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Johannesburg - Ticket vendor Computicket's application to the Competition Tribunal to dismiss a case of exclusionary conduct against it was postponed on Thursday.
The Competition Commission earlier found Computicket had abused its dominance by entering into long-term, exclusive contracts with theatre owners, theatre producers, promoters and event organisers in the entertainment industry. This had prevented them from using other ticket providers.
Computicket, however, argued that the commission had not made a case against it. It said the commission had not properly referred the case to the tribunal. On this basis, Computicket wanted the tribunal to dismiss the allegations.
The commission brought the case against Computicket in April 2010 after receiving complaints from Strictly Tickets CC, Soundalite CC (trading as Artslink), KZN Entertainment News and Reviews CC (trading as Going Places), L Square Technologies CC (trading as TicketSpace), and Ezimidlalo Technologies CC.
The commission found Computicket had a market share of 95% and was the dominant player when it came to outsourced ticketing services for entertainment events.
The commission wanted the tribunal to levy an administrative penalty of 10% on Computicket's 2009 turnover. It also wanted the tribunal to declare void Computicket's exclusivity clauses in its contracts.
The case was postponed to December 13.
