Tixdaq Gets Sporty

Tixdaq.com, one of the U.K.’s leading live entertainment ticket listing services, has announced an agreement to acquire the three Web sites operated by Sportbuzz Limited.

The Sportbuzz sites include sportingo.com, a user-generated sports magazine, caughtoffside.com, a leading football blog, and getsport.tv, a directory of online sports videos. The sites generate 1 million visits every month.

“Tixdaq makes it easy for fans to compare over 3 million tickets for sports, concert and theatre events and the Sportbuzz network makes it easy for fans to find deep content and online communities that support their passion for sport,” said Tixdaq executive vice president Steve Machin.

Tixdaq Ltd. was founded in 2006 by Will Muirhead to address the knowledge gap in the live music industry surrounding the burgeoning secondary ticket market.

Tixdaq.com was launched in 2008 to provide a slice of this data to the consumer market as a price comparison service for sports, concert and theatre tickets.