The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has announced that Rob Marsh, Vice President Commercial (Home Entertainment) at Sony Pictures Entertainment, has been appointed as the organisation’s new Chair with immediate effect. Marsh, who joined BASE Council in 2019, will serve as Chair alongside existing Co-Vice Chairs, BBC Studios’ Home Entertainment Director Lesley Johnson, and […]
Joker is 2020’s biggest title with more than 1.4m copies sold across disc, EST and TVOD as family and action films dominate the top 10. Four titles exceed a million and the top 15 titles sell in excess of 500,000[1] Film EST booms to record highs during lockdown, contributing to yearly growth of 16 per […]
This year the British Association for Screen Entertainment brought the 40th anniversary BASE Awards home, with entrants and colleagues from across the industry finding their own ways to celebrate while they watched a series of specially made awards videos that announced who was commended, highly commended or a winning entry for this year’s 24 BASE […]
A Must See Movies 80s celebration is confirmed from Saturday 10th October, in collaboration with the upcoming National Album Day. Elevating the music campaign, this year BASE has joined forces with ERA to launch a new curated range of titles in tandem with a larger body of activity featuring unique album releases, online listening parties […]
The UK’s Official Charts Company today announces the launch of a brand new digital rental chart and data service for the British video sector. The new service will provide the video category with the first monthly VOD chart service in the world to be based on data from digital retailers, delivering a view of consumer […]
It’s with great sadness that we share the news that Donald MacLean, the founder of the British Video Association, has passed away in the same month that the organisation, now known as BASE, marks its 40th anniversary. As well as being the first chairman of the BVA in 1980, MacLean was also the founding chairman […]
Data released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and compiled by The Official Charts Company (OCC) has shown that consumer spend on digital film to buy and keep grew by more than 87 per cent during the lockdown period to a year-to-date value of £113 million to the end of June as Britons […]
With 2020 continuing to drive a necessity for innovation, the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has, for the first time, announced the shortlisted nominees for the BASE Awards via a live online broadcast. Taking place on Thursday, July 2nd, the broadcast provided BASE members and the wider video category with a chance to connect […]
With the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown continuing to severely restrict normal life, it will be no surprise to hear that 2020’s BASE Awards have been rescheduled, with plans well advanced to now deliver the event in the fourth quarter. It remains the full and clear intention of the BASE team to celebrate the category’s […]
Video category grows by 9.5 per cent, bringing total market value to £2.6 billion1 Bohemian Rhapsody leads the way with more than 1.70 million copies sold2 as music-led films dominate Top 10 Physical formats account for 56 per cent2 of transactional spend EST sales grow by 3.5 per cent, to £263 million3 4K UHD now […]
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