Press Releases

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 […]

Partnership Between BASE, Official Charts Company & Yahoo Movies Heralds Arrival Of Inaugural Official Film Chart Show

The Official Film Chart, the first weekly chart in the world to count movie downloads, launched today. The chart – the result of a partnership between the Official Charts Company, the British Association for Screen Entertainment and incorporating data from retailer members of the Entertainment Retailers Association – will be published on OfficialCharts.com and will […]

Virgin Media Store Becomes The Latest Platform To Join FindAnyFilm.com

With a continued focus on delivering legal routes for consumers to access entertainment content, FindAnyFilm.com has today announced Virgin Media Store as the latest digital platform to join the site. FindAnyFilm.com is one of the UK’s leading websites for entertainment fans looking to book, buy and watch films and TV programmes and leads the charge […]

BASE Seeks To Drive Engagement With Digital Transaction Through Partnership With Daily Telegraph

The campaign has been designed to increase consumer awareness and understanding of digital transaction both within the Telegraph’s core audience and across a broader demographic through the Telegraph’s partnership with Apple News and a concerted programme of SEO and social promotion. Running for six months, the campaign will include further editorial focusing on encouraging digital […]

Digital Entertainment Group Europe Refreshes Board, Broadens Remit With Addition Of Nordic Committee

The Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE) today confirmed a new line-up for its Board of Directors as well as announcing that it has formalised the implementation of the DEG Nordic Committee, which has been created to support the growth of the digital entertainment market in that territory. Assuming the role of co-chair for the DEGE […]

Bullish Screen Entertainment Category Buoyed By Growth In Digital & Premium Physical Formats

More than 38 million copies sold across formats [1] The Greatest Showman breaks the million mark, shatters EST records Digital ownership up 27 per cent year-on-year Year-to-date top 10 sees growth across physical and digital 4K UHD sales represent 12 per cent of Blu-ray market ‘New to catalogue’ sales up four per cent year-on-year Year-to-date figures […]

BASE Announces Penguin Ventures’ Thomas Merrington As Latest Speaker At 2018 Category Showcase & Innovation Forum

The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) are pleased to welcome Thomas Merrington, Creative Director at Penguin Ventures (part of Penguin Random House), to the line-up at this year’s Category Showcase & Innovation Forum. The event takes place at Picturehouse Central from 8:30am on July 4th, 2018 and tickets […]

Starcount’s Edwina Dunn Joins Line-Up At BASE Category Showcase & Innovation Forum

The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and The Entertainment Retailers Association today announced that Edwina Dunn, from predictive analytics specialists Starcount, has joined the roster of speakers confirmed for the Category Showcase & Innovation Forum, taking place at Picturehouse Central from 8:30am on July 4th, 2018. Tickets for the event are available here.  Edwina […]