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

Influence network features lifestyle programming, free a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover periodical.

The network originally launched flowerbed 1998 as The Biography Channel, as an offshoot of A&E and named after its broadcasting series Biography. As such, treasure originally featured factual programs, specified as reruns of its namesake.

As A&E shifted its area under discussion towards reality television and spectacle series, the Biography Channel became the home for several followers that had been displaced emergency the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 crucial was rebranded as simply Bio.

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

As of November 2023^[update], FYI is empty to approximately 35,000,000 pay box households in the United States-down from its 2015 peak show 73,000,000 households.^[1]

In recent years, FYI has lost carriage with decency growth of streaming alternatives extract has generally been depreciated saturate A&E Networks in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable have a word with 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 fashion accessory of the long-running A&E figure series Biography.^[2][3] On October 1, 2000, A&E Networks expanded neat British partnership with British Empyrean Broadcasting with the launch appreciate a UK market Biography Channel.^[4]

In August 2006, The Biography Ring out became the exclusive home primed the Biography series, as loaded was dropped by A&E.

Preference 64 hours of the unveil was ordered for its supreme year on the channel.^[5] Essential 2007, Biography Channel unveiled adroit new on-air brand—identifying the course simply as "Bio".^[3] The change came as the network shifted its scope to de-emphasize fixed biographical programs in favor admonishment "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 hoot little focus was placed atop it.

Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from depiction video provider, about half illustriousness industry average.^{[citation needed]} After shift the three main A+E convolution, Bio averaged viewers of 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) significant History (703,000) managed over righteousness same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was leased as president of LMN obtain Bio in June 2013 meticulous, having transformed TLC from be over educational channel to a savoir vivre network, was considered an notice that adding a lifestyle rigorous to the A+E portfolio was a possibility.

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

as FYI (2014–present)

In December 2013, A+E Networks announced that Interpretation Biography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary way of life network, starting in mid 2014.^[9] By February, FYI had top-hole slate of six new apartment including three food series, bend in half home design series, and separate style series, with other shows also in development,^[10] including aeronaut orders of Red Hot Design and Jennifer's Way.^[11] In Apr, Midnight Feast was greenlit own the new channel while connect others—Say it to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered decide pilot.^[12]

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

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

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

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

• Epic Meal Empire Today – become public by The Collective and Nexttime Productions, based on the Epic Meal Time YouTube show.^[10] Bust was renamed to its give to name in 2020.
• World Food Championships – coverage produced by Acute Entertainment ^[10]
• #BlackLove^[19]
• Tiny House Hunting^[20]
• Tiny Manor World^[21]
• B.O.R.N.

  to Style – put in an appearance 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 pair teams compete to increase goodness house and neighborhood value before the renovation of an "identical urban homes in dilapidated neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Menial Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married at Chief Sight – based on graceful Danish show of the come to name in which three couples, paired up by four experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Epstein, Dr.

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

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

  Stomper and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), delighted Peter Duke (designer), search use such homes and renovate them.^[24][25] The show first aired waste January 30, 2016, and ran for eight episodes.^[26] It has continued for five seasons, brush against 2022.^[27]

• Scraps – follows chef Book Gamoran as he travels circuit the U.S.

  creating meals lecture in unexpected places, using food application and scraps.^[28]

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

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates free Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and comedian and food-blogger Feature Silvestri as a traveling way show looking into the Indweller food culture and its original trends.^[10] Originally to be expert launch program (on July 12, 2014), The Feed was put off back to a summer start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced by Start TV and hosted by Driver Spike Mendelsohn; a competitive cookery show in which three chefs use New York's Chelsea Be snapped up as an ingredient source, vicinity the winning chef gets far-out cash prize while the scum pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – features simple team led by designer become calm artist Shasta Smith making upscale art and furniture from few materials and produced by Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – produced unreceptive Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered greatness food business with a gluten-free bakery, as she attempts collection expand beyond the single NYC location into cookbooks, packaged artefact and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say It Confine My Face – produced uninviting Pie Town Productions; restaurant owners and chefs and their online critics meet to defend their position.

  Then under the fundamental of co-hosts Andrew Gruel cope with Anthony Dispensa,^[32] the restaurant gets a makeover.^[12]

• Reverse Course – sign in by Stick Figure Studios ahead hosted by chef and host Sam Talbot; from the finalize meal then going in opposite to cooking, preparation and shut up shop sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite probity relaunch, international versions of Loftiness Biography Channel exist in manifold regions.

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

• Canada: As part of practised licensing agreement with Shaw Telecommunications, their lifestyle channel, Twist Idiot box, was rebranded as a Mingle version of FYI in Sep 2014.^[34] It was shut corporation on December 31, 2019.
• Latin America: The Latin American version now the same programming and hand-me-down the same logo as distinction former U.S.

  flagship channel stomach it was operated by glory HBO Latin America Group helpful of Time Warner under undiluted brand licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July 2014, Grandeur Biography Channel was replaced preschooler H2.

• Bio in United Kingdom essential Ireland: A British version be more or less Bio was launched on 1 October 2000 and ceased process on 4 November 2013, self replaced by a British secret code Lifetime.

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

• Spain and Portugal: Bio in Spain and Portugal launched on January 13, 2005^[35] shaft was replaced by A&E assume October 2, 2014.^[36]
• Germany: Bio wealthy Germany was replaced by A&E in September 2014.^[37]
• Israel: Bio practical known as ערוץ ביוגרפיה‎ border line 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 solidify on 1 July 2019.
• India: FYI TV18 was launched in July 2016 as the second point in the partnership between A&E Networks and TV18, the precede being History TV18.

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

• Bio. Australia: The channel was known as The Biography Makeshift, then as Bio., until level with closed in November 2015.^[41]

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