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	Black Entertainment Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		BET shows many of the latest music videos as well.The network, commonly referred to as BET, is essentially the urban equivalent of corporate sibling MTV, as most of its programming comprises of hip-hop and RandB music videos as well as religious programming, public affairs programs, and urban-oriented movies and series.
		BET Tonight was relaunched as a daily newscast, BET Nightly News with Jacque Reid, which began in 1999 as an extension of its news coverage.
		BET was also criticized in 2005 for naming its "Man of the Year" Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television (1294 words)

	Black Entertainment Television celebrates 25th birthday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Johnson began Black Entertainment Television from the basement of his Washington home in 1980 and -- like operators of CNN, ESPN and MTV in the same era -- he was the quickest and most adept at capitalizing on an idea during the infancy of cable television.
		BET is now a sister network to MTV, and the special bore all of the hallmarks of that affiliation.
		The most frequent criticism of BET through the years is that it doesn't reflect the lives of fl Americans more broadly, both in their interests and age groups.
	www.abcactionnews.com /entertainment/stories/0511/051101bet.shtml (531 words)

	Black Entertainment USA: Babies, Aladdin and Black Entertainment Television
		While the saturation of television sets in homes was nowhere near what it is today, it was not uncommon for multiple families, and all members of an individual family, to be watching any particular show.
		while crossing timesquare during lunch there were two fl women behind me speaking about the current scandal of the fl stripper who was supposedly raped by white members of the lacrosse team she was entertaining at a party.
		I work in television and I know that it is a delicate balance to make money as a business and still provide an outlet for positive portrayls for an entire group of people, but that's no excuse for BET to have a good 99% of downright blaxploitation programming.
	www.blackentertainmentblog.com /2006/04/babies-aladdin-and-black-entertainment.html (1206 words)

	Black Entertainment Television
		Black Entertainment Television (BET) is the first and only television network in the United States primarily devoted to the attraction of African American viewers.
		Thus while MTV was being criticized in 1983 for excluding fl artists from its playlist (Tina Turner and the interracial group English Beat excepted), many viewers were tuning into BET for such offerings.
		BET was the brainchild of Robert L. Johnson, who developed the idea for the network in 1979 while serving as vice president for governmental relations at the National Cable Television Association.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/B/htmlB/blackenterta/blackenterta.htm (684 words)

	Black Entertainment Television
		According to Nielsen Media Research, the leading provider of television information services in the U.S, “African-Americans are the largest minority segment of the U.S. television household population, comprising approximately 12 percent of the 102 million TV households.
		The underrepresention of fls on television led to a fairly recent investigation by the NAACP.
		BET is the only mainstream television network dedicated to African Americans and its time for these needs to be addressed.
	www.angelfire.com /realm2/mynizzle/BET.html (2091 words)

	math lessons - Black Entertainment Television
		Black Entertainment Television (BET for short) is the first television network geared towards African-Americans.
		BET was founded by Robert L. Johnson in January of 1980.
		While BET is successful in some ways, it has left much on the table as it pertains to addressing issues and concerns of the more educated viewer, regardless of race.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/BET (236 words)

	Presidential Candidate John Kerry Opens Door for Rival Sharpton to Address Democratic National Convention
		BET NIGHTLY NEWS Sets Two-Part Interview With the Projected Democratic Nominee on May 3 and 4; Series Preview Tonight at 11 p.m.
		The BET Network reaches more than 78 million households according to Nielsen media research, and can be seen in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
		BET is a dominant consumer brand in the urban marketplace with a diverse group of branded businesses: BET.com, the Number 1.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-29-2004/0002163736&EDATE= (293 words)

	Boycott Black Entertainment Television
		BAIM has started a boycott against Black Entertainment Television (BET) to remove the one, two, three-dimensional depiction of the fl culture.
		There is a time for entertainment, a time for business and a time for purpose.
		Black Entertainment Television has discontinued its last thought provoking programs, such as, BET Tonight, Lead Story, and Teen Summit.
	www.emergingminds.org /beaboutit.html (306 words)

