BET International

BET International
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaAfrica
Middle East
South Korea
France
NetworkBET
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)English
Arabic
Korean
French
Picture format16:9 1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerParamount International Networks
History
Launched27 February 2008; 16 years ago (2008-02-27)
1 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-01) (South Africa)
Closed8 April 2021; 3 years ago (2021-04-08) (UK & Ireland)
Links
Websitewww.betintl.co.uk www.betafrica.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
GOtv (Sub-Saharan Africa)Channel 21
DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa)Channel 129
Zuku TV (Kenya)Channel 125

BET International (Black Entertainment Television) is an international television channel centred towards black culture. It is available in Africa, along with the Middle East/North Africa region. It was launched on 28 February 2008 in the UK and on 1 December 2015[1] with headquarters in London. BET broadcast content from the main Black Entertainment Television channel in the US and Canada. No UK-originated content was ever produced for the channel.[2][3]

  1. ^ "BET Networks Announces the Launch of BET in the UK". BET Networks. 2008-02-20. Archived from the original on 2008-03-08.
  2. ^ "Black TV network to expand to UK". Digital Spy. 2007-06-20.
  3. ^ "BET comes to Britain". The Voice. 2007-06-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.