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| CTS Eventim Picks Up Two New Theatres |
 CTS Eventim picked up two exclusive deals for ticketing operations at both at the St. Pauli and at the Hansa Theater in Hamburg last week.
The German ticket giant will first take over ticket sales for the St. Pauli beginning in third quarter, 2010 and for the next season, from October 2010 to February 2010, at the Hansa. Hamburg's St. Pauli Theater is not only the oldest private theater of the city, but one of the oldest theaters in Germany. It is positioned near Hamburg's Reeperbahn district is the city's oldest private theatre and is currently headed by general manager Thomas Collies and director Ulrich Waller. Through many top appearances, with "The Threepenny Opera," "Six dance lessons in six weeks," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "Cabaret" and "The Taste of Honey," from Liechtenstein to Berlin, it is an ambassador of Hamburg for the city. But heads of the St. Pauli Theater, Thomas Collies and Ulrich Waller fulfilled their dream of raising the curtains, With the support of seveal parties, the former jewel of the city reopened, in January 2009. Now into its third, highly-successful season, the October 2010 to February 2011 promises to be a smashing fourth year. Related Articles: Eventim Tickets are now also on MySpace! A deal between CTS Eventim AG, Europe's market leader in the
primary ticketing market and MySpace, the world's largest music platform will
now have MySpace's users able to buy tickets directly from the primary ticketing
company under http://www.myspace.com/ticketshop.
CTS Eventim Sees Rising Profit Next Year
CTS Eventim, Europe's main player in the primary ticket market which also provides live entertainment, is confident of growing both its sales and profit next year despite the economic crisis, its chief executive told Boersen-Zeitung on Saturday.
CTS Eventim Moves Into Swiss Market German ticket marketer CTS Eventim and Swiss media company
Ringier have agreed to form a joint venture.
The new company will be known as Eventim CH AG and will begin business in
February 2010.
Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger Approval Challenged by CTS Eventim in UK CTS Eventim has formerly challenged UK approval (which was recently reversed from Nay to Yea) of a possible merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment and Live Nation, and stated its concerns were not given proper hearing by U.K.’s Competition Commission, the antitrust authorities.
Eventim takes Swiss competitor, Ticketcorner, to Task. CTS Eventim, the
leading European ticket marketer and promoter, today brought an action against the
prime Swiss ticket agent, Ticketcorner, before the Swiss Competition Commission
(Comco) arguing that its competitor was contravening Swiss anti-trust laws.
Comco is now
examining whether an... Eventim Buys Berlin’s Tempodrom Venue CTS Eventim, Europe's largest ticketer and promoter, has acquired Berlin's distinctive Tempodrom venue, according to the German news programme, “Abendschau”. The Temprodrom played host to 230 events last year, but, up to now, no one has been interested in acquiring the huge tent shaped venue...
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