British Association for Screen Entertainment

The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) is a video home entertainment organisation established in 1980 as the British Video Association (BVA). Its members include the BBC and Hollywood studios.[1] The association organises an annual awards ceremony (The BASE Awards, formerly the BVA Awards) in London.[2] In 2003, the association reported a 61% increase of DVD sales alongside a tripling in the illegal downloading of film and television files.[3] In 2010 the association publicised the fact that around six million people in the UK had failed to acquire a high-definition television signal for television sets that were HD ready.[4]

In 2016 the association changed its name from the British Video Association to the British Association for Screen Entertainment.[5]

References

1. Sophie Curtis (2 September 2013). "Broadband providers under pressure to clamp down on illegal downloads". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
2. "BVA Awards 2013". Entertainment Retail Association. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
3. "Internet piracy figures 'triple'". BBC News. 7 May 2004.
4. "Six million people in the UK miss out on HD TV". HDTVorg. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
5. Grater, Tom (17 March 2016). "British Video Association rebrands". Screen. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

External links

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