Global Media & Entertainment

Key Findings

• Economic: Global directly invested £1.6 million ($2 million) in Israel-based Sonic Odeeo Ltd through Digital Audio Exchange Limited in May 2022 and received a 4% minority holding. The FY2025 accounts still recorded that 4% holding at 31 March 2025, and Global/DAX and Odeeo continued to describe an active advertising partnership after the July and November 2024 notice dates.^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
• Political: Global formally mobilised its media platform for the Concert for Ukraine humanitarian appeal in 2022 and publicly endorsed helping people in Ukraine. The political audit found no analogous company-level Palestinian-civilian fundraising partnership or humanitarian campaign in the reviewed Global corporate material. Under the fixed V6.5 Neutrality Floor, and in conjunction with the positive economic nexus, this comparative record produced the Political score; it is not evidence that Global formally endorsed Israeli military action.⁶
• Not found: The audits identified no verified Global contract with the IDF, Israeli Ministry of Defence or other Israeli security body; no weapons, military-logistics or purpose-built kinetic technology supply; no settlement-specific operation or contract; and no verified deployment of Global/DAX technology for Israeli military, intelligence or law-enforcement surveillance.^{7, 8}

Target Profile

Key Facts:

• Global’s audited FY2023 accounts record a £1.6 million ($2 million) investment in Sonic Odeeo Ltd through Digital Audio Exchange Limited on 26 May 2022 in return for a 4% shareholding.^{1, 2}
• Odeeo is based in Herzliya, Israel; the 4% holding was still recorded in Global’s FY2025 accounts at 31 March 2025.^{1, 16}
• Global’s current cookie disclosures list AppsFlyer and Gigya among technology vendors used for advertising, measurement, audience-insight and related functions.¹⁵
• Global’s disclosed operating footprint includes the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, USA and Monaco; Israel is not identified as a Global operating geography.¹¹

Executive Summary

Global Media & Entertainment Limited is a UK commercial media and advertising group whose documented Israel nexus is principally economic and commercial. The strongest evidence is Global’s May 2022 investment, through Digital Audio Exchange Limited, of £1.6 million ($2 million) in Israel-based Sonic Odeeo Ltd for a 4% minority stake. Global simultaneously announced that DAX would become Odeeo’s exclusive advertising-sales partner in the UK and United States.^{1, 2, 3} Global’s FY2025 accounts still recorded the 4% Sonic Odeeo holding at 31 March 2025, while subsequent Odeeo and Global materials continued to describe DAX and Odeeo as commercial partners.^{1, 2, 4, 5} The audits do not establish that 4% remained the current percentage in October 2026, and no newer cap-table disclosure was identified.

That investment is the governing basis for the Economic score of 4.24. The fixed V6.5 adjudication treats direct equity capital in an Israeli operating company as a Strategic-FDI-type economic relationship. Its scale remains limited: Global’s verified contribution was $2 million, the interest was a minority 4% holding at the latest verified date, and neither the present ownership percentage nor current Odeeo-specific carrying value, revenue share, commissions, dividends or other payment flows are publicly established.^{1, 17} At the same time, the investment position remained recorded after the International Court of Justice advisory opinion of 19 July 2024 and the November 2024 ICC warrants, while the commercial partnership continued after those dates.^{1, 4, 5}

Global also has verified technology relationships with Israeli-origin businesses. Its cookie notice lists AppsFlyer and Gigya as vendors, and its DAX relationship with Odeeo incorporates Israeli adtech into a commercial advertising proposition.^{15, 18} These relationships did not produce a Digital score. The digital audit found no verified evidence that Global, DAX or Odeeo supplied military, intelligence, police-surveillance, offensive-cyber, biometric or autonomous-targeting systems to Israeli state or security bodies, nor that Global Player data was routed into Odeeo or stored in Israel through these relationships.^{15, 7, 8}

The political score arises from a narrower comparative finding. Global formally partnered in the 2022 Concert for Ukraine humanitarian appeal and publicly endorsed helping people in Ukraine, while the Political audit identified no analogous company-level Global Palestinian-civilian campaign in the corporate material reviewed.⁶ Under the fixed V6.5 Neutrality Floor, positive Economic evidence combined with that selective humanitarian contrast was adjudicated at Political 2.14. The same audit found no formal company-level statement endorsing Israeli military action, no verified Israel-policy lobbying or political financing, and no verified corporate or principal donation to the IDF, FIDF, settlement bodies or Israeli military-welfare funds.

