Blu-ray and 4K UHD had a very good year in 2022, which saw the formats claim 40% of the physical market and 4K UHD demonstrating 14.7% YoY growth. More recently, two 4K titles dominated the physical charts just last week, debuting in the Number 1 & 2 spots, where 99% of their physical sales were […]
Today, the BASE team is delighted to announce the 2023 BASE Awards Shortlist for the ‘BASE & hmv Fans Choice Award’* and ‘Hidden Gem‘ (supported by Discussing Film) Award, which can be found below. From now until September 15th, voting will reopen, allowing everyone to pick the overall winner from both shortlists. The winner will be announced at the BASE Awards ceremony at the […]
Come on, Barbie, let’s go to the cinema! Today, Moments Worth Paying For presents an exclusive message for UK and Irish audiences from Barbie and Ken ahead of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Barbie, releasing only in cinemas on 21 July 2023. In the exclusive and brand-new content, Margot Robbie and Simu Liu thank audiences for supporting […]
On Thursday March 9th, the audiovisual community met at NBCUniversal’s stunning meeting space – the Skyline – for the first of BASE/DEGI’s exclusive 2023 Insights Sessions. The packed session, hosted by the Official Charts Company’s Commercial Director Becca Monahan and Fancensus’ VP Insights David Sidebottom, spoke to a new report that explores the significant fragmentation […]
Who needs heroes when you have thieves? Today, Moments Worth Paying For presents an exclusive message for UK and Irish audiences from the six lead cast members of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, ahead of its release in cinemas on 31 March. In the exclusive and brand-new content, the cast encourage viewers to party […]
The value of the UK Home Entertainment Category rose to £4.43bn in 2022 inclusive of all SVoD, DIGITAL and DISC sales, and rental (PEST, EST, PVoD, VoD[1], DVD, BLU-RAY, 4K UHD, BOXSET), up 3% Year on Year (YoY)[2] , demonstrating choice and scale in a dominant UK entertainment category The total value of the UK […]
This year, everyone’s favourite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns to cinemas. Moments Worth Paying For today presents a special message from Antonio Banderas ahead of the release of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish on 3rd February. In the exclusive new content, Banderas emphasises the magic of seeing films on the big screen and the […]
TOP GUN MAVERICK[1] was the biggest selling title on Digital Electronic Sell Through (EST), Blu-ray and DVD in 2022 TOP GUN[2] (1986) was the biggest rental title on Video on Demand (VOD)[3] SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME[4] swung into second place across sales of EST, Blu-ray and DVD, in addition to over 450k digital rentals from […]
December 16th, 2022: The Nordic ‘Hitlist’ end of year rankings have revealed the most downloaded and rented films across Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland each week for the last 12 months. The rankings show while blockbusters consistently perform well, the Scandinavians keep coming back for homegrown content! The ‘Hitlist’ is compiled from data gathered across […]
A first-of-its-kind weekly 24-hour promotion launches every Thursday to drive digital transactional market growth Today, UK trade body the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) launches ‘One Night Only’, a first-of-its-kind weekly UK wide 24-hour film and TV promotion which will run across Amazon Prime Video, the Apple TV App, BT TV Store, CHILI, Sky […]
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