BET (Black Entertainment Television)

Cable Network




BET, a subsidiary of Viacom, Inc., is the nation's leading television network providing quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs programming for the African-American audiences. BET is a dominant consumer brand in the urban marketplace with a diverse group of branded businesses: BET.com, the number one Internet portal for African Americans; BET Digital Networks-; BET Jazz, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, specializing in a full range of event production services, including event management, venue selection, talent recruitment, sound, lighting and stage production; and BET Books, the nation's leading publisher of African-American themed romance novels under the Arabesque Books label and publisher of new imprints Sepia and New Spirit.

Locations

One BET Plaza - 1235 W Street, NEWashington, DC 20018–1211Phone: 202-608-2000Fax: 202–608-2631

Home Page: http://www.bet.com
Subscribers: 87,000,000 (11/07) [Source: Network]Cable Service Type: National Cable Program ServicesDistribution Area: US, Canada, CaribbeanAffiliates: 2,622Launch Date: January 1980Service Hours: 24/daySatellites Used: Hughes Galaxy 5, Transponder 20Programming Genres: Arts/Culture/History, General Entertainment, Multicultural/Foreign Language, Music, News/Business/Info, Other, SportsService Levels: Basic – Analog or Digital

Cable Programs

106 & ParkAmerican GangsterBaldwin HillsBET StyleBobby Jones GospelBufuCollege Hill: InternsComicViewHip-Hop vs. AmericaJudge MooneyKeyshia Cole 2: The Way It IsLift Every VoiceRap CitySOB: Socially Offensive BehaviorSoul FoodStudent Center, TheTake the Cake

Executives

Scott Mills - President & Chief Operating OfficerLouis Carr - President, Broadcast Media SalesMichael Pickrum - Chief Financial OfficerReginald Hudlin - President, EntertainmentDenmark West - President, Digital Media GroupPaxton Baker - Executive Vice President & General Manager, BET J & Digital NetworksStephen Hill - Executive Vice President, Entertainment, Programming, Music & TalentByron Marchant - Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Administration OfficerByron Phillips - Executive Vice President, EntertainmentJanet Rolle - Executive Vice President, & Chief Marketing OfficerMichael Armstrong - Senior Vice President, BET InternationalJeanine Liburd - Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Public AffairsAlvin Bowles - Senior Vice President, Integrated MarketingTom Reynolds - Vice President, Chief of StaffDarrell Walker - EVP Business Affairs Raymond Goulbourne - EVP Broadcast Media Sales