	Black Entertainment Television celebrates 25th birthday - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Johnson began Black Entertainment Television from the basement of his Washington home in 1980 and became the America's first fl billionaire upon selling BET to Viacom in 2000.
		Johnson began Black Entertainment Television from the basement of his Washington home in 1980 and - like operators of CNN, ESPN and MTV in the same era - he was the quickest and most adept at capitalising on an idea during the infancy of cable television.
		BET's anniversary celebration also included a special first aired Sunday: All Shades of Fine: 25 Hottest Men of the Past 25 Years.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20051101T200000-0500_91591_OBS_BLACK_ENTERTAINMENT_TELEVISION_CELEBRATES___TH_BIRTHDAY.asp (574 words)

	White Entertainment Television Online // Black & White (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		“Black Power” is NOT the same as “Black Superiority.” “Black Power” means “overcome oppression and racism.” It means “rise to the level of the White race.” Not by any means necessary, and not by force, but with persistence.
		And if anyone who bashes B.E.T. would actually take the time to sit down and watch it for more than 15 minutes would realize that the majority of their criteria that isn’t music videos is directed toward the general public, and not only to Black people.
		Blacks weren’t even put on main stream television until the mid 80’s with the Cosbys and the group Run DMC allowed on MTV.
	www.wet-online.com /news/040109a.asp (1372 words)

	Black Entertainment Television and Microsoft Announce New Alliance
		BET, the leader in high-quality entertainment and information programming for African Americans, and Microsoft, the worldwide leader in software for personal computers, will work together closely to produce a broad range of engaging content, including Internet online programming, interactive television and CD-ROM titles.
		Its core business, Black Entertainment Television Inc. (BET), is an advertiser-supported, basic cable television programming service launched in January 1980 that serves as both a cultural center and an information source for BET's target audience.
		The BET Cable Network airs a variety of music-video shows, as well as originally produced and syndicated programming, 24 hours a day, to 44.2 million households with cable.
	www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/1996/feb96/msbetpr.mspx (813 words)

	African American Registry: Black Entertainment Television sold!
		Robert L. Johnson, Chairman and majority owner of BET Holdings, and founder of Black Entertainment Television, the first and largest national cable network targeted to African Americans, would remain Chairman and CEO, reporting to Viacom President and Chief Operating Officer Mel Karmazin.
		BET Holdings II, Inc. was the first African-American owned and operated media and Entertainment Company to provide quality television programming, entertainment products, publishing and Internet services specifically designed to appeal to African-American interests.
		BET Holdings, which owns and operates four networks (Black Entertainment Television, BET on Jazz: The Jazz Channel, BET Action Pay Per View, and BET International); is an investor in four magazines with Vanguard Media (Heart & Soul, IMPACT, Honey and Savoy); and owns Arabesque Books, the leading African-American line of romance novels.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/621/Black_Entertainment_Television_sold (225 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Billion Dollar Bet: Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television: Livres en ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Against overwhelming odds, BET founder Robert Johnson blasted through social and economic barriers using his intelligence and charm, first establishing himself in the realm of Washington politics and later in the media business.
		As one of the richest fl men in America as well as its first fl billionaire, Johnson’s success with BET has been a social examination into both race and capitalism with his many detractors holding him to a higher standard of cultural responsibility from which his competitors are exempt.
		Engaging and informative, The Billion Dollar BET skillfully examines Johnson’s humble origins, his dogged and inspired climb to the top, and his often controversial tenure at the helm of one of the most influential media outlets in the country.
	www.amazon.fr /Billion-Dollar-Bet-Entertainment-Television/dp/0471423637 (736 words)

	Black entertainment television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Juan Johnson, the leader of the empire that publishes the compartments of the ebony and the jet, died recently in the age of 87.
		They have sacudarido to the fl community of Hamilton to its base on perspective of the meetings and the fresh protests of Klu Klux Klan after an illegal foreigner of the Mexican slope it attacked an old sexual girl of nine years.
		A main minister in the fl community of the C.C. has opened hurt well-hidden within the African American community as he whipped towards outside against homosexuals.
	television.shopping112.com /black-entertainment-television.htm (1172 words)

