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BET International

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 with headquarters in London. BET broadcast content from the main Black Entertainment Television channel in the US. No UK-originated content was ever produced for the channel.

BET International Inc. was given a licence 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.

BET launched on the Sky platform in the UK on 27 February 2008, one day earlier than it originally advertised. It began with various BET content, such as 106 & Park, American Gangster and College Hill. The channel is available on Sky Channel 194. The channel launched on Freesat in August 2008 on Channel 140. BET +1 was added to Freesat when it launched in late 2008. These signals are also available for free in the rest of Europe via satellite Eutelsat 28A. At the start of July 2009, a temporary HD event channel for the BET Awards 2009 was carried by Freesat.

BET Africa was available in Kenya on Zuku TV on Channel 125 and on StarTimes on Channel 132.

The channel was available on the Pan-African satellite broadcaster DStv on Channel 135 until 2 April 2015 when it was replaced with a domestic BET feed, which includes local shows alongside BET International's programming.

BET International was removed from StarSat in South Africa, and StarTimes across Africa on 30 November 2015.

On 4 November 2014, BET +1 closed, and was replaced by 5* +1 on Sky.

In 2018, BET Africa was added to GOtv Channel 21.

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