The military audit produced Military 0.00, and the digital audit produced Digital 0.00. No qualifying military, defence, kinetic-purpose, military-logistics or settlement-infrastructure relationship was identified. Taken together, the fixed V6.5 scores produce a BRS of 365 and Tier D (Moderate Complicity). The classification is driven by the direct Israeli equity investment and the separately adjudicated political double-standard frame, rather than by evidence of military procurement, settlement operations or security-technology deployment.

Timeline of Relevant Events

Corporate Overview

Global Media & Entertainment Limited is company 06251684, incorporated in England and Wales and registered at 30 Leicester Square, London.⁹ Global describes its core businesses as commercial radio and audio, outdoor advertising and digital advertising/data services. Group entities identified in the audits include LBC Radio Limited, Digital Audio Exchange Limited, outdoor businesses and controlled operations in countries including Spain and the Netherlands.^{10, 23}

The latest audited ownership disclosure places company 06251684 beneath Global Radio Group Limited, Jersey, while Companies House separately records Michael Barry Tabor as its sole active PSC on the basis of significant influence or control.^{12, 1} Ashley Tabor-King remains a director and is publicly described by Global as Founder & Executive President.^{13, 14} These records do not establish an Israeli ownership or control nexus.

Global’s Israeli corporate exposure is through a minority investee rather than a controlled subsidiary. Digital Audio Exchange Limited made the £1.6 million investment in Sonic Odeeo Ltd and received a 4% shareholding in 2022.^{1, 2} No public evidence identified an Israeli operating company acquired or controlled by Global, and no Global-owned Israeli office, radio station, outdoor concession, data centre, accelerator or R&D centre was identified.¹¹

The wider technology stack creates additional commercial links. Global’s cookie policy lists AppsFlyer and Gigya among its vendors.¹⁵ AppsFlyer is an Israeli-origin technology group, while Gigya was acquired by SAP in 2017 and became part of SAP’s customer-data technology portfolio.^{24, 18} The audits did not establish Israel-specific data residency for Global through either vendor, identify which Gigya/SAP entity contracts with Global, or prove that personnel in Israel access Global customer data.

Domain Summaries

Military: Military

Mechanism of Involvement

No mechanically qualifying Military mechanism was identified. Focused checks did not establish a Global contract, tender award, framework agreement or memorandum with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, Israel Police or Israel Prison Service. Global was not identified in the reviewed UN/OHCHR or specialist material as a military supplier, weapons company or settlement-infrastructure provider.^{7, 8}

The Odeeo/DAX relationship was examined specifically because it involves an Israeli technology company. The available evidence describes in-game audio advertising, audience targeting and commercial ad delivery.^{3, 17, 5} Nothing reviewed described a tactical variant, weapons integration, target generation, fire control, military end-user certificate or other purpose-built kinetic function. No verified evidence showed Odeeo or DAX technology supplied by Global to an Israeli military or security end-user.

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

Global’s strongest defence in this domain is the absence of a documented defence-supply mechanism. Its disclosed businesses are media, advertising and related data services, and the verified Odeeo activity is civilian commercial adtech.^{10, 3} No public evidence identified Global as a producer or supplier of weapons, munitions, military vehicles, tactical drones, military logistics, base services or defence components.

Non-inclusion in UN/OHCHR materials is not proof that no conceivable relationship exists. The OHCHR settlement-business database itself has a defined mandate and acknowledged coverage limits.⁷ The audit therefore records the result as No public evidence identified, rather than claiming absolute absence.

Named Entities and Evidence Map

Digital: Digital

Mechanism of Involvement

Global has real Israeli-origin technology links, but the audit found no qualifying Digital frame. Global’s cookie notice lists AppsFlyer and Gigya for advertising, measurement, audience-insight and related functions.¹⁵ Global also invested in Israeli adtech company Odeeo and integrates Odeeo inventory into DAX’s commercial advertising proposition.^{3, 4}

AppsFlyer documentation describes analytics, measurement, engagement and fraud-protection functions; Odeeo describes an advertising technology service capable of processing technical advertising identifiers and related data.^{25, 26} These facts establish commercial technology relationships. They do not establish military or intelligence use, predictive policing, biometric surveillance, offensive cyber, autonomous targeting, Project Nimbus participation or Israeli sovereign-cloud provision.

