BET Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === BET International === {{Main|BET International}} BET UK first transmitted on Videotron (now known as Virgin Media) and several other subscription providers from 1993 until 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://madnews.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/hello-world |title=Black Entertainment Television (Bet) Uk Launch β What Happened??? Β« Www.Madnews.Biz |publisher=Madnews.wordpress.com |date=2007-12-30 |access-date=2011-08-05}}</ref> In May 2007 by [[Ofcom]], BET International Inc. was given a license to rebroadcast in the United Kingdom. [[BET International]] is the first international version of the channel and is available in Europe, Africa and the Middle East through satellite providers. BET launched on February 27, 2008, on Sky channel 191 and began to be carried by [[Freesat]] channel 140 on August 8, 2008. BET+1 is also available on Sky channel 198 and Freesat channel 141, and is free-to-air. [[BET International]] shows with a mix of content from the main BET channel and locally produced shows. An exclusive, but temporary, HD version of the channel was made to show the 2009 BET Awards on Freesat EPG 142. BET is additionally an associate member of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cctvcoop.com/listChannels.aspx |title=Member channels of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative |publisher=Cctvcoop.com |access-date=2011-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816125823/http://www.cctvcoop.com/listChannels.aspx |archive-date=2011-08-16 }}</ref> BET launched an app called BET Play allowing international access to BET content in over 100 countries in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|title=BET Play is Viacom's new $4 per month streaming service, arriving today outside the U.S.|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/22/bet-play-is-viacoms-new-4-per-month-streaming-service-arriving-today-outside-the-u-s/|website=TechCrunch.com|date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=15 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> The channel was shut down on April 8, 2021, with its content moved to [[My5]] and [[Pluto TV]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page