EXHIBIT 99.17(d)(2)

SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE BUYOUT OF BET HOLDINGS, INC. BY ROBERT L. JOHNSON AND
LIBERTY MEDIA GROUP

FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED COMPANY TRADED ON NYSE GOES PRIVATE

WASHINGTON--July 30, 1998-- BET Holdings, Inc. (BET) (NYSE:BTV) announced today
that it has received the required shareholder vote to approve the acquisition of
the outstanding shares of BET common stock not already owned by Robert L.
Johnson, Liberty Media Group (NASDAQ:LBTYA) and Johnson Children's Insurance
Trust at a price of $63 per share.

The vote was pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger approved by the Board
of Directors of BET Holdings, Inc. on March 15, 1998 upon recommendation of its
special independent committee. The acquisition will be completed after all other
conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger has been satisfied.

Sixty four percent of the new privately held company BET Holdings II, Inc. will
be owned by Robert L. Johnson and thirty five percent will be owned by Liberty
Media Group.

BET Holdings, Inc. is a multi-media entertainment company which owns and
operates Black Entertainment Television, the first national cable network
primarily targeted toward African American viewers. The BET network is currently
available in 54 million cable households nationwide according to Nielsen media
research.

Recognized for the second consecutive year by Forbes magazine as one of
"America's Best Small Companies," BET also owns and operates BET On Jazz: The
Cable Jazz Channel(tm), BET Action Pay Per View, and BET International(tm)
networks; Emerge, BET Weekend and Heart & Soul magazines; and the Arabesque book
line. BET has also introduced a new men's clothing line called EXSTO XXIV VII
from the BET Design Studio. The company has opened two music themed restaurants
including the BET On Jazz restaurant in Washington, DC and the BET SoundStage
Restaurant(tm) in Largo, MD.

BET Holdings, Inc. works with several partners to establish strategic
partnerships, including: MSBET, an internet-based joint venture with Microsoft
Corporation; BET Movies/STARZ!3, a joint venture with Encore Media Group LLC, a
BET branded visa card through BET Financial Services, in a joint venture with
Chevy Chase Bank of Maryland; and the first BET SoundStage Club(tm) at Downtown
Disney's Pleasure Island in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with Walt Disney
World Attractions.