The audit also found no public evidence that Global Player itself is an Odeeo publisher or that Global Player account/listener data is sent through Odeeo’s SDK or advertising pipeline. Likewise, Global’s public documents did not establish that AppsFlyer or Gigya stores Global data in Israel or that Israeli offices access Global’s tenant.

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

The strongest defence is that all verified technologies are documented in general-purpose commercial advertising, analytics or customer-data contexts. There is no demonstrated Israeli state, military, police or intelligence end-user in Global’s use of AppsFlyer, Gigya or Odeeo.^{15, 18}

The absence of public contract-specific data architecture prevents stronger conclusions in either direction. Public documentation does not expose Global’s full hosting configuration, regional restrictions, vendor spend or every subprocessor. Accordingly, the zero Digital score reflects the lack of a qualifying audited mechanism, not a finding that Global has no Israeli-origin technology vendors.

Named Entities and Evidence Map

Economic: Economic

Mechanism of Involvement

This is Global’s strongest documented domain. On 26 May 2022, Global, through Digital Audio Exchange Limited, invested £1.6 million ($2 million) in Sonic Odeeo Ltd and received a 4% shareholding.^{1, 2} Global publicly described Odeeo as an Israel-based technology company and paired the investment with an exclusive DAX advertising-sales arrangement in the UK and United States.³

Odeeo announced a $9 million seed round led by Play Ventures and Global, with other investors participating.¹⁷ The $9 million figure is the total round and is not Global’s contribution; Global’s audited contribution was $2 million.^{1, 17}

The latest verified percentage comes from Global’s FY2025 accounts, which still recorded a 4% shareholding at 31 March 2025.¹ This is a dated disclosure and is not asserted to be the current October 2026 percentage. Current commercial materials nevertheless continued to identify DAX and Odeeo as partners, including Odeeo operating as part of the DAX advertising proposition and Global material stating that DAX partners with Odeeo for premium mobile-game inventory.^{4, 5}

The fixed V6.5 adjudication therefore treats the direct equity contribution as a Strategic-FDI-type relationship. The investment remained recorded after the July 2024 ICJ advisory opinion and the November 2024 ICC warrants, establishing post-notice continuation of the investment position at the March 2025 reporting date.¹

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

The relationship is economically direct but limited in scale. Odeeo is a minority investment, not a Global-controlled Israeli subsidiary. The latest verified stake was 4%, and no audited evidence establishes a Global Israeli office, payroll, tax registration, controlled subsidiary or physical operating site.^{1, 11}

Public sources do not disclose the present Global ownership percentage, an Odeeo-only current carrying value, dividends, commission structure, revenue split, payment flows or Israel-specific Global revenue.^{1, 4} Aggregate investment balances in Global’s accounts combine Odeeo with other holdings and must not be presented as Odeeo-only amounts.

Most significantly, the audits identified no settlement-specific economic nexus: no verified office, outdoor concession, sourcing relationship, distribution activity, revenue stream or state/military contract in West Bank or East Jerusalem settlements or the occupied Syrian Golan.^{7, 8}

Named Entities and Evidence Map

Political: Political

Mechanism of Involvement

The Political score is based on the fixed V6.5 selective-silence/Double Standard adjudication. The qualifying target-lens conduct is Global’s own silence while economically integrated. Ukraine fundraising is an outside-lens comparator, not a qualifying Israeli institutional commitment; no such counterparty supports a higher Magnitude band. In March 2022 Global formally partnered with ITV, STV, Livewire and the Disasters Emergency Committee on the Concert for Ukraine fundraiser. Global’s Director of Broadcasting & Content publicly said the company was proud to support the appeal and help people in Ukraine.⁶

The Political audit searched Global’s corporate material through 8 October 2026 and identified no analogous company-level Global fundraising partnership or corporate humanitarian campaign specifically for Palestinian civilians.⁶ With a positive Economic score already established, the V6.5 Neutrality Floor places that selective-silence contrast in the Double Standard band. This scoring treatment does not convert silence into evidence of support for Israeli military policy.

The wider political audit was substantially exculpatory. It found no formal Global corporate statement endorsing the Israeli government, Palestinian political actors or Israeli military action in Gaza; no verified Israel-policy lobbying or anti-BDS financing; no verified corporate or named-principal donation to the IDF, FIDF, JNF/KKL, settlement groups or Israeli reservist funds; and no identified post-2024 escalation into corporate military financing or settlement sponsorship.

