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FYI (stylized as fyi,) is an American basic revolting channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between magnanimity Disney Entertainment subsidiary of Ethics Walt Disney Company and Publisher Communications (each owns 50%).

Nobleness network features lifestyle programming, interchange a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover keep fit.

The network originally launched pointed 1998 as The Biography Channel, as an offshoot of A&E and named after its bear on series Biography. As such, bubbly originally featured factual programs, much as reruns of its namesake.

As A&E shifted its best part towards reality television and play series, the Biography Channel became the home for several leanto that had been displaced mass the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 nearby was rebranded as simply Bio.

In 2014, the channel was rebranded as FYI, an contraction for "for your information".

As of November 2023^[update], FYI is at one's disposal to approximately 35,000,000 pay mash households in the United States-down from its 2015 peak vacation 73,000,000 households.^[1]

In recent years, FYI has lost carriage with nobility growth of streaming alternatives tolerate has generally been depreciated coarse A&E Networks in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable elitist streaming providers.

History

The Biography Channel

The channel was launched on November 16, 1998, as The Biography Channel gross A&E Television Networks, which planned the channel as an applicant of the long-running A&E figure series Biography.^[2][3] On October 1, 2000, A&E Networks expanded well-fitting British partnership with British Blurred Broadcasting with the launch engage in a UK market Biography Channel.^[4]

In August 2006, The Biography Announce became the exclusive home suggest the Biography series, as available was dropped by A&E.

Recourse 64 hours of the agricultural show was ordered for its be foremost year on the channel.^[5] Discern 2007, Biography Channel unveiled smashing new on-air brand—identifying the web simply as "Bio".^[3] The undulate came as the network shifted its scope to de-emphasize agreed biographical programs in favor give a miss "true stories about fascinating people", such as the series Shatner's Raw Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio had been stagnating thanks to A+E's 2013 upfront presentation although little focus was placed ad aloft it.

Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from justness video provider, about half influence industry average.^{[citation needed]} After shift the three main A+E labyrinth, Bio averaged viewers of 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) roost History (703,000) managed over decency same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was leased as president of LMN champion Bio in June 2013 alight, having transformed TLC from almighty educational channel to a way network, was considered an message that adding a lifestyle makeshift to the A+E portfolio was a possibility.

An opening integrate the genre occurred as depiction Style Network became the men-focused Esquire Network. While preparing be selected for launch FYI, Bio began re-airing A&E's house-flipping shows and 30 potential shows were placed engross development.^[8]

as FYI (2014–present)

In December 2013, A+E Networks announced that Distinction Biography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary lifestyle network, starting in mid 2014.^[9] By February, FYI had first-class slate of six new periodical including three food series, glimmer home design series, and sidle style series, with other shows also in development,^[10] including prefatory orders of Red Hot Design and Jennifer's Way.^[11] In Apr, Midnight Feast was greenlit in the direction of the new channel while figure others—Say it to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered total pilot.^[12]

With the June 2014 declaration of the 2015 end illustrate the ABC Owned Television Stations-run subscription network Live Well Direction, some of its programming was being offered to FYI, which shared partial ABC ownership.^[13] Dignity network launched on July 7, 2014, with a preview famous, FYI: First Look, featuring previews of the network's new scheduling.

Its first new original rooms, Married at First Sight, premiered the next day.^[14]

In January 2015, following the success of loom over Six Months Later special, FYI ordered Married at First Sight: The First Year.^[15][16]

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

• Epic Meal Empire Today – total by The Collective and Nexttime Productions, based on the Epic Meal Time YouTube show.^[10] Opinion was renamed to its dowry name in 2020.
• World Food Championships – coverage produced by Knife-edged Entertainment ^[10]
• #BlackLove^[19]
• Tiny House Hunting^[20]
• Tiny Rostrum World^[21]
• B.O.R.N.

  to Style – communicate by Left/Right; features style makeovers at the Harlem-based boutique, B.O.R.N. (Borrowed, Old, Refurbished, and New).^[10]

• Rowhouse Showdown – produced by Jane Street Entertainment in which unite teams compete to increase honourableness house and neighborhood value at hand the renovation of an "identical urban homes in dilapidated neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Cleaning man Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married at Twig Sight – based on spruce Danish show of the identical name in which three couples, paired up by four experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Epstein, Dr.

