VIACOM BET TO LAUNCH IN THE UK NEXT WEEK

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's BET Networks will launch in the UnitedKingdom next week as the Black entertainment network expands its globalreach.BET will make its debut in Britain on February 28 to more than 8.8 milliondigital satellite homes on BSkyB with a roster of U.S. shows.Founded in 1979 by businessman Robert Johnson, BET is the most prominentnetwork covering African-American entertainment and culture. U.S. cablecompany Comcast Corp and Radio One Inc. launched rival TV One in 2004.In Britain, where executives said no direct rival of BET's size exists, thenetwork will offer shows including "106 & Park," a music and variety show,"College Hill," a reality show about students, and "American Gangster," adocumentary series about notorious criminals.Over time, the channel is expected to court British programmers to developshows, executives said.The black adult audience in Britain is estimated to be about 2 millionviewers, BET International General Manager Michael Armstrong said in aninterview, adding, "Our goal is to reach all consumers of black culture.that will expand out to different races within the adult set.""For the U.K. version of BET, we will be giving BET's U.S. content aregionalized look and feel that reflects the U.K. marketplace, and as wegrow and develop the channel, we look forward to partnering with the U.K.creative industry to give BET an even stronger British accent," Armstrongsaid in a statement.BET will also launch a broadband Web site for its U.K. channel at a laterdate.BET said it currently reaches more than 87 million households, citingNielsen Media in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.Reuters/Nielsen

[Numero001]

BET is wack, they can f*ck offOnly The Wire and American Gangster were any good

[Jubez Fresco]

LOL @ THE EXCITEMENTBET is the shittest of the sh*t, an upgraded version of Channel U when it was still good.Seriously that's how piss poor it is.

[gemma]

the wire is shown on HBOcollege hill looks jokes

[Numero001]

I swear they were showing re-runs on BET.

[Uncle Fargas]

wil it come on virgin?

[McLovin' Jones]

BET is wack, they can f*ck off

106 & Park if done daily as usual might get my interest...

[Superstition]

One more shitty channel to choose fromJoyful, joyful

[Gillie]

This would be a flop....I give it a year

[Numero001]

BET is wack, they can f*ck off

106 & Park if done daily as usual might get my interest...

KMT Thats pie. One of the worst shows on there, even Rap City is pie. Same ol' BS day in day out.Rocsi aint even thaaaat choong. Terrence always has on the fly kicks tho

[Gillie]

Rocsi voice sounds so awful

[revs]

i bet this will be off air in a year

[Apocalyptica]

LoL at BET being swag. They got some sick excloos shows. There's one 'reality' show with Keyshia Cole in it documentating her life. Hope that get's shown here.

[Numero001]

LoL at BET being swag. They got some sick excloos shows. There's one 'reality' show with Keyshia Cole in it documentating her life. Hope that get's shown here.

You must have watched for a week. I'm sure you must have been to America or Caribbean and watched it hoping to see some gooood sh*t. First 3 days its the sh*t, then you notice its as repetitive as MTV Base and the only reason why it was good for the 1st 3 days was you hadnt seen certain videos before.Anyone that watch BET last summer will agree that the videos they showed on repeat were, Ay Bay Bay, Leave 'Em Alone, T.I. - Big sh*t Poppin' and about 4 others that I cant remember right nowThe movies they show are sh*t majority of the time, but yeah they have a couple decent programs

[Jodie]

Yea i like BET. Well i aint watched that channel in ages. Only really seen College Hill and 106 & Park.I dnt think it will flop.

[djbmc]

[VENOM]

they have some good shows, some good comedies too,pple saying its swag r expeting too much, what the f*ck does regular tv show these days anyway?

[Afroman]

they have some good shows, some good comedies too,pple saying its swag r expeting too much, what the f*ck does regular tv show these days anyway?

[kurious]

better have comic view and that tyler perry show

[VENOM]

better have comic view and that tyler perry show

innit for those 2 alone, its good enough. bbc gives you that wace jocelyn shown and they cussing BET

[Numero001]

they have some good shows, some good comedies too,pple saying its swag r expeting too much, what the f*ck does regular tv show these days anyway?

Have a point but is it realy gonna do anything that different to what MTV Base does? Like honestly?

[Don Crack]

Great, whats the UK gonna imitate this time from a music channel...

[Mr. BLK]

comicview is ill106 & park fell off after aj and free stopped working togther

[Sneakz]

what channel is this on Sky.the only black show i followed was my wife and kidsgonna have to watch more black tv

[gemma]

why do people say it'll be off in a year?these people dont see how many RANDOM tv channels in sky that rarely get watched like teachers tv etc