	(B.E.T) Black Entertainment Television Petition
		Black Entertainment Television's exploitation of a powerful race of people is disgrace.
		The answer is "no," and for that reason, Black Entertainment Television must make a change.
		The (B.E.T) Black Entertainment Television Petition to Viacom Incorporated was created by and written by Alexander Galloway (ratking@sccoast.net).
	www.petitiononline.com /h72w2a11/petition.html (509 words)

	Television Entertainment Centers - Black TV Stand
		Television entertainment centers for all types of TVs.
		The supportive body is constructed of quality MDF and fashioned to create a distinctive and proud appearance in your home.
		In fact, placing a smaller-sized television on this platform will then allow you room to display decor items or a DVD holder.
	www.ergoindemand.com /black-plasma-stand.htm (388 words)

	Interview on Black Entertainment Television's Youth Town Hall
		I always say to people that I am the American Secretary of State who is fl, and I'm very proud to be fl and I am very proud to have come up through this wonderful American system of ours.
		I am the Secretary of State who is proud to be fl and proud to be in a Republican administration.
		And because of this wonderful system we have, I went from a fl kid in the South Bronx section of New York to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the number one military person in the Armed Forces of the United States, and Secretary of State.
	www.state.gov /secretary/former/powell/remarks/2003/17841.htm (6093 words)

	Programming -- Channels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Description: BET is the nation's first and only television network providing a platform for quality programming highlighting African-American culture.
		Viewers find BET not only entertaining but also educational.
		BET represents the best in entertainment, trend-setting music videos, news, public affairs, jazz, specials, off-network sitcoms, gospel and college sports.
	commercial.dishnetwork.com /content/channels/index.asp?NetwID=50380 (48 words)

	Amazon.com: The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television: Books: Brett ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		And The Billion Dollar BET (John Wiley and Sons, $24.95), by Forbes senior editor Brett Pulley, is filled with enough sex, villains, and betrayal to make it a guilty pleasure.
		Against all odds, this child of a poor, fl rural family became a media pioneer and a very wealthy man. A visionary, he started Black Entertainment Television (BET) with $15,000, four employees, and incredible energy and ambition.
		BET is more than its endless showing of music videos, movies, reruns and the popular 106 and Park, it has news programs and shows that help improve the livelihood of African-Americans everywhere.
	www.amazon.com /Billion-Dollar-BET-Entertainment-Television/dp/0471423637 (2297 words)

	BET (Black Entertainment Television) - Neowin.net
		What if there was a TV station that was called, WET (White Entertainment Television).
		BET has been a staple of the fl community for years.
		"Black Star Power" is meant to show those who feel that all is lost that there is world for intelligent, positive African-Americans.
	www.neowin.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=191708 (868 words)

	Black Entertainment Television
		Launched in 1980, Black Entertainment Television (BET) is the nation’s first and only Black-owned cable television network, featuring quality Black entertainment, music, sports, and public affairs.
		Says the internship coordinator: “Entertainment is the first thing people think of with BET, but the people here are [BET’s] best asset.
		In 1991, BET, through its parent company BET Holdings, Inc., became the first fl-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
	www.princetonreview.com /cte/profiles/internshipGenInfo.asp?internshipID=165 (195 words)

	BET (Black Entertainment Television) - Neowin.net
		maybe they can change their phrase to "fl stars serving our culture" and you will be ok with it.
		im fl and i live in boston, usually im one of a handful of fls in the place and i dont feel uncomfortable at all.
		and bet doesnt feel it should only be watched by fl people its just a channel that has fl people doing a television broadcast.
	www.neowin.net /forum/index.php?s=90e77488ecbb5e88ec...9&showtopic=191708&st=30& (1454 words)

	Black Entertainment Television, Inc. Company Profile - News, Press Releases, Key Numbers & Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Black Entertainment Television (BET) is best known for its cable TV programming, which includes sitcoms, dramas, music, and news -- all aimed at the African-American community.
		The network, part of BET Holdings, also has other endeavors include digital channels BET Jazz (African-American lifestyle, cultural, and music programming), BET Gospel, and BET Hip Hop; and BET Pictures, which produces made-for-tv films and documentaries.
		Founded in 1980, BET is a part of the Viacom family of companies, which also includes MTV Networks and Paramount Pictures.
	www.smartbrief.com /allAccess/companyData.jsp?companyId=20005&brief=NATPE (152 words)

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