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BET

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BET

Summary

BET is a specialty channel[1]. BET ranks in the top 3% of specialty_channel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,326 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BET is in the country of United States[3].
  • BET's instance of is recorded as specialty channel[4].
  • BET's instance of is recorded as cable channel[5].
  • BET's founder is recorded as Robert L. Johnson[6].
  • BET's founder is recorded as Sheila Crump Johnson[7].
  • BET's owned by is recorded as Paramount Media Networks[8].
  • BET's logo image is recorded as BET-2021Logo.svg[9].
  • BET's logo image is recorded as BET logo 1980-1989.svg[10].
  • BET's logo image is recorded as BET logo 1989-2001.svg[11].
  • BET's logo image is recorded as BET logo 2001-2005.svg[12].
  • BET's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[13].
  • BET's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129314987[14].
  • BET's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no97062384[15].
  • BET's child organization or unit is recorded as YSB[16].
  • BET's Commons category is recorded as BET[17].
  • +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BET[18].
  • +1983-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BET[19].
  • BET's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kcmr[20].
  • BET's parent organization or unit is recorded as BET Media Group[21].
  • BET's official website is recorded as https://www.bet.com/[22].
  • BET's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BET[23].
  • BET's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Black-Entertainment-Television[24].
  • BET's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black Entertainment Television'}[25].
  • BET's X is recorded as BETMusic[26].
  • BET's X is recorded as BET[27].

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Founding

Founders include Robert L. Johnson[6] and Sheila Crump Johnson[7]. Recorded inception include +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z[18] and +1983-07-01T00:00:00Z[19].

Identity

BET's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black Entertainment Television'}[25].

Operations

BET's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[13]. BET's parent organization or unit is recorded as BET Media Group[21]. BET's child organization or unit is recorded as YSB[16].

Ownership

BET's owned by is recorded as Paramount Media Networks[8].

Why It Matters

BET ranks in the top 3% of specialty_channel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,326 views/month).[2] BET has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] BET is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Lisa Gelobter Paramount Global United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . washingtonpost.com. washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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