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 | CBS Entertainment Group (Paramount Global) |
Parent | BET Networks |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | January 25, 1980USA Network timeshare) July 1, 1983 (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 |
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 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]
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