July 18 show in Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center.

Some of the highlighted shows this summer include, June 26 in Kansas City, MO at Sprint Center, July 2-3 in Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Arena and July 14 in New Orleans, LA at New Orleans Arena.

Buble will be touring in support of his 2009 album release of, “Crazy Love.”  The album debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 and has also reach platinum status.

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2010 Michael Buble Concert Dates:

March 10	Orlando, FL	Amway Arena
March 12	Sunrise, FL	BankAtlantic Center
March 13	Tampa, FL	St. Pete Times Forum
March 14	Duluth, GA	The Arena At Gwinnett Center
March 16	Philadelphia, PA	The Wachovia Center
March 17	Pittsburgh, PA	Petersen Events Center
March 19	Worcester, MA	DCU Center
March 20	New York, NY	Madison Square Garden Arena
March 23	Cleveland, OH	Wolstein Center
March 24	Cincinnati, OH	U.S. Bank Arena
March 25	Auburn Hills, MI	The Palace Of Auburn Hills
March 27	Rosemont, IL	Allstate Arena
March 28	Saint Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center
March 30	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
March 31	West Valley City, UT	The E Center
April 2	Portland, OR	Rose Garden Arena
April 3	Seattle, WA	KeyArena At Seattle Center
April 6	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena
April 8	Phoenix, AZ	US Airways Center
April 9	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center

Summer Schedule

June 22	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
June 23	Wichita, KS	INTRUST Bank Arena
June 25	St. Louis, MO	Scottrade Center
June 26	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
June 27	Omaha, NE	Qwest Center Omaha
June 29	Indianapolis, IN	Conseco Fieldhouse
June 30	Columbus, OH	Nationwide Arena
July 2 - 3	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena
July 6	Richmond, VA	Richmond Coliseum
July 7	Norfolk, VA	Constant Convocation Center
July 9	Raleigh, NC	RBC Center
July 10	Charlotte, NC	Time Warner Cable Arena
July 11	Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
July 14	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans Arena
July 16	Houston, TX	Toyota Center
July 17	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center
July 18	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center

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Dave Matthews Band Announces Plans for 2010 Concerts

By admin On January 27, 2010 No Comments

Year after year Dave Matthews Band draws some of the biggest crowds.  Those crowds will once again be in full force as the band had announced its concert plans for 2010.  They will kick everything off on May 28 in Hartford, CT at Comcast Theatre.  They will continue throughout the summer before wrapping things up on September 15 in St Paul, MN at Xcel Energy Center.

Some of the highlighted shows include June 7-8 in Mansfield, MA at Comcast Center, July 3-4 in East Troy, WI at Alpine Valley Music Center and August 20 in Chula Vista, CA at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater.

Like most years support for Dave Matthews Band will be on a rotating basis and will include, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Gov’t Mule,and Raphael Saadiq and others.

Reports have started to surface from FOX News Chicago that the Chicago Cubs are in Talks with Dave Matthews Band to play a show at Wrigley Field during 2010.  Plans could be finalized in the next couple of months.

Dave Matthews Band will be touring in support of their 2009 album, ”Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King.”  The album not only reached #1 on the Billboard top 200 but also reached platinum status.

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2010 Dave Matthews Band Concerts:

May 28 - 29	Hartford, CT	Comcast Theatre
June 1	Toronto, ON	The Molson Amphitheatre
June 2	Darien Center, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 4 - 5	Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 7 - 8	Mansfield, MA	Comcast Center
June 15	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
June 16	Maryland Heights, MO	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 18 - 19	Noblesville, IN	Verizon Wireless Music Center
June 22	Columbus, OH	Huntington Park
June 23	Clarkston, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 25	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Blossom Music Center
June 30 - July 1	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
July 3 - 4	East Troy, WI	Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 9	Hershey, PA	Hersheypark Stadium
July 10	Pittsburgh, PA	PNC Park At North Shore
July 13	Bethel, NY	Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
July 14	Scranton, PA	Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain
July 16 - 17	New York, NY	Citi Field
July 20	Virginia Beach, VA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 21	Charlotte, NC	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 23	Washington, DC	Nationals Park
July 25	Louisville, KY	HullabaLOU Music Festival
July 27	Atlanta, GA	Aaron’s Amphitheatre At Lakewood
July 28	Tampa, FL	Ford Amphitheatre
July 30 - 31	West Palm Beach, FL	Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 14	Wichita, KS	INTRUST Bank Arena
August 17	Salt Lake City, UT	Usana Amphitheatre
August 20	Chula Vista, CA	Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
August 21	Irvine, CA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 23	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl
August 25	Concord, CA	Sleep Train Pavilion At Concord
August 27	Wheatland, CA	Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 28	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 31	Boise, ID	Taco Bell Arena
September 3 - 5	Quincy, WA	Gorge Amphitheatre
September 10	The Woodlands, TX	The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 11	Dallas, TX	Superpages.com Center
September 14	Omaha, NE	Qwest Center Omaha
September 15	St. Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center

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