Ticketmaster Signs London's Jazz Café

Ticketmaster Signs London's Jazz Café

LONDON, February 18/PRNewswire/ -- Ticketmaster, a Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:TKTM) company, is pleased to announce a new ticketing deal with London's Jazz Café, which welcomed over 100,000 people through its doors in 2008.

For the first time The Jazz Café (http://www.jazzcafe.co.uk) will be able to sell tickets for the entire venue on line, including general admission and the seating for every restaurant table. This centralised offering has been implemented with Ticketmaster using a specially developed enhancement to Ticketmaster's booking system.

The Jazz Café holds 5 live events and 2 club nights each week, totaling 300 events per year and Ticketmaster's eEntry access and e-ticket solution enables the Jazz Café to sell tickets via the internet and over the phone for all their events. Prior to the introduction of Ticketmaster into the venue, it was not possible to book restaurant table seating on-line.

eEntry is Ticketmaster's complete access and e-ticket solution for smaller venues and remote facilities. eEntry is an affordable, flexible, and easy-to-use access control solution that enables email ticket delivery through encrypted barcode scanning. Supported by a Ticketmaster hosted server, eEntry requires no additional costly network hardware or wiring making it a perfect fit for smaller venues and remote facilities. This solution provides real-time scanning and barcode authentication at multiple and single entry points which prevents the use of counterfeit tickets. This convenient technology also provides direct access to detailed reporting and scanning activity via a personal web interface. eEntry also enables TicketFast(R).

With e-Entry the Jazz café are also able to introduce TicketFast(R) the fast and convenient way to receive tickets as a download which can be printed at home rather than waiting for them to be posted or spending time queuing at the box office. Each ticket has a unique barcode which is scanned at the venue using Ticketmaster's eEntry. It also allows for tickets to be purchased right up to the last minute as there is no box-office collection required.

Chris Edmonds, managing director, Ticketmaster UK, (http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/) said: "We are very pleased to be working with the Jazz Café and that we have been able to provide them with a solution enabling them to sell tickets for the entire venue, not just general access. We are now looking to make this technology available to all our existing and future clients."

Forthcoming shows at The Jazz Café include Mica Paris, Yolanda Brown and Meshel Ndegocello.

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About Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.

Ticketmaster Entertainment consists of Ticketmaster and Front Line Management Group. As the world's leading live entertainment ticketing and marketing company, Ticketmaster connects the world to live entertainment. Ticketmaster operates in 19 global markets, providing ticket sales, ticket resale services, marketing and distribution through http://www.ticketmaster.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Internet; approximately 6,700 retail outlets; and 19 worldwide call centers. Established in 1976, Ticketmaster serves more than 10,000 clients worldwide across multiple event categories, providing exclusive ticketing services for leading arenas, stadiums, professional sports franchises and leagues, college sports teams, performing arts venues, museums, and theatres. In 2007, the company sold more than 141 million tickets valued at over $8.3 billion on behalf of its clients. Ticketmaster Entertainment acquired a controlling interest in Front Line Management Group in October 2008. Front Line is one of the world's leading artist management companies, with nearly 200 clients and more than 80 executive managers. Front Line represents a wide range of major artists, including Eagles, Jimmy Buffett, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Christina Aguilera, Stevie Nicks, Aerosmith, Steely Dan, Chicago, Journey, and Guns N' Roses. Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is headquartered in West Hollywood, California (NASDAQ:TKTM).

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