Announcements

Geoblocking: Industry efforts continue to maintain commercial freedom

Charlotte Lund-Thomsen explores the industry efforts to maintain commercial freedom to use geoblocking tools Territorial exclusivity plays a key role in the film and television industry’s ability to raise the necessary funding to produce ambitious content and ensure the best possible marketing and distribution of such content to domestic markets as well as abroad. This […]

Get deadly deals this Halloween with Mega Movie Weekend!

Mega Movie Weekend returns for 72 hours with a fantastic selection for frosty nights in, including Elvis, Cocaine Bear, and Scream VI Friday 20th October: The second Mega Movie Weekend launches today, just in time for spooky season, giving you access to some of the best movies to download and keep at great prices for […]

Mega Movie Week Returns to Drive Digital Growth Across Nordic Territories from October 13th

The Digital Entertainment Group: Nordic Committee (DEGN) has today announced the return of Mega Movie Week, a cross-category campaign with a core objective to increase consumer awareness and engagement with digital movie purchases. Building on the success of the first two Mega Movie Week campaigns in 2020, this third outing sees the promotion extended to run […]

BASE Awards 2023: Shortlist Announced

The number of entries from the broadest range of companies at all-time high The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has today revealed the shortlist for the 43rd BASE Awards. The winners will be announced at the ceremony on Thursday 2nd November at the Camden Roundhouse. Over 50 companies are shortlisted across 31 categories, including retail, distribution, creative agencies, and inclusive of the wider […]

JustWatch joins the British Association for Screen Entertainment and DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International

The global media company will become a hybrid member of both BASE and DEGI Today, JustWatch have become the newest hybrid member of the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) & DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International, with immediate effect. They join over 30 BASE and DEGI community members in an exciting time of collaboration, […]

Mega Movie Weekend campaign launches in the UK

A brand new cross-category monthly film promotion will run to the end of 2023 with the potential to carry on into 2024 British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has launched Mega Movie Weekend, a brand-new first-of-its-kind UK initiative, in association with the major UK distributors and retailers. A broad selection of fresh and exciting titles […]

Piracy: A Problem Shared (Webinar)

An overview of the current infringement landscape & whole society solution to champion the importance of copyright BASE Insights is a leading source of behavioural understanding and have been used to educate the sector on the impacts of copyright infringement for many years. Webinars like this are one part of our yearlong activity to help […]

BB Media & DEGI present: International Digital Entertainment – the Platforms and the Players

This report is the latest in a series of publications by DEG International and BASE to aid our member’s shared understanding of the global entertainment landscape and the consumer behaviours and business models driving it. Drawing on in-depth data from eight different countries, it outlines the industry’s evolution, penetration and value in different markets, as […]

2023 DEG Roadshow: 10 Key Takeaways from the National Film and Television School Students

Students from the National Film and Television School joined us on May 11th for the annual DEG Roadshow. The Marketing, Distribution, Sales & Exhibition (MDSE) students kindly shared their top ten takeaways from the London leg of the Roadshow. Return of Cinema Theatrical is poised for a big return in 2023. Jeremy Enos (SVP, WW […]

DEGI’s week-long Mega Movie Week promotion in Germany achieves + 350% transaction growth

Second iteration of the Mega Movie Week campaign is more successful than ever London, 15th May: According to figures released this week by Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI), Mega Movie Week 2023 in Germany achieved an outstanding uplift on the previous week across all participating EST (+349%) and TVOD (+109%) titles. The industry-wide campaign, driven […]