Paramount Global Looking To Shutter Both BET And MTV Base Africa In Major Restructure

Paramount Global‘s Africa offices may close, local channels may be shuttered, and staffers’ roles could be impacted, company executives told employee…

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Paramount Global Is In Exclusive Talks To Sell BET For $1.6 Billion

Paramount Global is in exclusive talks to sell its Black Entertainment Television network to buyers that include BET Chief Executive Officer Scott Mi…

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Paramount Is Reportedly In Talks To Sell BET For Almost $2 Billion

For most of 2023, Paramount has been looking to sell BET. Reportedly, earlier this year, Paramount decided that the offers for BET were not worth it …

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Paramount, Home To MTV And Nickelodeon Reportedly Up For Sale or Merger

Recently, Paramount, the parent company of Nickelodeon and Paramount+, has been looking to sell some of its assets and make cuts to others. Now, acco…

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BET's Future As A Linear Channel Up In The Air As Tyler Perry Reportedly Backs Out Of Deal

Media mogul Tyler Perry refuses to cough up the $3 billion-plus that Paramount is asking in an auction of Black Entertainment Television — and the fi…

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Tyler Perry To Take Control Over BET And Likely VH1

Tyler Perry (Madea, Gone Girl), founder and CEO of Tyler Perry Studios, will take control of BET, The Streamr has learned. The deal comes as a relief…

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Paramount Global In Talks With Tyler Perry To Sell Majority Stake In BET

Paramount Global is mulling the possible sale of a majority stake in BET Media Group, which includes the BET cable network, BET Studios and VH1, a so…

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VH1 Is Making A Comeback On International Shores Through BET

VH1 started life as a music channel for older demos but gradually shifted towards reality TV, and more recently has targeted the African American aud…

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Roundups #85: Live-Action Pac-Man Movie Is In The Works, BET+ Acquired Broadcasting Rights To South African Drama Series Pulse And Doom Patrol Alongside Titans Expected To Be Cancelled

Pac-Man to get feature filmA live-action film is in development based on the classic arcade game character with an endless appetite, Pac-Man.The proj…

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Roundups #54: The Wendy Williams Show Is Reportedly Dead, Fenty Beauty Expands To Africa And Katy Perry Lands The Lead Role In Melody

Wendy is nowhere in siteWendy Williams insists she's getting her show back despite getting replaced by Sherri Shepherd. It’s hard to say goodbye …

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Roundups #29: Viewers On e.tv Can Sigh In Relief As Isono Is NOT Coming For Durban Gen's Head, Noxolo Preps Her Wedding Gown In Qhayiya Phato's Novel That Is Sure To Leave You Spellbound And If You're Looking For A Little Fear Factor And Wipeout Tune Into Kicking And Screaming On eReality

Isono has got another headEarlier in the week, it was reported that e.tv picked up rights to BET's first local telenovela Isono and will be launc…

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Insidus Content Roundups #2: Bel-Air A Reboot Of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Streaming February 13th On Peacock And Nicktoons Upcoming Series Big Nate Streaming February 17th On Paramount+ Alongside The Fairly OddParents Live-Action Comedy This March

Ever wondered how Will Smith's life was as a kid now is your chanceBel-Air is an upcoming American drama streaming television series developed by…

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Paramount+ New Series And Movies Coming In 2022 Some Of Which Will Likely Surface Comedy Central, MTV, BET And Nickelodeon

Paramount+ is still rolling out in more regions and there's no specific timeframe on when viewers will be able to view the content. Here's th…

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SPI International Expands Its Offering To More Homes In Africa + Several Cancellations On The Cards For These Series On M-Net, SABC And BET + MultiChoice And Televisa Make TLNovelas A Permanent Channel

"Still making money move", Cardi BSPI/FilmBox and AXIAN Group are pleased to announce a brand-new distribution deal that makes four channel…

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ViacomCBS: Could BET Africa Be On The Chopping Block?

BET has been available in Africa for nearly a decade offering a range of shows such as Real Husbands Of Hollywood, The Wendy Williams Show, Being Mar…

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ViacomCBS Will Be Launching A New Channel Carrying Content From BET And Showtime, Will This Perhaps Get Added On StarSat Or Serve As A Replacement To BET Africa On DStv?

ViacomCBS is to launch SHO*BET by the end of the year to do that it's taking up Showtime's Showcase channel in the United States.The company …

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