BET to Cover Ali Services Without Ads

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Memorial services for Muhammad Ali will be carried live without commercials Friday on BET and Centric.

Coverage will also be streamed live on BET.com and the BET now app.

BET News correspondent Marc Lamont Hill will anchor live coverage of the memorial service starting at 2 p.m. At 1 p.m., the networks will air BET News’ documentary Muhammad Ali: The People's Champ.

BET Digital will celebrate and honor the fighter’s contributions to sports, music, pop culture and beyond on its online and social platforms using the hashtags #BETRemembersAli and #CENTRICremembersAli.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.