Tyler Perry sells his stake in BET+ as Paramount shuts down the streaming service and merges it with Paramount+

Billionaires Africa | 16.03.2026 17:31
Paramount Skydance is pulling the plug on BET+, the six-year-old streaming service built around Black storytelling, and folding its entire content library into Paramount+ beginning this June. As part of the transition, Paramount has acquired Tyler Perry Studios' minority equity stake in BET+, clearing one of the last structural hurdles to a full merger.