Press Releases

British Association For Screen Entertainment Celebrates the Video Category at 39th Annual BASE Awards

Colleagues from across the home entertainment industry gathered last night at Tobacco Dock for the 2019 BASE Awards, with 24 awards handed out to distributors, retailers, agencies and suppliers, honouring the best and brightest of 2018. More than 800 guests from 108 member and non-member organisations attended the 2019 BASE Awards, with multi-award winning comedian, […]

British Association for Screen Entertainment Confirms Shortlist For The 2019 BASE Awards

After weeks of deliberation, culminating in two spirited judging days, the British Association for Screen Entertainment is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2019 BASE Awards. In a year that has seen an unprecedented level of change in the home entertainment category, the number of entries to the BASE Awards has not wavered, testament […]

Insight Forum 2019: Credos’ Karen Fraser MBE To Examine Consumer Trust

As the date for the BASE 2019 Insight Forum looms large, The British Association for Screen Entertainment has today confirmed that Karen Fraser MBE, Director and Head of Strategy at Credos, will be joining an enviable line-up for the half-day event at the British Museum. The final few tickets for the Forum, co-hosted with the […]

Sky’s Kathryn Lacey To Bring Customer Centricity To The Fore

Alongside the roster of insight and research specialists speaking at this year’s Insight Forum, The British Association for Screen Entertainment has today confirmed that Sky Store Director, Kathryn Lacey, will be taking to the stage, with additional BASE members also delivering project updates on core activity for 2019. Some tickets for the half day event, […]

Ampere Analysis Confirmed For 2019 BASE Insight Forum

The British Association for Screen Entertainment has today confirmed Ampere Analysis as the latest organisation to join the roster of speakers taking part in the 2019 BASE Insight Forum. Tickets for the half day event, organised in partnership with ERA and taking place at the British Museum from 8:30am on Wednesday, March 13th, are available […]

ICM Unlimited Joins The Line-Up At The 2019 BASE Insight Forum

The British Association for Screen Entertainment has today confirmed the addition of ICMUnlimited, part of Walnut Unlimited, to the line-up of guests confirmed for the 2019 BASE Insight Forum. Tickets for the half day event, organised in partnership with ERA and taking place at the British Museum from 8:30am on Wednesday, March 13th, are available […]

Richard Ayoade To Host The 2019 BASE Awards

The British Association for Screen Entertainment has today announced that the multi-award winning comedian, actor, writer and director, Richard Ayoade, will host this year’s BASE Awards, with the industry event of the year once again taking place at Tobacco Dock on Thursday 6th June, 2019. Entry forms are now available here. The critically acclaimed writer […]

Video Category Drives Engagement With EST As Mega Movie Week Launches From January 21st

The Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE) and the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has today announced the launch of Mega Movie Week, a category-wide campaign to drive consumer engagement with the growing digital transactional market, running for the week commencing January 21st, 2019. During Mega Movie Week BASE and DEGE members including BBC Studios, […]

Entries Open For BASE Awards 2019, June 6th Date Confirmed

The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has announced that entries for the 2019 BASE Awards are now open, with the social highlight of the video category’s calendar once again returning to Tobacco Dock on Thursday, June 6. The 39th annual BASE Awards will welcome professionals from across the video industry to gather and celebrate achievements across […]

The Greatest Show: Hugh Jackman’s Musical Extravaganza Breaks Records as Video Category Grows by 10% in 2018

Video category grows by 10 per cent, bringing total market value to £2.34 billion1 The Greatest Showman breaks records with over 2.68 million sales2 Digital film sales up 36 per cent2 year on year Physical formats account for 59 per cent2 of transactional spend Universal Pictures lead on volume and value market share 4K UHD […]