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AEG Live, Action 3D to Produce HD 3D Concert Films

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 12, 2009 - 11:02am.

Los Angeles - Concert promoter and venue owner AEG Live has partnered with Action 3D to produce a series of HD 3D concerts that they plan to offer in theaters for limited, one-week releases, Variety reports. The first such engagement will be a Dave Matthews Band set from the Austin City Limits festival, which will show in 300-400 digital cinema screens from Dec. 11.

WSJ: Ticketmaster, Scalpers Explored Deal to Sink Live Nation

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2009 - 9:41am.

New York - Current Ticketmaster (NASD: TKTM) CEO Irving Azoff met with a group of leading ticket brokers in 2007 in a bid to try to corner the market for secondary tickets, just as rival Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) announced plans to develop its own ticketing service independent of Ticketmaster, The Wall Street Journal reported. Azoff was still heading his Front Line Entertainment management firm -- in which Ticketmaster had a stake -- when he met with six large ticket brokers, and an offer was made for Ticketmaster to acquire them for as much as $25 million each.