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Coachella

Coachella Festival Fans Automatically Linked with Social Media for the First Time

MAY 2012 Online audience of over 30 million gained as 30,000 fans sign up to ‘Live Click’. MONTREAL, QC: Launching a new era in social media, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has revealed that it added an online audience of over 30 million last month when over 30,000 fans registered to‘ Live Click’ around the festival site. Using just their RFID wristbands, registered ticket holders were able to check in and update their status on Facebook – a global first for the technology and festival worlds on this scale. The technology, developed by leading RFID live event specialists ...
Coachella

30,000 Coachella Fans 'Live Click'

The system, developed by Intellitix, used various touch points (portals) positioned at key areas around the festival site during both weekends. Additionally, RFID entrance portals that validated each wristband, allowed registered users to automatically check in as they arrived. Fans keen to share their experience with friends online signed up to the service when registering their wristbands at Coachella.com. Intellitix head Serge Grimaux says: "Coachella is renowned for being a frontrunner in the festival industry, and using RFID technology to unite the festival community and the online networks of fans was truly a momentous occasion. The phenomenal response to the ...
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RFID and Cashless Specialists Intellitix and Metapay Announce Strategic Alliance

March 2012 Technology game-changers join forces to provide next generation cashless payment systems to live events RFID solutions company Intellitix and cashless payment specialists Metapay have today announced a strategic alliance that will increase the provision of cashless services at festivals from this summer. Both companies are market leaders in the RFID space for live events. Last year alone, Hungarian-based Metapay flawlessly serviced 4 million transactions at festivals including Sziget and Heineken Balaton Sound, while Intellitix activated over 1 million RFID wristbands at the majority of North American festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits. “The response to ...
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