Channel Closure: BET Will Stop Airing In France From 30 November 2025 With Africa Likely To Follow Soon

During the month, it was reported that Paramount will be closing MTV's international music channels by the end of the year with the US being an exception. As the company is prepping for a round of layoffs affecting 2000 jobs with additional cuts for international shores.

The French version of BET is also scheduled to close on 30 November 2025 in France. Months prior, it was even reported that BET's operations in Africa could also be affected by these strings of cuts.

BET was launched in France a year after it launched as BET International in Africa by 2015. It was black based entertainment channel offering reality shows like Real Husbands Of Hollywood and The Wendy Williams Show alongside dramas like Being Mary Jane and The Oval.

Aside from Africa and France, BET was once available in the UK before Paramount opted to put more emphasis on growing its digital footprint. Following Paramount's buyout by Skydance, this endeavours now affect remaining feeds.

Paramount has remained silent on further updates regarding BET's operations in Africa but if I had to guess the channel could go dark by the end of 2025 or early 2026. BET has a weekday soap Black Gold they could be waiting on that before yanking the channel from Africa.

It wouldn't seem far fetched a stretch I mean that's what happened when The River concluded on 1Magic with Helstorm on FOX.