Ticketmaster UK's Affiliate Programme Launches on the buy.at Network


LONDON, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Increased Opportunity for Consumers and Organisations Affiliating With
Ticketmaster to Receive Commissions for Link-Through Ticket Sales

Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company, has moved
its United Kingdom affiliate programme to the buy.at online affiliate
network. Consumers and organisations may register to become Ticketmaster
affiliates at http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/affiliates and begin earning
commissions for online ticket sales that originate via links from their
websites.

Registered affiliates will receive access to an exclusive
EventEngine widget from buy.at the UK's largest independent affiliate
network. This will enable them to create and post a customised Ticketmaster
event marketing engine on their website(s) to alert visitors and friends
about upcoming events and link them to Ticketmaster.co.uk and TicketWeb.co.uk
to purchase tickets. Ticketmaster affiliates will also have access to
Ticketmaster search buttons, banners, and link engines.

Chris Edmonds, Managing Director, Ticketmaster UK said "We are
delighted to be working with buy.at in order to build on the success of our
in-house programme, launched in 2001. Moving the affiliate programme to
buy.at allows us to improve services and functionality for our affiliates and
in turn bring more consumers to purchase tickets for our client's events."

"Ticketmaster is one of the largest ecommerce sites on the
internet selling millions of tickets every year, and we look forward to
helping them increase their online sales." said Kevin Cornils, CEO of buy.at,
the UK's largest independent affiliate network. "With our EventEngine widget
delivering a dynamic feed of available tickets to affiliates, we will work to
ensure that affiliate sites are kept updated, conversion rates are increased
and affiliates benefit from the ticket sales they generate."

Ticketmaster was the first UK ticketing company to launch an
affiliate programme in 2001. buy.at is a leading international affiliate
network and will provide Ticketmaster with affiliate support, tracking,
reporting and payment services.

About Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster is the world's leading ticketing company,
operating in 20 global markets, providing ticket sales, ticket resale
services, marketing and distribution through http://www.ticketmaster.com, one
of the largest e-commerce sites on the internet; and international web sites
including Ticketmaster.co.uk; approximately 6,500 retail outlets; and 23
worldwide call centres. Established in 1976, Ticketmaster serves more than
9,000 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 2007, the company sold more than 142 million
tickets valued at over US$8 billion on behalf of its clients. Ticketmaster is
headquartered in West Hollywood, California and is an operating business of
IAC (NASDAQ: IACI).

About buy.at

Established in 2002, buy.at is the UK's largest independent
affiliate marketing network. buy.at drives online sales growth for 250 of the
biggest brands across all sectors through its leading network of 9,000 good
quality affiliates, supported by industry leading commercial and technical
innovations. A pioneer of the open network, buy.at encourages merchants
(advertisers) and affiliates (publishers) to communicate directly, to ensure
the success of affiliate programmes. Clients include AA, Butlins, Carphone
Warehouse, Capital One, Egg, John Lewis, M&S, Powergen, Sky, T-Mobile and
Virgin Media.

buy.at has experienced 250% growth in turnover year-on-year
since 2004. In March 2006, buy.at secured its future growth following a
GBP7.3 million investment from Esprit Capital Partners. Bruce McLaren,
renowned for leading Advertising.com as International CEO to a successful
sale to AOL Time Warner, was appointed Chairman. Former match.com MD Kevin
Cornils was recruited as CEO. In September 2007, buy.at was revealed as the
UK's ninth fastest growing technology company in the Sunday Times TechTrack.

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