{"id":2327180,"date":"2026-03-13T22:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2327180"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:01:51","slug":"paramount-buys-out-tyler-perry-stake-in-bet-will-fold-streamer-into-paramount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/paramount-buys-out-tyler-perry-stake-in-bet-will-fold-streamer-into-paramount\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Buys Out Tyler Perry Stake in BET+, Will Fold Streamer into Paramount+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Streaming service BET+ is shutting down, and its programming will be folded into <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0820547\/\">Paramount+<\/a>, the company announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1159016\/\">Paramount Skydance<\/a> has bought out Tyler Perry Studios\u2019 equity stake in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0850008\/\">BET<\/a>+, which will help facilitate the move. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0909496\/\">BET Networks<\/a> president <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2251448\/\">Louis Carr<\/a> said in a memo to staff that the move will \u201censure the stories we champion, the creators we support and the culture we represent [will] go further than ever before.\u201d (Read the full memo below.)<\/p>\n<p>The changeover will happen in June, when about a thousand hours of BET+ programming will become part of Paramount+, including the Perry-produced All the Queen\u2019s Men and Zatima, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5960322\/\">The Ms. Pat Show<\/a> and the critically acclaimed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27982433\/\">Diarra From Detroit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Terms of the buyout for Perry\u2019s stake in BET+ weren\u2019t disclosed, but it\u2019s likely in the eight-figure range. Perry will continue to make shows for BET through a wide-ranging content partnership; BET&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Streaming service BET+ is shutting down, and its programming will be folded into Paramount+, the company announced Friday. Paramount Skydance has bought out Tyler Perry Studios\u2019 equity stake in BET+, which will help facilitate the move. 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