CTS Eventim is a German company in the leisure-events market, with ticketing and live entertainment, headquartered in Bremen.[1] It is one of the 50 companies comprising the MDAX index.
 Logo CTS Eventim | |
| Company type | Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien with Aktiengesellschaft as general partner |
|---|---|
| FWB: EVD MDAX component | |
| ISIN | DE0005470306  |
| Industry | Ticketing & Live Entertainment |
| Founded | November 4, 1989 in Munich, Germany |
| Founders | Marcel Avram, Matthias Hoffmann |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Klaus-Peter Schulenberg (CEO) Andreas Grandinger (CFO) Alexander Ruoff (COO) |
| Revenue | 2,358,550,000 Euro (2023) |
| 441,560,000 Euro (2023) | |
| 274,640,000 Euro (2023) | |
| Total assets | 3,195,340,000 Euro (2023) |
Number of employees | 3,733 (2023) |
| Parent | KPS-Holding GmbH |
| Website | corporate |
History
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CTS Computer Ticket Service GmbH was founded by Munich-based concert promoters Marcel Avram and Matthias Hoffmann on 4 November 1989. It was acquired in 1996 by Klaus-Peter Schulenberg.[2][3] Schulenberg took the company partially public on 1 February 2000 on the Frankfurt stock exchange.[4] That same year, the company entered into the live entertainment market with the partial acquisitions of several German concert promoters, such as Marek Lieberberg Konzertagentur, Peter Rieger Konzertagentur, Semmel Concerts, Argo Konzerte, FKP Scorpio, and Dirk Becker Entertainment.[5] Over the years, CTS Eventim would acquire several other ticketing and live entertainment companies, including Austrian promoter Barracuda Music (71% in 2017), Italian promoters Vertigo (51% in 2017) and Friends & Partners (60% in 2017), Holiday on Ice (50% in 2014 followed by a complete acquisition in 2016), Ticket Online (100% in 2010) and Stage Entertainment's remaining ticketing companies in France, Spain and the Netherlands (100% in 2014).[6][7][8][9]
Together with other sponsors, CTS Eventim ensured the long-term continuation of the Kontaktstudiengang Popularmusik at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg since 2008, now known as Eventim Popkurz.[10]
In the late 2000's the company started operating several venues, starting with the Waldbühne in Berlin.[11]
The company diversified its ticketing operations in 2015 when it acquired 51% of the German-based Kinoheld, a company that specialises in ticket sales for cinemas. The ownership was raised in 2018 to 100%.[12]
In November 2019, CTS Eventim's revenue exceeded €1 billion for the first time in a nine-month period, and the share price had risen 60% that year to reach a market capitalisation of €5.2 billion.[13]
Eventim France and France Billet merged their French activities in 2019, in the new company Eventim will hold a 48% of the shares with a possibility of raising the ownership in the coming years.[14] The company also merged its Swiss subsidiaries in 2020 with Gadget Entertainment AG and Wepromote Entertainment Group Switzerland AG, taking a 60% share in the new company named Gadget abc Entertainment Group AG.[15]
On 21 February 2020 it was announced that the company would enter the US market via a joint venture with Michael Cohl.[16]
In July 2021, CTS Eventim launched Eventim Live Asia.[17] In August 2021, the company announced plans to construct Italy's largest multipurpose arena, which is due to be completed in fall 2022.[needs update][18]
Assets
editTicketing
editCTS Eventim (co-)owns several ticketing companies in 21 countries, using various brands.[a][19][20]
- Eventim: Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Croatia, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Israel 70%, The Netherlands, Brazil and Slovenia
- Entradas: Spain
- Ticketcorner: Switzerland
- Lippu.fi: Finland
- Billetlugen: Denmark
- TicketOne: Italy 99,7%
- France Billet: France 48%
- Oeticket: Austria 86%
- Eventim: Romania 80%
- Eventim: Hungary
- See Tickets
Live entertainment
