The service dubbed BET Plus will bow in the fall with a handful of original series and productions and a deep library offering that will be enhanced by other properties in Viacom’s portfolio. There was no word yet on a monthly price for BET Plus, which is set to debut in the fall.
The comedy series “First Wives Club” will premiere on BET Plus, after originally being developed for Viacom’s linear Paramount Network cabler. Viacom said the service’s original content slate will include a new series from Perry and a separate series from producer Will Packer.“African-Americans are the leading consumers of streaming services, with higher SVOD adoption rates than other consumers, which is why we’re so excited to launch a premium product for this underserved audience.
Viacom’s move on BET Plus comes as the company is believed to be circling merger talks with CBS Corp., it’s corporate sibling under the Redstone family umbrella. BET Plus is seemingly the kind of niche streaming service that could easily tuck in to the CBS All Access SVOD platform that the Eye has been building up since 2014.
🙄
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tyler Perry Tells BET Awards Audience To Create Their Own Opportunities: “Own Your Stuff!”In one of the most impactful speeches at Sunday night’s BET Awards, Tyler Perry talked about creating opportunities and taking control of his own destiny. The writer, producer, director was h…
Source: DEADLINE - 🏆 109. / 63 Read more »
Tyler Perry Talks Receiving Icon Award at 2019 BET AwardsThe TV and film exec also teased some upcoming shows he's working on!
Source: etnow - 🏆 696. / 51 Read more »
BET Awards: Tyler Perry Delivers Powerful, Uplifting Speech to Standing Ovation'While everybody else is fighting for a seat at the table, talking about 'OscarsSoWhite, OscarsSoWhite,' I said, 'Y'all go ahead and do that. While you're fighting for a seat at the table, I'll be down in Atlanta building my own.'' My question would be can I avoid a white agency to send him scripts or do I have to beg at the table...? Great speech. It always baffles me when he is criticized by other black men as some sort of sellout. WTF are these clowns talking about Tyler is an amazing man doing amazing things for many, many people.
Source: THR - 🏆 411. / 53 Read more »
BET Awards: Full List of WinnersRegina Hall hosted the ceremony, where winners included Cardi B, Mary J. Blige was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Tyler Perry was named the Ultimate Icon.
Source: THR - 🏆 411. / 53 Read more »
With my name at the top. Amen tylerperry!
Source: USATODAY - 🏆 100. / 63 Read more »
Winklevoss twins: 'We need to be frenemies' with Facebook now that it's into Libra cryptoCameron and Tyler Winklevoss accused Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea for a social network and settled with Facebook for $65 million. Now with Libra, Facebook has entered the cryptocurrency space, where the twins are major investors. MakeIt Bullsh*t. I will lose total respect for the W. twins if they associate, in any way, with Zuckerf*ck.
Source: CNBC - 🏆 12. / 72 Read more »