Programme Design and Support | Production Support | Partner Management | Communications
BET is the nation’s leading provider of quality content from Black creators and the champion of Black content and culture. BET linear is in 125 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, Brazil, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, sub-Saharan Africa and France. Launched in 2010, BET Music Matters is a multi platform initiative that identifies and exposes new ground breaking artists and music.The platform has help launch the careers of some of todays hottest talent including J. Cole, Miguel, Elle Varner, Marsha Ambrosius and Kendrick Lamar.
In 2014 Yaw brought BET to the UK for their first ever BET Music Matters event outside of the U.S – which featured performances by Little Simz, Raheem Bakare, Terri Walker and Mic Lowry and was hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Ace. The show was broadcast to over 190 million homes worldwide.
Yaw’s role included programme design, production direction, partnership management and communications direction.