Analysis from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI), in association with several insight providers in UK and international entertainment, reveals the scale of the success of the global screen entertainment industry in 2025. The UK entertainment industry delivered a record-breaking year in 2025 with total market value reaching £34 billion […]
The first set of figures to be released in 2026 by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) in association with the Official Charts Company reveal that audiences are watching films and TV shows at home more than ever, pushing the value of the UK Home Entertainment sector to £5.7 billion (€6.5bn), the largest figure […]
The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International have announced an expansion of their combined membership, adding four new organisations from across the global screen-sector ecosystem. GfK joins as a hybrid BASE and DEGI member, alongside new BASE members Vertigo Releasing, Vubiquity and WLP Vision. Together, BASE and DEGI […]
DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International’s Nordic board (DEG Nordic) has announced that Scanbox Entertainment has joined its membership, strengthening the community of distributors and partners championing Home Entertainment across the four Nordic markets – Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Headquartered in Denmark, Scanbox Entertainment is an independent film company releasing titles across theatrical and […]
Mega Movie Weekend has returned for the UK Bank-Holiday weekend – from August 22nd 25th August – helping audiences build their digital libraries with titles at promotional prices. The campaign runs across key retailers, including Prime Video, Sky Store, the Apple TV app, Rakuten TV, Virgin Media and EE TV Store, with prices starting at […]
Spafax has become the newest hybrid member of the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International. They join the growing BASE and DEGI community, with 100+ organisations united in supporting and developing the Home Entertainment industry. Spafax is a provider of inflight entertainment (IFE). Specialising in content acquisition, creative production, technical […]
DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) has announced the appointment of Robert Marsh, Vice President, International Account Management & Sales, UK Home Entertainment at Sony Pictures Entertainment as Co-Chair of the DEGI, effective immediately. Marsh moves across to DEGI from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) where he held the office of Chair, […]
Full market data for 2024 has been released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) in association with the Official Charts Company that confirms that video is officially the most popular form of entertainment in the UK. The total value of the media and entertainment industry in the UK in 2024 was £30 billion […]
The first set of figures to be released in 2025 by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) in association with the Official Charts Company (OCC) reveal the Timothée Chalamet adaptation of the magical Roald Dahl classic Wonka worked its magic for UK audiences in 2024, with 821k individual purchases or rentals of the film […]
Entertainment technology company Xperi has become the newest hybrid member of trade bodies the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International. It joins the one-hundred-plus organisations in the ever-growing BASE and DEGI member and partner community as the bodies round off another successful year of growth and innovation in […]