With premium online video streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video continuing to add to their subscriber base, more and more media outlets are launching online-only spinoffs. Recently, the BET cable network launched its own service, BET Plus. But what can you expect when you sign up for the service? Here’s everything we know so far about BET Plus.
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BET Plus is a premium streaming service, made primarily for an African American audience. It comes from the BET (Black Entertainment Television) cable TV network, which itself is owned by Viacom.
BET Plus is also getting support from Tyler Perry Studios, the movie and TV production company founded by Tyler Perry, who has written, directed and/or created a host of popular movies and TV shows for the past 14 years, including Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Why Did I Get Married and The Haves and Have Nots.
BET Plus launched on Thursday, September 19, in the US.
In August 2020, 11 months after the launch, Deadline reported that BET Plus has reached one million subscribers.
BET Plus is now available for Android and iOS mobile devices, along with apps for the Apple TV set-top box. It’s also available on Roku streaming sticks, set-top boxes, and TVs that have the Roku OS installed and the same goes for Amazon Fire TV-based sticks, set-top boxes, and TVs. It’s also available for Amazon Prime Video via its Channels selection. In addition, you can watch BET Plus on your PC via a web browser at bet.plus.
BET Plus costs $9.99 a month. It’s also commercial-free, so it is not supported by ads. At the moment, there’s no word on an annual subscription plan for BET Plus.
Yes! You can sign up for the service and watch it free for the first seven days. You can cancel the service before the free trial ends and not have your credit card charged.
BET Plus has over 1,000 hours of content from the BET network, including its original TV shows, movies, and specials, along with its acquired older movies and TV series. This library of shows and movies include Real Husbands of Hollywood, The New Edition Story, The Quad, College Hill, Comic View, and Hell Date. BET says most of these shows and movies have never been previously made available on current streaming services, so subscribers should have a lot of content to stream that hasn’t been made available online before.
In addition, a selection of movies produced and directed by Tyler Perry are available to stream from BET Plus. They will include movies from Perry’s hit Madea film series. Also, for the first time on a streaming service, BET Plus subscribers can stream a selection of Perry’s stage plays, such as Meet the Browns, Daddy’s Little Girls, Temptation: Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor, and more.
A number of TV shows from BET’s sister Viacom-based cable networks will also be streamed on the service, including VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Basketball Wives, and T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle, Comedy Central’s Why? With Hannibal Buress, MTV’s Todrick, TV Land’s Soul Man, Nick @ Night’s Instant Mom, and more. BET Plus is also the exclusive streaming home of the classic Fox comedy series Martin.
In addition to access to the large library of the movies and shows on the BET cable network, BET Plus features exclusive original movies and shows that will only be available on the streaming service.
BET Plus is the exclusive streaming home for the filmed stage play Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Farewell Play. The play dropped on the service on August 27. This will likely be the final appearance of Tyler Perry playing his well-known character Madea. The play itself also features other characters from Perry’s Madea films and plays as they come together for a family gathering.
That’s all we know about BET Plus at this point. It will be interesting to see if this service will gain traction, especially for its intended audience. We will update this post as more information about this streaming service is announced.
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