He adds that the bill would simply drive ticket resale underground, "increasing fraud and pushing up prices for fans".
Bizarre though it sounds to say it now, the rationale is to drive ticket sales," said the sports minister Hugh Robertson.
Many of the headliner names that event planners rely on to drive ticket sales are the same people those journalists cover.
"Directors like myself will insist on an extra week of closed dress rehearsals, which will mean less previews which will drive ticket prices up and exclude more people.
UK cinema ticket sales rose 14.5% in the first half of 2009 – a performance that helped drive ticket sales across Europe to a 3.8% increase, according to figures released by the European Audiovisual Observatory.
The play, which wraps up a sold-out production on Saturday at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., received mixed-to-favorable reviews there; the notices for Mr. Cranston's performance were strong, and producers are counting on his star power to drive ticket sales in the move to Broadway.
What sets Ticketfly apart from its main competitor is its emphasis on the social marketing and analytics that currently drive ticket sales.
That could not only provide more viewers to its content for older movies, but drive ticket sales up for new and upcoming films as well.
As a larger vision, Resnicow sees music discovery on mobile devices as a way for bands to find and engage with fans and eventually drive ticket sales for live shows, where the real money is.
All they are saying now is that the agreement will "enable iLike to extend its reach while enabling Ticketmaster to engage consumers with deeply-integrated music and event discovery services intended to drive ticket sales".
But with an advertising budget of just $3.7 million this year down $100,000 from 2008 the Big Apple Circus needs to have a communications plan that makes the most of paid advertising to drive ticket sales and PR to promote its show and its outreach programs.
