{{Short description|Trade association}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Broadband providers under pressure to clamp down on illegal downloads |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10281365/Broadband-providers-under-pressure-to-clamp-down-on-illegal-downloads.html |author=Sophie Curtis |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=2 September 2013 |accessdate=2 December 2013}}</ref> The association organises an annual awards ceremony (The ''BASE Awards'', formerly the ''BVA Awards'') in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=BVA Awards 2013|url=http://www.eraltd.org/news/industry-news/bva-awards-2013.aspx|publisher=Entertainment Retail Association|accessdate=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109174229/http://www.eraltd.org/news/industry-news/bva-awards-2013.aspx|archive-date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2003, the association reported a 61% increase of DVD sales alongside a tripling in the illegal downloading of film and television files.<ref>{{cite news|title=Internet piracy figures 'triple'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3692999.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=7 May 2004}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Six million people in the UK miss out on HD TV|url=http://hdtvorg.co.uk/news/articles/2010040901.htm|publisher=HDTVorg|date=9 April 2010|access-date=9 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726165328/http://hdtvorg.co.uk/news/articles/2010040901.htm|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2016 the association changed its name from the British Video Association to the British Association for Screen Entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/british-video-association-rebrands/5101630.article|title=British Video Association rebrands|last=Grater|first=Tom|date=17 March 2016|website=Screen|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://baseorg.uk Main Site]
Category:Business organisations based in the United Kingdom Category:Entertainment organizations Category:1980 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:Organisations based in the City of Westminster Category:Organizations established in 1980 Category:DVD companies of the United Kingdom
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