Global Media & Entertainment MILITARY

Target: Global Media & Entertainment Limited, company 06251684 Research cut-off: 8 October 2026 Domain: Military - military, defence and kinetic-purpose systems

Scope, identity and control

[pre-2020] Global Media & Entertainment Limited was incorporated on 18 May 2007 and is currently active at 30 Leicester Square, London; its latest Companies House overview records accounts to 31 March 2025 and a confirmation statement dated 18 May 2026.¹ Companies House records Michael Barry Tabor as the sole active person with significant control, with the nature of control stated as “has significant influence or control.”² [pre-2020] Ashley Daniel Tabor-King has been a current director since 8 September 2008, and Global’s own 2025 biography describes him as Founder & Executive President and says he founded Global in 2007.^{3, 4}

Global describes company 06251684 as the group parent; its 2024/25 modern-slavery statement says the group operates radio, outdoor advertising and DAX, employs more than 2,000 people, and operates in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, USA and Monaco.^{5, 6} Israel is not listed in that statement as an operating geography; that is a statement about the disclosed operating footprint, not evidence that Global has no customers, counterparties or investments connected to Israel.⁶

The similarly named Global Media Entertainment Ltd, company 12580958, is a separate active UK company incorporated on 30 April 2020 and is excluded from this audit.⁷ Global’s privacy policy identifies group data controllers including Global Media & Entertainment S.A.U. in Spain, while also explaining that some services link to advertisements and external platforms run by other companies.⁸ The Spanish group entity is treated as part of Global’s group scope; unrelated Spanish “Global” namesakes, external advertisers, presenters, guests and third-party destinations are not treated as Global’s own military-channel conduct without evidence of control or formal adoption.⁸

A related owner-lens distinction is also necessary. In 2026 iHeartMedia reported Global Media & Entertainment Investments Ltd (GMEI), a Bahamas company, as beneficial owner of 18,140,000 Class A shares, 14.0% of voting Class A and 11.6% on a fully converted basis; the filing states that Michael Tabor is beneficiary of the related trust.⁹ GMEI’s 2026 Form 13F likewise identifies the manager at a Nassau address.¹⁰ Separately, the UK company Global Media Investments Limited (GMI) recorded that Global Media & Entertainment Limited ceased to be its PSC on 18 May 2022 and that Michael Barry Tabor became PSC on the same date; GMI has overlapping directors including Ashley Tabor-King.^{11, 12} A 2025 report on an FCC filing described a proposed transfer of some or all of the iHeart stake from GMEI to related GMI and identified both as ultimately controlled by Michael Tabor.¹³ These records support an owner/family-investment lens but do not establish that the iHeart stake is directly held by company 06251684.^{11, 9, 10}

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Ministry of Defence, IDF and Israeli security-body contracts

Focused exact-name searches for Global Media & Entertainment Limited with the Israeli Ministry of Defence/IMOD, IDF, Israel Police and Israel Prison Service did not identify a verified contract, tender award, framework agreement or memorandum of understanding. No public evidence identified. The target was also not identified as a named military supplier in the reviewed UN A/HRC/59/23 material, the 2025 OHCHR settlement-business annexes or PAX’s 2024 arms-finance publication.^{14, 15, 16}

A potentially misleading exact-name result is the UK case Ministry of Defence v Global Media and Entertainment Limited and others. The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary records Global as one of several media defendants in litigation concerning a privacy injunction discharged in July 2025; this is litigation, not a procurement or supply contract.¹⁷

Defence trade directories and procurement registries

Focused searches for the exact target with SIBAT, Israeli defence-export directories and named Israeli defence primes did not identify a defence-trade listing or procurement-registry entry. No public evidence identified.^{14, 16}

Official cooperation announcements

No corporate or government announcement reviewed described Global entering an Israeli defence cooperation, joint venture or procurement relationship. No public evidence identified.^{5, 6}

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Verified Israel-linked commercial technology relationship

On 13 June 2022 Global announced a strategic investment in Odeeo, an Israel-based startup founded in 2021, and said DAX would become Odeeo’s exclusive sales partner in the UK and US. Global described Odeeo as delivering non-intrusive audio advertising in mobile games and providing advertisers advanced audience targeting.¹⁸ Odeeo separately announced a $9 million seed round led by Play Ventures and Global and described its product as an in-game audio advertising platform.¹⁹ Global’s accounts also described Odeeo as a strategic investment connected to in-game audio advertising.²⁰

