BET Awards ’10 to Unveil First Ever ‘Fandemonium Award’
BET Networks announced its first ever Fandemonium Award measuring the online and mobile fan power of today’s top music artists. The award will debut at this year’s BET AWARDS ’10 on Sunday, June 27, 2010. For two weeks, followers of Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Trey Songz will undertake daily challenges on [...]
Read MoreSHOP TALK Webisode to Premiere on BET.com Today
The show, set to premiere Today at 3:00 p.m, is a documentary style web series in a barbershop setting, covering a wide array of topics including; interracial relationships to commitment to President Obama . The series which is written by, directed, and starring Malik Yoba (“New York Undercover”).
Read MoreBET.com ditches BET On Blast, Takes note from Hulu
Though the BET On Blast video player was nice when it launched a little over 2 years ago video on the web has certainly moved in another direction. Specifically if you happen to be a television network. BET.com recently ditched the BET on Blast player, which many thought was hard to navigate, and leveled the [...]
Read MoreBrandon Lucas Named New VP and GM of BET Mobile
Brandon Lucas, the former executive director for business development at MySpace, has been hired as the new vice president and general manager of Black Entertainment Television (BET) Mobile. Lucas reports directly to Denmark West, president of BET Digital Media, and is based in Los Angeles.As the head of BET Mobile, Lucas is responsible for driving the wireless business, strategy and partnerships for BET Networks.
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