BET Remembers Muhammad Ali: The Memorial Service Airs Live Friday,
June 10 at 2 PM ET on BET and Centric
BET.com & BET Now App will also LIVE stream the services and deliver
the latest news & additional content on Muhammad Ali
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Champion, catalyst for change, poet, statesman, humanitarian, father,
husband, brother, friend. Muhammad Ali left an indelible mark on America
and the world. BET Networks mourns the death of Muhammad Ali and
commemorates his legacy with the BET News special, BET Remembers
Muhammad Ali: The Memorial Service Friday, June 10 at 2 PM ET on BET and
CENTRIC commercial-free and LIVE stream on BET.com and the BET Now App.
BET News correspondent Marc Lamont Hill will anchor live coverage of the
memorial service. Hill will be joined in studio by special guests
to share reflections and provide cultural commentary. BET
Networks will also broadcast and encore airing of BET News' The Truth
Series documentary "Muhammad Ali: The People's Champ" at 1PM ET
on BET and Centric.
BET Digital will celebrate and honor the global icon's contributions to
sports, music, pop culture and beyond on its digital and social
platforms using the hashtags #BETRemembersAli and #CENTRICremembersAli.
For more information please visit www.bet.com
and www.CentricTV.com.
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ:VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and
public affairs television programming for the African-American audience.
The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can
be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom
and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer
brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading
Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news;
CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American
Woman; BET Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home
Entertainment; BET Live, BET's growing festival business; BET Mobile,
which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices;
and BET International, which operates BET around the globe.
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