Press Releases

DEG Roadshow 2022 & BASE Screen Forum – Embracing Consumer Choice

The DEGI welcomes the return of the DEG Roadshow, with Chief Executive Amy Jo Smith and US colleagues leading a day of global collaboration, fresh category research, insight and strategic learnings to stimulate and drive growth across the international entertainment landscape. Home Entertainment is once again at the heart of the visual entertainment experience as the […]

The 2022 BASE Awards: Entries are now OPEN Including the all-new HIDDEN GEM Award

Today, the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) announced that entries are now open for the BASE Awards 2022. You can submit your entries from today, but the deadline to express your ‘intention to enter’ is Friday 27th May. The deadline for final submissions is Friday 10th June. For the first time, all the information for this […]

Blaise Keen, Head of TVOD and EST, Rakuten TV

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In Conversation is a new BASE LINE editorial feature for 2022. Each quarter BASE LINE will speak to a key category partner, and share their insights and vision for the future. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9624″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]BASE LINE: What does 2022 look like for Rakuten TV customers?  It is going to be a deluge of new and […]

The 2022 BASE Awards Categories Announced

Today, the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has announced the categories for the BASE Awards 2022, featuring a new list to celebrate the evolution of the home entertainment category over the last 12 months. The 42nd BASE Awards will return to the stage at the iconic Camden Roundhouse on Thursday 6th October, following the […]

Confirmed: The BASE AWARDS 2022 Thurs, 6th October at the Camden Roundhouse

The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has announced the date of the 42nd BASE Awards as Thursday, October 6th, 2022. The UK’s annual celebration of Home Entertainment will return to the Camden Roundhouse, following the huge success of the 2021 Awards at the iconic North London venue. This year’s Awards will include exciting new […]

BBC Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment & The Walt Disney Company Join The Digital Entertainment Group International

Today, the Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) has announced that BBC Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company, EMEA have become DEGI members, with immediate effect. They join existing members Google, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures & Warner Bros. Pictures, in what promises to be another exciting year of growth and transformation for […]

Phil Halliday, Managing Director, HMV Retail

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In Conversation is a new BASE LINE monthly editorial feature for 2022. Each month BASE LINE will speak to a key category partner, and share their insights and vision for the future. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9551″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]BASE LINE: What does 2022 look like for hmv customers? PH: It looks great. The team have used the […]

UK’s Future Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights Regime

An update via the Alliance for Intellectual Property When the UK left the EU, one of the new powers we gained was to decide our own UK IP Exhaustion regime.  Exhaustion regimes are important because they set the rules by which Intellectual Property (IP)  owners can control the further distribution of their goods (it only […]

DEGI & SEVN Launch First Ever Week-Long Campaign In France: ‘Les VODays’

Today, the Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI), and the Syndicat de l’Edition Vidéo Numérique (SEVN), launch ‘Les VODays’, a new week-long digital campaign across nine of the top digital retailer platforms. Films from Universal Pictures Video France, Sony Pictures Entertainment France, SND Films & WarnerMedia France will be available during Les VODays campaign. The nine digital retailer platforms taking […]

Virgin Media O2 Launches Interactive TV & Film Recommendation Tool In Partnership With The Official Charts Company

Today, Virgin Media O2 has launched its latest innovative platform What Should I Watch? in partnership with the Official Charts Company. The interactive TV and film recommendation tool has been curated to help speed up decision making when choosing what to put on the telly. It comes following a 60% rise in Google searches for […]