The introduction of the ‘BASE Awards Champion Category Hero’ award prompted a standing ovation for retiring industry veteran Tim Friend, of Spark Agency. The popular ‘Category Hero Awards’ returned this year, allowing the 600-person crowd to celebrate the stand-out individuals in the industry. The ‘BASE & hmv Fan Choice Award’, celebrating a pivotal moment in visual entertainment for 2022 (across all channels, including theatrical and linear TV) was won by Netflix for the climax of ‘Stranger Things Season 4’, when Max Escapes Vecna, soundtracked by the Kate Bush song ‘Running Up That Hill’. BBC Studios secured ‘Independent Label of the Year – Physical’. Lionsgate UK took home ‘Independent Label of the Year – Digital’. During the course of the night, 37 awards were presented. Six hundred industry folk gathered for the 43rd annual BASE Awards at Camden’s Roundhouse last week to celebrate the commercial and creative achievements of a sector that was worth £4.43 billion in the UK last year. Paramount Pictures took home the ‘Title of the Year’ for 2022 with ‘Top Gun Maverick’, with more than 350,000 units sold on physical and 1.5 million units on EST and TVOD in the UK. Sky Store was presented ‘Digital Retailer of the Year’įor a sector buoyed by the growth of in-home viewing during recent years. Sony Pictures received its award for work on SVOD & Transactional Optimisation.
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