Black Entertainment Television Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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. Johnson is also the chairman and chief executive officer of BET. Today, BET is owned by Viacom, and operated by its subsidiary, MTV Networks.
By some in the U.S, the existence of BET is questioned as being discriminatory. Others point out that the network plays rap most of the time, and doesn't focus on the public affiars of the black community. This is a problem that has been made worse by Viacom's cutbacks of BET's public affiars department, although under Viacom, BET launched a daily newscast.