The relationship continued beyond the July 2024 ICJ advisory opinion: a June 2025 DAX brand-safety document still listed Odeeo as its partner for curated premium mobile-game inventory.²¹ Global’s current advertising materials describe DAX as a commercial digital advertising platform with audience targeting across audio and outdoor inventory.²²

Nothing in the reviewed Odeeo/DAX material describes a tactical, mil-spec, weapons-integration, fire-control, target-generation or kinetic military function.^{18, 19, 21, 22} Under the audit’s designed-purpose test, the documented output is commercial advertising delivery rather than a targeting decision or weapons effect. No evidence was identified that Odeeo or DAX was sold by Global to the IDF, IMOD or another Israeli security end-user for a military purpose. No public evidence identified for a militarised product line, military-specified variant, Israeli-security end use, end-user certificate or defence export-control review.^{18, 21, 22}

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

Global’s disclosed business lines are radio/audio, outdoor advertising and digital advertising; its corporate disclosures do not describe it as a manufacturer of heavy machinery or construction equipment.^{6, 20} The 2025 OHCHR database of businesses involved in specified settlement-related activities lists 158 enterprises in Annex I and seven removed enterprises in Annex II; Global Media & Entertainment Limited does not appear in either annex.¹⁵ OHCHR states that the database covers only specified settlement-related activities and that resource constraints prevented assessment of every submission, so non-inclusion is not proof of no possible settlement-related activity.¹⁵

No verified evidence was identified of Global equipment being used for settlement construction, demolitions, the separation barrier, checkpoints, detention facilities, military bases or other military infrastructure, and no construction/engineering contract with such an end-user was identified. No public evidence identified.^{6, 15}

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

Focused searches for the exact target with Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries/IAI, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and IMI/Elbit Land did not identify a verified component, subsystem, raw-material or specialist-manufacturing supply relationship. No public evidence identified.^{14, 16}

No reviewed source identified a joint military development programme, co-production agreement, technology-transfer arrangement or licensed military manufacturing agreement between Global and an Israeli defence prime. No public evidence identified.^{14, 16}

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Global’s disclosed lines of business are media, outdoor advertising and DAX rather than catering, fuel, freight, base maintenance or military transport.⁶ No verified contract was identified for services to an IDF base, training facility, detention centre or other Israeli security installation. No public evidence identified.^{6, 14}

No verified shipping, freight-forwarding, port-handling or military-cargo relationship was identified. No public evidence identified.^{6, 14}

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No reviewed source identified Global as a manufacturer, integrator, maintainer or supplier of small arms, artillery, armoured vehicles, tactical drones, naval vessels, munitions, explosives, propellants, warhead components, missile-defence systems, combat aircraft, tanks, warships or ballistic-missile systems. No public evidence identified.^{14, 16}

No reviewed source identified Global as a supplier of guidance electronics, fire-control systems, radar components, propulsion units, warhead casings or purpose-built target-generation/weapons-integration software. No public evidence identified.^{14, 16} The verified Odeeo/DAX relationship is documented as advertising technology rather than a weapons or kinetic system.^{18, 21, 22}

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

No public export-licence grant, denial, suspension or revocation was identified for Global products supplied to Israeli military or security end-users. No public evidence identified.^{14, 16}

No investigation, citation or enforcement action was identified concerning Global’s compliance with an arms embargo, military export-control regime or sanctions rule in relation to Israel. No public evidence identified.^{14, 16}

No court challenge or judicial review was identified concerning an Israeli defence-supply relationship by Global. No public evidence identified. The 2025 UK Ministry of Defence litigation involved Global as a media defendant in privacy-injunction proceedings and does not establish a defence-supply relationship.¹⁷

