As part of Viacom's 2017 restructuring plan, the network is speculated to slowly wind down operations over time. [12], In March 2017, president of programming Stephen Hill and executive vice president of original programming Zola Mashariki both stepped down.

Mass media companies based in Washington, D.C. Television channels and stations established in 1983, Articles with dead external links from July 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Pages using infobox television channel with unknown parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2016, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Check local listings/cable providers for channel numbers, George Cheeks (CEO, CBS Entertainment Group), This page was last edited on 10 September 2020, at 23:20. Daily programming on the network consists of acquired television series and both theatrically and direct-to-video-released films. [6] Cheryl D. Miller designed the logo that would represent the network.[7]. As of May 2018, the feed now airs current music videos and other acquired sitcoms and films in place of blacked-out programs. Black Entertainment Television is an American pay television channel targeting African American audiences. BET launched a news program, BET News, in 1988, with Ed Gordon as its anchor. In 1991, the network became the first black-controlled TV company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 'NO LYE: AN AMERICAN BEAUTY STORY' GIVES EXCELLENT HISTORY LESSON", "Viacom will debut 15 channels on Pluto TV to bolster its upfront pitch", "Tyler Perry Sets First of Four BET Series: White House Soap 'The Oval' (Exclusive)", "Viacom CEO Supports Paramount And Non-Core Networks – But For How Long? BET's programming began with a wide range of comedy, news and current affairs, public affairs, and music programming, including mainstream rap, hip-hop and R&B music videos (which now air on its branded sister networks) and the network's former flagship program, 106 & Park (which debuted on September 11, 2000 and ended on December 19, 2014). This article was most recently revised and updated by, Official Site of the Black Entertainment Television. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Black Entertainment Television (BET, faisant partie de BET Networks) est une chaîne de télévision américaine spécialisée basée à Washington, s'adressant prioritairement à un public afro-américain.

The Company offers shows, music, lifestyle shows, sports, and news. Black Entertainment Television (BET), American cable television network and multimedia group providing news, entertainment, and other programming developed primarily for African American viewers. En octobre 2015 est annoncé le lancement de BET France pour le 17 novembre 2015. BET's programming is distributed on DVD and through video-on-demand services under the name BET Home Entertainment. It is owned by the ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks unit of ViacomCBS and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and was formerly headquartered in Washington, D.C. As of February 2015, approximately 88,255,000 American households receive the channel. BET was listed on the New York Stock Exchange until 1998, when Johnson and other investors gained private control of the firm. We had public affairs programming. EXTRA! BET also carries and produces several Award telecasts, including the network's own BET Awards, which were established in 2001 to celebrate African Americans and different minorities in music, acting, sports and other parts of entertainment over the past year, and The BET Honors, which were established in 2008 to honor the lives and achievements of African-American luminaries and are presented during Black History Month each February. READ ALL ABOUT IT! BET Hip-Hop is a music video network owned by BET Networks which is exclusive to digital cable systems.