Black Entertainment Television

Debra L. Lee is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB) and the leading provider of entertainment for the African-American audience and consumers of Black culture globally. Ms. Lee oversees one of the most influential multiplatform media companies in the world, including several cable television networks, digital offerings, and a home entertainment business. BET Networks is committed to providing its audience with quality entertainment that speaks to where they are in their lives and where they want to go. Under her leadership, Ms. Lee has led the company’s successful reinvigorated brand and successful programming vision that has created hits such as Real Husbands of Hollywood, Being Mary Jane, The Game on BET, Black Girls Rock!, BET Honors, Sunday Best and many more - resulting in consistent increases in viewership and revenue. Ms. Lee’s vision for BET’s reinvigorated approach is built on supporting…

able to use their internet stardom to cross over to more traditional forms of media. Television and movies are still an incredibly large part of the American lifestyle. According to Nielsen company, 99% of Americans own at least one television in their…

The term block buster now is used for the movies that are extremely high in budget, and the productions that are making an attempt to make the most of the out of the entertainment. As discussed above, Jaws was one of the first movies that brought about this concept of merchandising (Biskind, 1975). These are some of the components that can make or break the financial success of the film. Thus, the blockbuster syndrome was the time period when movies were evaluated and judged by their marketing…

Ten Network Holdings owned Network Ten, one of the various five free-to-air channels in Australia, is an Australian commercial broadcasting network. The headquarters are located in Pyrmont, New South Wales, however stations can be found in all capital cities of Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane, airing to televisions all around the country. The channel, part of a slowly disintegrating form of media consumption has encountered a large loss, however, has attempted to stay up to date…

Number of articles aside, outlining the literature market and the importance of and access to the specific media types available to different social classes informs the access the larger reading public had to her story. Visual entertainment at the turn of the nineteenth century, particularly in London, saw a huge upsurge as theatre construction reached new highs. This fiercely competitive and increasingly commercial form of entertainment was highly conscious of the importance of the use of…

several factors that will play a significant part in your budget. Food, entertainment, decorations, and supplies are just some that you need to consider. Decide if it is better to have the event catered or have a potluck. If you go with the catering option then you should have an idea of the menu. You will have to decide if appetizers will be served, how many courses will be provided, and if there are substitutes for those with a special diet. In addition, you should note if alcoholic…

The modern world is full of establishments where the everyday person can go to to get themselves entertained. It is part of human nature to not only survive, but to live as well. So many businesses exist in the entertainment industry because of this reason, surviving is boring but living is fun, especially when you can have fun doing it. Despite this, going to these establishments to simply get rid of boredom would not be enough to keep them running. No, humans are social animals and thus must…

American entertainment culture is used everyday by people that watch movies, which is important because it entertains everyone. There are several genres of movies for example comedy, action, romance, horror, crime, war, and mystery that people can watch based on how they are feeling. Numerous people spend their time watching movies because it distracts them from reality. People can watch movies on Netflix, Hulu, and Redbox for a cheap price that will entertain them. Mostly every movie has a hero…

human beings’ deepest desires for personal connection and communication.” Interactivity is a function that is used in digital Television. Interactive Television offers new ways to improve programme content with on-screen complementary information and other features such as choice of camera angles as well as on-screen viewer polling which is accessed through the Television’s remote control (Beattie 2004). Tassel (2001) addressed that, “Interaction is the way people create relationships, which are…

out to me is how America is obsessed with being entertained. American Culture is so intertwined with the idea of being entertained that it is almost defined by it. We iconicize and idolize our entertainment, both the content and those personalities or actors that deliver it to us. Nearly every week you can ready about what movies opened, how well they are doing in the box office, how well they are doing worldwide. Americans love to know how much our forms of entertainment are enjoyed, much like…