Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?
by progbits on Saturday October 21, 2023 @03:58AM
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Can't wait for EU commission to notice this and add them to the "gatekeepers" list.
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Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?
by morsch on Saturday October 21, 2023 @05:40AM
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Ticketmaster 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.
Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?
by atoav on Saturday October 21, 2023 @06:28AM
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I 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.
Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?
by maccard on Saturday October 21, 2023 @07:16AM
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Ticketmaster 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.
Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?
by bazmattaz on Saturday October 21, 2023 @08:42AM
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Ticketmaster is gigantic in the UK
Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?
by nsteel on Saturday October 21, 2023 @07:16PM
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That's a bit confusing when gigantic.com is "one of the UK's largest independent ticket agencies".
Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?
by carlosjobim on Saturday October 21, 2023 @06:32AM
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Your gods do not have any powers outside of their dominion in Europe.