Ticketmaster Signs Exclusive Deal to Provide Ticketing Services for the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup

By Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., PRNE
Sunday, November 22, 2009

LONDON, November 23 - Ticketmaster, a Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:TKTM) company,
is proud to announce it has signed an exclusive deal to provide the ticketing
services for the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.

The 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup will take place from the 20th August
until the 5th September, seeing 12 International teams competing in 30
matches at the Surrey Sports Park and Harlequins Stoop Stadium. The
tournament will showcase New Zealand, Wales, Australia, South Africa,
England, USA, Ireland, Kazakhstan, France, Canada, Scotland and Sweden all
competing to be world champions.

Tickets go on sale on 22nd March where fans can purchase individual
tickets at a range of prices and a Tournament Pass for GBP60.

Ticketmaster has signed an exclusive ticketing deal for the tournament,
which includes providing Ticketmaster's access control solution eEntry(R).
eEntry(R) is a complete access and e-ticket solution, offering an affordable,
flexible and easy-to-use access control system that enables email ticket
delivery through encrypted barcode scanning. Supported by a Ticketmaster
hosted server, eEntry(R) 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 preventing the use of counterfeit tickets. This
convenient technology also provides direct access to detailed reporting and
scanning activity via a personal web interface.

In addition eEntry(R) enables 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 a box office. Each
TicketFast(R) ticket has a unique barcode which is scanned at the venue using
Ticketmaster's eEntry(R) system. It also allows for tickets to be purchased
right up to the last minute as there is no box-office collection required.

Ticketmaster will also be supporting the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup
through their existing presence and marketing channels in some of the team's
global markets such as Ireland, New Zealand and Sweden.

Chris Edmonds, Managing Director, Ticketmaster UK, said: "We are proud to
be exclusively providing the ticketing services to the 2010 Women's Rugby
World Cup. We are looking forward to working closely with the Rugby Football
Union to provide rugby fans world wide with an excellent match day ticketing
experience and help in continuing to promote women's rugby."

Rosie Williams, RFUW, Managing Director, said: "The Women's Rugby World
Cup 2010 is set to be the most successful women's rugby world cup ever run.
We are really excited to have the expertise and knowledge of the team at
Ticketmaster world wide on board to help us drive the ticket sales for this
prestigious global event. Having a brand like this involved will go a long
way to heighten the profile of the Women's Rugby World Cup."

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 based on the number of tickets sold, Ticketmaster connects
the world to live entertainment. Ticketmaster operates in 20 global markets,
providing ticket sales, ticket resale services, marketing and distribution
through www.ticketmaster.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the
Internet; approximately 7,100 retail outlets; and 17 worldwide call centres.
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 2008, the
Company sold more than 141 million tickets valued at over $8.9 billion on
behalf of its clients. Ticketmaster Entertainment acquired a controlling
interest in Front Line Management Group in October 2008. Founded by Irving
Azoff
and Howard Kaufman in 2004, Front Line Management Group is the world's
leading artist management company. Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is
headquartered in West Hollywood, California (NASDAQ:TKTM).

For more information contact: Jon Wiffen, Ticketmaster UK, Phone: +44(0)207-344-4000; Julia Hutton, RFUW Media Manager, juliautton at rfu.com, +44(0)7971-474457

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