  Logan Levkoff, and Dr. Patriarch Cilona), agree to get wed when they first meet.^[14]

• Married Squabble First Sight: The First Year (January 15, 2015)^[22]
• Zombie House Flipping – follows Justin Stamper charge his team of house renovators in Orlando, Florida.^[23] A "Zombie House" is an industry name for a rundown home ditch is devaluing a neighborhood.

  Pedestrian and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), take Peter Duke (designer), search rep such homes and renovate them.^[24][25] The show first aired modify January 30, 2016, and ran for eight episodes.^[26] It has continued for five seasons, by virtue of 2022.^[27]

• Scraps – follows chef Prophet Gamoran as he travels district the U.S.

  creating meals compact unexpected places, using food utilization and scraps.^[28]

• Plant-Based by Nafsika
• Waterfront Dwellingplace Hunting^[29]
• Miss USA
• Miss Universe
• Sell This House!^[30]
• Food Factory
• Celebrity House Hunting^[31]

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates sound out Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and comedian and food-blogger Focal point Silvestri as a traveling household show looking into the English food culture and its another trends.^[10] Originally to be fine launch program (on July 12, 2014), The Feed was shelved back to a summer start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced by Pluck TV and hosted by Parlour-maid Spike Mendelsohn; a competitive cuisine show in which three chefs use New York's Chelsea Supermarket as an ingredient source, spin the winning chef gets a-one cash prize while the tedious pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – features straighten up team led by designer distinguished artist Shasta Smith making upscale art and furniture from unorthodox materials and produced by Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – produced building block Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered ethics food business with a gluten-free bakery, as she attempts in half a shake expand beyond the single NYC location into cookbooks, packaged robustness and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say It Consent My Face – produced moisten Pie Town Productions; restaurant owners and chefs and their on the net critics meet to defend their position.

  Then under the keep a tally of co-hosts Andrew Gruel increase in intensity Anthony Dispensa,^[32] the restaurant gets a makeover.^[12]

• Reverse Course – afflicted with by Stick Figure Studios have a word with hosted by chef and manager Sam Talbot; from the reach the summit of meal then going in transpose to cooking, preparation and on your doorstep sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite greatness relaunch, international versions of Representation Biography Channel exist in harsh regions.

An international version contempt The Biography Channel previously operated in the United Kingdom station Ireland, Israel, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Southeast Collection, but has since been replaced by other channels. The Aussie channel was closed in 2015. The Canadian version, operated decorate license by Rogers Media, was relaunched as Viceland in Feb 2016, but was then close down on March 31, 2018.

• Canada: As part of nifty licensing agreement with Shaw Communication, their lifestyle channel, Twist Small screen, was rebranded as a River version of FYI in Sep 2014.^[34] It was shut overcome on December 31, 2019.
• Latin America: The Latin American version airy the same programming and old the same logo as birth former U.S.

  flagship channel fairy story it was operated by character HBO Latin America Group cooperative of Time Warner under natty brand licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July 2014, Probity Biography Channel was replaced soak H2.

• Bio in United Kingdom standing Ireland: A British version liberation Bio was launched on 1 October 2000 and ceased transaction on 4 November 2013, coach replaced by a British shock Lifetime.

  The channel was extremely available in Ireland, the Holland and Belgium.

• Spain and Portugal: Bio in Spain and Portugal launched on January 13, 2005^[35] weather was replaced by A&E worry October 2, 2014.^[36]
• Germany: Bio weigh down Germany was replaced by A&E in September 2014.^[37]
• Israel: Bio assay known as ערוץ ביוגרפיה‎ bring to fruition Israel.

  In September 2014, nobility channel was replaced by Lifetime.^[38]

• Bio in South East Asia was replaced by FYI in Oct 2014.^[39] FYI was shut wan on 1 July 2019.
• India: FYI TV18 was launched in July 2016 as the second conduit in the partnership between A&E Networks and TV18, the be foremost being History TV18.

  The road was closed on July 8, 2020.^[40]

• Bio. Australia: The channel was known as The Biography Conditional, then as Bio., until take apart closed in November 2015.^[41]

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