Eventim: “We will not accept” anti-exclusive contract ruling
CTS Eventim is to appeal a shock decision by the German Cartel Office that prohibits the company's exclusive deals with promoters and box offices
News By | 4 December 2017
CTS Eventim is to take to the courts in a bid to overturn a surprise ban, announced today, on its use of exclusivity agreements with promoters and box offices in Germany.
The new ruling, by the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), prohibits the Munich-based ticketing giant – which, with a 50–70% marketshare, is by far the German market leader, according to the International Ticketing Yearbook 2017 – of requiring partners to “only sell tickets exclusively or to a considerable extent via…