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

UN and specialist-source screening

The published A/HRC/59/23 report was reviewed for the exact target; Global Media & Entertainment Limited was not identified as a named company in the reviewed report.¹⁴ The 2025 OHCHR settlement-business report assessed 215 enterprises, found reasonable grounds to include 158 in Annex I, and does not list Global Media & Entertainment Limited in either its included or removed-business annexes.¹⁵ The same report expressly states that its database does not cover all business activities connected to settlements and does not extend to Gaza or the occupied Syrian Golan.¹⁵

PAX’s June 2024 publication The Companies Arming Israel and Their Financiers concerns European financial institutions and companies supplying arms to Israel; the exact target was not identified as a named arms company in the reviewed publication.¹⁶ no public evidence identified in these screened materials of a Global military, weapons, military-logistics or settlement-infrastructure supply relationship.^{14, 15, 16}

Boycott, divestment and editorial scrutiny

No organised boycott, divestment or institutional-exclusion action was identified in the reviewed sources that specifically targeted Global for defence-sector activity. No public evidence identified.^{14, 16}

There is public scrutiny of Global-owned editorial output, but it does not establish military supply. Ofcom’s 13 June 2022 decision found LBC News in breach after a reporter repeatedly misdescribed the Israeli Embassy during 15 May 2021 coverage of Israel-Palestine protests; Ofcom records LBC Radio Limited as the licence holder.²³ These are editorial/employment-scrutiny records and do not by themselves evidence defence procurement, military supply or corporate adoption of every presenter, guest or interview position.²³

No public Global statement, defence-contract termination or military end-use monitoring commitment responding to pressure over an Israeli defence supply chain was identified. Focused searches also did not identify a formal statement by Global, Michael Tabor or Ashley Tabor-King committing the company to Israeli military operations or announcing support for a specific Israeli military campaign. No public evidence identified.^{5, 6, 4}

Controlling-principal lens

Michael Barry Tabor is the target’s current registered PSC, while Ashley Tabor-King is a current director and Global’s Founder & Executive President.^{2, 3, 4} The Ashley Tabor-King Foundation’s current Charity Commission profile lists grant-making purposes focused on first-responder welfare and young people and reports operations throughout England and Wales; Ashley Tabor-King is its chair.²⁴ Focused searches did not identify a verified FIDF/reservist-fund donation, Israeli defence-prime equity holding, defence-industry board role or other military-channel act by Michael Tabor or Ashley Tabor-King. No public evidence identified.^{2, 4, 24}

The iHeartMedia interest is relevant to the broader owner lens but the 2026 SEC filing identifies the holder as Bahamas-based GMEI, with Michael Tabor as beneficiary of its trust structure, rather than company 06251684.^{9, 10} Public evidence reviewed did not connect that media investment to Israeli military procurement or defence supply. No public evidence identified.^{9, 10}

Constructive-notice timing

The International Court of Justice delivered its advisory opinion concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, on 19 July 2024.²⁵ On 21 November 2024 the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.²⁶ Because no qualifying Global Military or settlement-infrastructure activity was identified, there is no evidenced target military relationship in this audit whose continuation can be tested against those notice dates. No public evidence identified of post-notice continuation of a qualifying Military relationship.^{14, 15, 16, 25, 26}

The Odeeo/DAX commercial adtech relationship was still documented in June 2025, after both dates, but the reviewed product evidence remains commercial advertising technology and does not establish a purpose-built kinetic or military function.^{21, 22}

Settlement nexus

Global Media & Entertainment Limited is not listed in the 2025 OHCHR settlement-business annexes, subject to the report’s stated scope and resource limitations.¹⁵ No verified Global contract or operational activity was identified for military-adjacent supply, construction, demolition, logistics or infrastructure in West Bank settlements, including East Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights. No verified Israeli outdoor-advertising concession or advertiser relationship with an Israeli military/security body was identified in the reviewed sources. No public evidence identified.^{6, 15}

Source-version clarification - 8 October 2026

The currently retrievable official modern-slavery statement at citation5 covers the financial year ending31March2026 and records board approval on25September2026.⁶ The earlier FY2024/25 and17September2025 descriptions attached to that URL in the preserved text above and its End Notes are superseded by this current-source clarification; that current URL is not relied on to prove those historical dates. Its disclosed operating footprint remains the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, USA andMonaco.⁶ This clarification does not identify an Israeli military, defence or kinetic-purpose supply relationship.⁶