editCTS Eventim holds shares in several live entertainment companies via two subsidiaries.[1][19][20]
Eventim Live GmbH 94.4%
- FKP Scorpio Konzertproduktionen 50.2%
- CRP Konzertagentur 50.2%
- FKP Scorpia
- FKP Poland
- ESK Events 50%
- Friendly Fire
- FKP Scorpio Nordic 90%
- FKP Sweden 51%
- Woah Dad! Live
- FKP Norway 91%
- Fullsteam
- Seinajoki Festivals 65%
- FKP Sweden 51%
- Palazzo
- Holiday On Ice
- Gadget abc Entertainment Group AG 60%[15]
- ABC Production
- Gadget Entertainment
- Eventimpresents
- Vaddi Concerts
- Seekers Event 51,1%
- Promoters Group Munich
(25.2% via Eventimpresents, 37.4% via Semmel Concerts Entertainment, 37.4% via ARGO Konzerte) - Dirk Becker Entertainment 83%
(10% via Eventimpresents, 73% via Eventim live GmbH)
- Doctor Music Concerts 63.5%
- In Cow We Trust 60%
- Semmel Concerts Entertainment 50.2%
- Show Factory Entertainment 51%
- Peter Rieger Konzertagentur
- ARGO Konzerte 50.2%
- All Artists Agency 51%
- ALDA Germany 51%
- Act Entertainment 51%
- Vertigo 51%
- Smash!Bang!Pow!
EVENTIM LIVE INTERNATIONAL GmbH 100%
- Friends & Partners 60%
- Vivo Concerti 60%
- Barracuda 71%
- Arcadia Live
- Talent Concert International 51%
- Di&Gi - D'Alesandro e Galli 60%
Venues
editCTS Eventim operates several venues across Europe.[19][20]
- Waldbühne, Berlin, operated since 2009.
- Lanxess Arena, Cologne, operated since 2012.
- Hammersmith Apollo, London, owned since 2013 for 50%.
- K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, operated since 2019 for 50%.
Notes
edit- ^ Eventim, or its subsidiaries, have 100% ownership of the named companies unless noted otherwise
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "cts eventim ag & co kgaa (EVD:Xetra)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Chapple, Jon (14 June 2019). "Deutsche Courage: The rise and rise of CTS Eventim". IQ magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "CTS Eventim is plotting a post-pandemic comeback tour". The Economist. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "CTS Eventim kommen zu 21,50 Euro", Börsen-Zeitung (in German), p. 15, 1 February 2000
- ^ "2000 Annual Report" (PDF). eventim.nl. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "CTS Eventim Buys Majority Stake in Austrian Promoter Barracuda Music". Billboard. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "CTS Eventim snaps up Italian promoter". TheTicketingBusiness News. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Stage Entertainment en CTS Eventim sluiten pan-Europees partnership". Emerce (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ Jeevan Vasagar (23 February 2015). "Ticket vendor CTS Eventim's shares slide on antitrust inquiry". www.ft.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Konzept & Geschichte – Eventim Popkurs Hamburg" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "CTS Eventim übernimmt Berliner Waldbühne". www.tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Eventim acquires cinema ticketer Kinoheld". IQ Magazine. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ Grace, Anna (21 November 2019). "CTS Eventim shares up 60% in 2019". IQ magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Eventim finalises France Billet minority stake acquisition". TheTicketingBusiness News. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ a b Ashley King (24 January 2020). "CTS Eventim Acquires a Majority Stake In Gadget Entertainment". Digital Music News. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Promoter Legend Michael Cohl Partners With CTS Eventim, Update: Comments". www.pollstar.com. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "CTS Eventim launches Eventim Live Asia in partnership with ex-Live Nation exec Jason Miller". Music Week. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "After expanding into Asia, CTS Eventim to spend over $200m on new arena in Italy". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Portfolio". corporate.eventim.de. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). corporate.eventim.de. Retrieved 5 January 2021.