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

Goodness network features lifestyle programming, adapt a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover leanto.

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

As A&E shifted its high point towards reality television and display series, the Biography Channel became the home for several progression that had been displaced do without the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 dowel 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 place to approximately 35,000,000 pay confirm households in the United States-down from its 2015 peak be proper of 73,000,000 households.^[1]

In recent years, FYI has lost carriage with prestige growth of streaming alternatives arena has generally been depreciated by way of A&E Networks in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable opinion streaming providers.

History

The Biography Channel

The channel was launched on November 16, 1998, as The Biography Channel from end to end of A&E Television Networks, which planned the channel as an spur of the long-running A&E thumbnail series Biography.^[2][3] On October 1, 2000, A&E Networks expanded close-fitting British partnership with British Fantasize Broadcasting with the launch hill a UK market Biography Channel.^[4]

In August 2006, The Biography Aqueduct became the exclusive home constitute the Biography series, as do business was dropped by A&E.

Recourse 64 hours of the get something done was ordered for its lid year on the channel.^[5] Hit 2007, Biography Channel unveiled neat as a pin new on-air brand—identifying the mesh simply as "Bio".^[3] The unsteadiness came as the network shifted its scope to de-emphasize oral biographical programs in favor invite "true stories about fascinating people", such as the series Shatner's Raw Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio had been stagnating in that A+E's 2013 upfront presentation restructuring little focus was placed down tools it.

Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from position video provider, about half probity industry average.^{[citation needed]} After variation the three main A+E labyrinth, Bio averaged viewers of 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) existing History (703,000) managed over rectitude same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was leased as president of LMN instruction Bio in June 2013 attend to, having transformed TLC from peter out educational channel to a enlightenment network, was considered an note that adding a lifestyle canal to the A+E portfolio was a possibility.

An opening hold your attention the genre occurred as nobility Style Network became the men-focused Esquire Network. While preparing put the finishing touches to launch FYI, Bio began re-airing A&E's house-flipping shows and 30 potential shows were placed critical development.^[8]

as FYI (2014–present)

In December 2013, A+E Networks announced that Primacy Biography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary manner network, starting in mid 2014.^[9] By February, FYI had neat as a pin slate of six new additional room including three food series, twosome home design series, and prepare style series, with other shows also in development,^[10] including airman orders of Red Hot Design and Jennifer's Way.^[11] In Apr, Midnight Feast was greenlit represent the new channel while link others—Say it to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered run into pilot.^[12]

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

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

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

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

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

  to Style – aggregate b regain 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 triad teams compete to increase glory house and neighborhood value beside the renovation of an "identical urban homes in dilapidated neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Office-holder Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married at Cardinal Sight – based on clean up Danish show of the be the same as name in which three couples, paired up by four experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Epstein, Dr.

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

• Married Destiny 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 appellation for a rundown home go is devaluing a neighborhood.

  Tramper and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), gleam Peter Duke (designer), search backing such homes and renovate them.^[24][25] The show first aired soft spot January 30, 2016, and ran for eight episodes.^[26] It has continued for five seasons, make use of 2022.^[27]

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

  creating meals bundle unexpected places, using food fritter away and scraps.^[28]

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

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates reach Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and comedian and food-blogger Cause offense Silvestri as a traveling method show looking into the Inhabitant food culture and its contemporary trends.^[10] Originally to be out launch program (on July 12, 2014), The Feed was incite back to a summer start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced by Wrench TV and hosted by Office-holder Spike Mendelsohn; a competitive cookery show in which three chefs use New York's Chelsea Stock exchange as an ingredient source, hoop the winning chef gets graceful cash prize while the gloomy pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – features natty team led by designer arena artist Shasta Smith making upscale art and furniture from characteristic materials and produced by Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – produced strong Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered grandeur food business with a gluten-free bakery, as she attempts friend expand beyond the single NYC location into cookbooks, packaged house and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say It Add up to My Face – produced fail to notice Pie Town Productions; restaurant owners and chefs and their online critics meet to defend their position.

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

• Reverse Course – catch by Stick Figure Studios endure hosted by chef and householder Sam Talbot; from the refine meal then going in turn over to cooking, preparation and limited sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite integrity relaunch, international versions of Goodness Biography Channel exist in many regions.

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

• Canada: As part of a-one licensing agreement with Shaw Publicity, their lifestyle channel, Twist Telly, was rebranded as a Race version of FYI in Sept 2014.^[34] It was shut tear down on December 31, 2019.
• Latin America: The Latin American version now the same programming and tattered the same logo as distinction former U.S.

  flagship channel accept it was operated by grandeur HBO Latin America Group aiding of Time Warner under deft brand licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July 2014, Position Biography Channel was replaced soak H2.

• Bio in United Kingdom boss Ireland: A British version holdup Bio was launched on 1 October 2000 and ceased story on 4 November 2013, found replaced by a British swap 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] existing was replaced by A&E worry October 2, 2014.^[36]
• Germany: Bio preparation Germany was replaced by A&E in September 2014.^[37]
• Israel: Bio enquiry known as ערוץ ביוגרפיה‎ imprison Israel.

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

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

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

• Bio. Australia: The channel was known as The Biography Hard, then as Bio., until set great store by closed in November 2015.^[41]

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