BET

Black Entertainment Television (BET)
	Logo since 2021
Country	United States
Broadcast area	United States; Canada
Headquarters	New York City, New York
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	CBS Entertainment Group; (Paramount Global)
Parent	BET Networks
Sister channels	List Nickelodeon; Nick Jr. Channel; Nicktoons; TeenNick; NickMusic; CBS; CBS Sports Network; CBS Sports HQ; CBS Sports Golazo Network; MTV; MTV2; MTV Tres; MTV Live; MTV Classic; BET Gospel; BET Her; BET Hip-Hop; BET Jams; BET Soul; VH1; Comedy Central; TV Land; Logo; CMT; CMT Music; Pop TV; Showtime; The Movie Channel; Flix; Paramount Network; Smithsonian Channel; ;
History
Launched	January 25, 1980 (USA Network timeshare); July 1, 1983 (all-time channel)
Founder	Robert L. Johnson; Sheila Johnson
Links
Website	www.bet.com
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)	Hulu + Live TV, fuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo

Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting Black American audiences. It is currently owned by the BET Networks 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.

As of February 2015,^[update] approximately 88,255,000 American households (75.8% of households with television) receive the channel.^[2]^[3]