The Competition and Markets Authority has told ticket resale firm StubHub to make website changes.
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The regulator is considering whether the takeover will lead to "a substantial lessening of competition".
Read moreCMA to probe Viagogo-Stubhub $4bn takeover
The Competition and Markets Authority has announced it is investigating the anticipated acquisition by PUG LLC (viagogo) of the StubHub business of eBay Inc.
The merger was announced last month but the watchdog said today it will probe whether the move will "result in a substantial lessening of competition" in the resale ticket market.
“Viagogo has a long history of ripping off its customers and disregarding consumer law so it is vital this deal, which would increase its grip on the secondary ticketing sector, undergoes close scrutiny by the CMA," responded Adam French of Which?“The regulator must closely examine the impact this could have on competition in the sector to ensure consumers do not lose out.”
The secondary ticketing firm says the deal will create more choice for customers.
Read moreViagogo: 'Will continue to work with CMA'
Viagogo has issued a statement following the announcement, mentioned earlier, that the Competition and Markets Authority has suspended its plans for legal action.
The secondary ticketing seller said it "is pleased it has been able to work with the CMA to find solutions to the final few areas of discussion, as confirmed by today’s statement.
"We have strived at all times to ensure we are correctly applying the CMA order, this has been a complex and detailed process, and open dialogue with the market authority has been essential.
"We are grateful to the CMA for their engagement over the past few months and the ability of both parties to work collaboratively to reach this point.
"Looking ahead we will continue to work with them to ensure we are delivering the best possible service for our customers and challenging the wider ticketing market to raise its standards in the interests of all in the live event world".
The BBC story is here.
The secondary ticketing site has improved its communication with customers, the competition watchdog said.
Read moreCMA says Viagogo has addressed its concerns
Viagogo, the secondary ticketing operation, has now addressed the Competition and Markets Authority's outstanding concerns about how it presents important information to its customers.
Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the CMA, said: "The Viagogo website UK customers now visit is worlds apart from the one they faced before the CMA took action. Key information needed to make informed decisions before buying a ticket is now much clearer including on where you’ll sit in a venue and whether you might be turned away at the door.
"What is clearly not acceptable is the time it’s taken to get to this stage."
The CMA said it had suspended preparations for court action in relation to those issues. However, it has not ruled out future action if the problems recur or if other issues are identified.
NZ Rugby cancels 'fraudulent' All Blacks match tickets
New Zealand Rugby has cancelled more than 700 tickets for an All Blacks test match against South Africa.
The sport's governing body in New Zealand said they were "fraudulent" tickets because they had been re-sold on the secondary market.
The match in Wellington on 27 July is nearly sold out.
A spokesman said sports fans who bought tickets from Viagogo and other re-sellers ran the risk of not being allowed in.
The sport's governing body in New Zealand said the tickets had been re-sold on the secondary market.
Read moreCMA says Viagogo is still breaching the rules
The Competition and Markets Authority has responded to Viagogo's announcement that it is complying with its rules over the display of face value ticket prices on its website.
The CMA says that does not mean the ticketing website is complying with all the terms of the court order it secured in November 2018.
“Today’s judgement does not mean that Viagogo is compliant with the court order the CMA secured against it. We still think that Viagogo is breaching parts of the order and so continue to move forward with legal proceedings for contempt of court against the site in relation to those concerns.
“Importantly, today’s judgement confirms that Viagogo cannot use ‘hover over text’ unless specifically allowed by the order and it needs to stop displaying important information about deadlines under its guarantee in this way.
“Although the court found that information about face value prices can be displayed with hover over text on one page of the site, Viagogo must still display this information on two other separate places on the face of its website."