In some markets, the network would not arrive at all until as late as the early 2010s and ViacomCBS considered it compulsory in retransmission consent negotiations to carry the BET Gospel Networks with ViacomCBS networks, due to some providers claiming that there was an overall lack of demand for the channel, or there was a low to non-existent African-American population within their service area.
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BET Gospel launched a news program, BET Gospel News, in 1988, with Ed Gordon as its anchor.
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In 1996, the talk show BET Gospel Tonight started with Tavis Smiley as host; in 2001, Ed Gordon replaced Smiley as host of the program.
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BET Gospel launched a series of original programming by this time, including reality shows Baldwin Hills and Hell Date, competition show Sunday Best, and town hall-style discussion show Hip Hop vs America.
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BET Gospel announced in March 2010 that Ed Gordon would return to the network to host "a variety of news programs and specials".
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BET Gospel carries and produces several Award telecasts, including the network's own BET Gospel Awards, which were established in 2001 to celebrate African-Americans and diverse minorities in music, acting, sports and other parts of entertainment over the past year.
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The BET Gospel Awards is the network's flagship event, with the "BET Gospel Experience" festival held in the days leading up to the telecast.
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BET Gospel's programming is distributed on DVD and through video-on-demand services under the name BET Gospel Home Entertainment.
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In May 2019, a BET Gospel-branded channel was launched on Pluto TV, which was owned by ViacomCBS in March 2019.
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BET Gospel is a television network in the United States that launched on July 1,2002, and provides gospel and religious programming.
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BET Gospel Hip-Hop is a music video network owned by BET Gospel Networks which is exclusive to digital cable systems.
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BET Gospel International is the first international version of the channel and is available in Europe, Africa and the Middle East through satellite providers.
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BET Gospel launched on February 27,2008, on Sky channel 191 and began to be carried by Freesat channel 140 on August 8,2008.
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BET Gospel+1 is available on Sky channel 198 and Freesat channel 141, and is free-to-air.
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BET Gospel is additionally an associate member of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative.
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BET Gospel became available in Canada in October 1997 on most pay television providers.
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