Market Report: France

France has a strong policy of protecting and supporting domestic arts and culture, and this carries over into the live sector.

The country also has tight regulations around both market consolidation and secondary sales, meaning the market is diverse and vibrant.

Primary ticketing
CTS Eventim and Ticketmaster are the heavyweight players in the French market, with Eventim being the dominant company through its 65% share in France Billet – the ticketing partner for the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.

Meanwhile, Vivendi’s French ticketing assets that weren’t part of the international See Tickets sale to Eventim, is confusingly also called See Tickets France (formerly…