{"id":2327227,"date":"2026-03-13T22:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2327227"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:32:23","slug":"paramount-skydance-buys-out-tyler-perrys-stake-in-bet-streaming-service-to-be-phased-out-and-content-merged-with-paramount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/paramount-skydance-buys-out-tyler-perrys-stake-in-bet-streaming-service-to-be-phased-out-and-content-merged-with-paramount\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Skydance Buys Out Tyler Perry\u2019s Stake in BET+; Streaming Service to Be Phased Out and Content Merged With Paramount+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Under <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1159016\/\">Paramount Skydance<\/a>\u2019s ownership, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0850008\/\">BET<\/a> is shutting down BET+ and will merge the content on the subscription service with the flagship <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0820547\/\">Paramount+<\/a> streamer starting this June.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0858764\/\">Paramount<\/a> is acquiring media mogul and multihyphenate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1347153\/\">Tyler Perry<\/a>\u2019s minority ownership stake in BET+. Terms of that transaction are not being disclosed. Perry had held a 25% stake in BET+ as the result of a 2019 production deal with Paramount.<\/p>\n<p>BET+ currently costs $5.99\/month (with ads) and $9.99\/month (without ads) and provides more than 1,000 hours of programming. The service was launched in September 2019, just prior to the merger of BET\u2019s then-parent&#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>Under Paramount Skydance\u2019s ownership, BET is shutting down BET+ and will merge the content on the subscription service with the flagship Paramount+ streamer starting this June. In addition, Paramount is acquiring media mogul and multihyphenate Tyler Perry\u2019s minority ownership stake in BET+. Terms of that transaction are not being disclosed. 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