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BET
American basic cable channel owned by Paramount / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the television channel. For other uses, see Bet.
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting Black American audiences. It is currently owned by the BET Media Group, a subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group. Originally launched as a program block on January 25, 1980, BET would eventually become a full-fledged channel on July 1, 1983.
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![]() Logo since 2021 | |
Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | United States Canada |
Headquarters | New York City, New York[1] |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Paramount Global |
Parent | BET Media Group (CBS Entertainment Group) |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | January 25, 1980 (1980-01-25) (USA Network timeshare) July 1, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-07-01) (all-time channel) |
Founder | Robert L. Johnson Sheila Johnson |
Links | |
Website | www![]() |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Service(s) | Hulu + Live TV, fuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo |
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As of November 2023[update], 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.[2]