Screen Digest Ltd was a company providing business intelligence, research and analysis on the global media markets based in London, United Kingdom, that has grown out of a monthly journal of that name that was founded in 1971.
Initially, it was a news digest containing abstracts of a range of media, including film and cinema, television and in particular the nascent video sector, with editorial emphasis on the relevance and brevity of stories.
[citation needed] In February 1972, a four-page centre section on yellow paper was introduced, initially to carry a page of reference material and articles from members of the industry.
Among early contributors were Robert W Sarnoff, then chairman of RCA, film director and teacher Thorold Dickinson and the BBC director-general Charles Curran.
[citation needed] Chittock sold the company in July 1996 to a management team comprising David Fisher, Allan Hardy, Ben Keen and Mark Smith.
[11] In May 1981, Screen Digest was involved in conference organisation for the International Video Week,[12] co-ordinated by The Economist and held on the South Bank, London.