LBC’s editorial record contains controversies, but the audit did not attribute individual presenter, caller or guest statements automatically to Global. Ofcom’s 2022 ruling concerned inaccurate terminology used by an LBC reporter during protest coverage.¹⁹ A separate 2026 reported Ofcom case concerned a listener message and recorded remedial actions by LBC.²² Neither establishes an adopted Global policy supporting Israeli military action.

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

Global’s strongest defence is that the governing political score rests on a rubric-defined comparative silence, not affirmative pro-Israel advocacy. No audited evidence establishes that Global’s leadership formally supported Israeli military operations, settlement expansion or anti-BDS legislation.

The Sangita Myska episode illustrates the evidentiary restraint required. LBC publicly described her May 2024 departure as an end-of-contract schedule change.²⁰ The Independent reported listener speculation connecting the departure to an interview with an Israeli government spokesperson, but the audit identified no court, regulator or company document proving that the interview caused her contract not to be renewed.²¹ That allegation therefore remains unresolved and is not hardened into a corporate retaliation finding.

Global also markets LBC as having no political agenda and presenting a mix of opinions.²⁷ That is the company’s own representation and does not prove neutrality in every programme, but it is part of the relevant counter-evidence.

Named Entities and Evidence Map

Counter-Arguments

The evidence record supports several substantial defences for Global.

First, the verified Israeli nexus is principally a minority commercial investment in civilian adtech. Odeeo was not shown to be controlled by Global, and the audited 4% interest is a minority position.¹ No Global-owned Israeli subsidiary, Israeli headquarters or direct Israeli operational site was identified.

Second, the four audits found no verified military or security-sector supply relationship. There is no documented IDF or Israeli Ministry of Defence procurement contract, weapons supply, military logistics role, purpose-built targeting system, offensive-cyber capability or settlement-infrastructure contract attributable to Global.^{7, 8}

Third, the technology evidence is commercial. AppsFlyer, Gigya and Odeeo are present in advertising, analytics or customer-data contexts, but no audited source establishes Global deployment of those technologies for Israeli military, intelligence, law-enforcement or biometric-surveillance purposes.^{15, 18}

Fourth, no settlement-specific operation was verified. Global was not identified in the reviewed OHCHR settlement-business material, subject to the database’s stated limits, and no Global or Odeeo office, concession, sourcing arrangement or contract in settlements was established.⁷

Finally, the Political score should not be read as proof of an affirmative pro-Israel corporate policy. The governing fact is the contrast between Global’s formal Ukraine humanitarian mobilisation and the absence of an analogous Palestinian-civilian corporate campaign in the material reviewed.⁶ The same audit identified no formal corporate endorsement of Israeli military action and rejected unsupported attribution of presenter speech or unresolved employment allegations to the company.

Complicity Index Score

Method: V6.5

• V_MAX: 4.24 Avg_OTHERS: 0.71
• BRS Score: 365 Tier: D (Moderate Complicity)

V_MAX is driven by the verified direct £1.6 million/$2 million equity investment in Israel-based Sonic Odeeo, the 4% holding documented at 31 March 2025 and the continuing DAX/Odeeo commercial relationship.^{1, 2, 4} The secondary Political score reflects the vetted Neutrality Floor treatment of Global’s formal Ukraine humanitarian mobilisation against the absence of an analogous Palestinian-civilian corporate campaign in the reviewed material.⁶

The V6.5 method is scale-free and evidence-only: Impact evaluates the type of activity, Magnitude its scale, and Proximity its directness. The final figures above are the fixed human-vetted scores and are not altered by allegations that failed attribution or verification.

Methodology Note

• Evidence-only: Findings are limited to facts established in the four domain audits. Allegations marked unresolved or unverified are either carried with those qualifications or excluded.
• Scale-free scoring: Impact reflects the activity type, Magnitude the scale of the verified activity, and Proximity the directness of the target’s involvement.
• Temporal treatment: Divested or exited activities are mitigated, while documented continuation after relevant notice dates can affect the evaluation. The Odeeo holding was still recorded at 31 March 2025.¹
• Entity attribution: Conduct is attributed only where evidence connects it to Global Media & Entertainment Limited, its controlled entities or an applicable principal under the audit rules. Namesakes, unaffiliated advertisers, guests, callers and presenters are not assigned transitively to the company.
• Settlement treatment: A verified settlement operation may have consequences in both Economic and Political under the methodology, but no qualifying settlement operation was identified here.⁷
• Negative findings: Where focused checks found no qualifying evidence, the audits use “No public evidence identified” rather than asserting that an activity could never have occurred.