Press Releases

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 […]

2021: Year of Change Breaks Records, Delivers Renaissance for Home Entertainment

Home Entertainment value rose to £3.7 billion in 2021, up 13.3% ‘No Time To Die’[1] is the biggest title of the year with 1.148m retail sales, of which 717.5k physical units sold in two weeks, the largest week one disc sales since 2017, and the biggest ever week one on 4K UHD Warner Bros. Home […]

The Official Film Chart Launches on Sky Store to Help Consumers Choose What to Watch Tonight

The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and the Official Charts Company (OCC) have today announced that the Official Film Chart will now feature on Skystore.com, to capture consumer attention and inspire Skystore.com users in their content search, and when deciding what to watch. The Official Film Chart ranks the UK’s best-selling films of the […]

BASE Pays Tribute To Former Director General Norman Abbott

It’s with great sadness that we share the news that Norman Abbott, the former Director General of the British Video Association, has passed away. Liz Bales, Chief Executive at BASE said “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Norman Abbott, the first Director General of what was then known as the British Videogram Association. […]

British Association for Screen Entertainment Returns to Celebrate the Video Category in Person at 41st Annual BASE Awards

The Home Entertainment industry was reunited last night as colleagues and friends came together at Camden’s Roundhouse for the 2021 BASE Awards. 28 awards were handed out to distributors, retailers, media owners, individuals and suppliers from across the industry over the course of the evening. The Awards saw more than 600 guests from 50 member […]

The Mash Report Star Rachel Parris Confirmed As BASE Awards Host

BASE is excited to announce BAFTA Nominated actor and comedian Rachel Parris will host the BASE Awards at Camden’s Roundhouse on Thursday, 18th November, 2021. Best known for her viral segments on BBC2’s The Mash Report, Rachel has also appeared on Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, QI, Would I Lie To You and […]

VISUAL CATEGORY HELPS AUDIENCES DECIDE ‘WHAT TO WATCH’ IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY

  THREE-MONTH DIRECT TO CONSUMER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES TODAY  The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has today launched a three-month cross-category media campaign to capture consumer attention and drive awareness of the packed new release slate coming to the high street and digital retailers across the coming months. For the first time on broadcast radio, a […]