| BET International | |
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| Launched | 27 February 2008 |
| Owned by | BET Networks (Viacom) |
| Audience share | United Kingdom: 0.0% 0.0% (+1) (May 2011, BARB) |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom, Ireland, Africa, Middle East |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Timeshift service | BET +1 (UK only) |
| Website | www.bet.com |
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| Satellite | |
| Sky United Kingdom, Ireland |
Channel 191 Channel 198 (+1) |
| Freesat United Kingdom |
Channel 140 Channel 141 (+1) |
| HiTV Nigeria |
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| MultiChoice South Africa | |
| Orbit Showtime Middle East |
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BET International (Black Entertainment Television) is a television channel in the UK, Ireland, Africa and the Middle East. It was launched on Wednesday 27 February 2008 in the UK [1] with headquarters in London. BET is a mix of content from the main Black Entertainment Television channel in the US and locally produced shows.[2][3]
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BET International Inc was given a license to broadcast in the UK in May 2007 by Ofcom. In 2006 it was announced that BET would hold its first annual Hip-Hop Awards and as part of the announcement they also stated there would be a "Best UK Artist" category, the winner being Sway [4].
BET launched on the Sky platform in the UK on February 27, 2008, one day earlier than originally advertised. It began with various BET content, such as 106 & Park, American Gangster and College Hill. The channel is available on Sky 191 and a one hour timeshift channel is available on Sky 198. The channel launched on Freesat in August 2008, on channel 140. BET +1 was added to Freesat when it launched in late 2008.[5]. These signals are also available for free in the rest of Europe via satellite Eurobird 1.
On September 24, 2008 tests appear for BET on Virgin TV but the channel did not launch.
The channel is also available in Nigeria via HiTV (Pay-TV)[6], in South Africa through MultiChoice[7] and via Orbit Showtime Network in the Middle East[8].
On 1 July 2009, BET launched a temporary HD channel, exclusively on Freesat, simulcasting BET, to cover the BET Awards in honour of the late "King of Pop" Michael Jackson. The channel was removed from the EPG on 4 July 2009.[9]
These are some of the programs currently running on BET UK:
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