Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable network targeting Black audiences. It is the flagship channel of the BET Media Group, a subsidiary of Paramount Skydance Corporation's Media Networks division. Launched as a USA Network programming block on January 25, 1980, BET would eventually become a full-fledged channel in September 1982.
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- BET Jams
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- Logo since June 27, 2021
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- (USA Network timeshare) (full time channel)
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- 480i SDTV
- Television channel.founder
- Robert L. JohnsonSheila Johnson
- Television channel.owner
- Paramount Media Networks(Paramount Skydance Corporation)
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- BET Media Group
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- United States
- Television channel.area
- United States and Latin America
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- New York City, New York
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- Affiliated streaming service(s)
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- BET+Paramount+
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- Service(s)
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- Hulu + Live TV, FuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV
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- United States
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- MTV Jams
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- MTV Jams
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years
- Becoming a full-time channel
- Sale to Viacom/Paramount
- Programming
- Criticism
- Sister networks
- Spin-off channels
- BET Gospel
- Current programming
- BET Jams
- International networks
- BET International
- Canada
- France
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable network targeting Black audiences. It is the flagship channel of the BET Media Group, a subsidiary of Paramount Skydance Corporation's Media Networks division. Launched as a USA Network programming block on January 25, 1980, BET would eventually become a full-fledged channel in September 1982.
, BET is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 92,000,000 households.
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