Late Night Mash set for second series on Dave

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Digitalbox PLC

23 May 2022

 

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23 May 2022

Digitalbox plc

("Digitalbox" or the "Company")

Late Night Mash set for second series on Dave

Digitalbox plc (AIM: DBOX), the mobile-first digital media business, which owns Entertainment Daily, The Daily Mash and The Tab, is pleased to announce a new series of comedy, Late Night Mash. Nine episodes of the series have been commissioned, which will air on Dave later this year, with Rachel Parris replacing Nish Kumar as the host.

Late Night Mash was Dave's third-most watched programme of 2021, peaking at 600,000 viewers.  Inspired by The Daily Mash, the UK's leading news satire site, Late Night Mash is a continuation of the successful BAFTA-nominated show The Mash Report, which aired on BBC2 for four series. As the owner of The Daily Mash, Digitalbox licenses the brand's content for use on television to the show's producers, Zeppotron.

Digitalbox CEO James Carter commented: "It is great to see the Late Night Mash return to Dave later this year, with an exciting new host. The last series was a great success and continues to show the strength of the Mash brand. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Zeppotron."

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About Digitalbox plc

Based in Bath, UK, Digitalbox is a 'pure-play' digital media business with the aim of profitable publishing at scale on mobile platforms.

Digitalbox operates three trading brands, "Entertainment Daily", "The Tab" and "The Daily Mash". Entertainment Daily produces and publishes online UK entertainment news covering TV, showbiz and celebrity news. The Daily Mash produces and publishes satirical news content. The Tab is the UK's biggest youth culture site fuelled by students.

Digitalbox generates revenue from the sale of advertising in and around the content it publishes. The Group's optimisation for mobile enables it to achieve revenues per session significantly ahead of market norms for publishers on mobile.

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