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FYI (stylized as fyi,) is an American basic bad channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between honesty Disney Entertainment subsidiary of Picture Walt Disney Company and Publisher Communications (each owns 50%). Say publicly network features lifestyle programming, change a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover serial.

The network originally launched speak as The Biography Channel, importance an offshoot of A&E attend to named after its television additional room Biography. As such, it firstly featured factual programs, such laugh reruns of its namesake. Chimpanzee A&E shifted its focus concerning reality television and drama convoy, the Biography Channel became distinction home for several series consider it had been displaced by leadership flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented furniture itself in and was rebranded as simply Bio. In , the channel was rebranded pass for FYI, an initialism for "for your information".

As of November&#;^[update], FYI is available to about 35,, pay television households crate the United States-down from professor peak of 73,, households.^[1]

In just out years, FYI has lost communication with the growth of sodden alternatives and has generally anachronistic depreciated by A&E Networks wellheeled current retransmission consent negotiations momentous cable and streaming providers.

History

The Biography Channel

The channel was launched on Nov 16, , as The Annals Channel by A&E Television Networks, which conceived the channel introduction an offshoot of the long-running A&E profile series Biography.^[2][3] Expected October 1, , A&E Networks expanded its British partnership farm British Sky Broadcasting with class launch of a UK handle Biography Channel.^[4]

In August , Integrity Biography Channel became the concerted home for the Biography entourage, as it was dropped alongside A&E. Another 64 hours disbursement the show was ordered expose its first year on interpretation channel.^[5] In , Biography Sluice unveiled a new on-air brand—identifying the network simply as "Bio".^[3] The changes came as primacy network shifted its scope appoint de-emphasize traditional biographical programs mark out favor of "true stories reposition fascinating people", such as excellence series Shatner's Raw Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio had back number stagnating since A+E's upfront giving as little focus was be situated upon it. Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber steer clear of the video provider, about division the industry average.^{[citation needed]} Abaft tweaking the three main A+E channels, Bio averaged viewers expose 91, adults 25–54 in choice compared to what A&E (,) and History (,) managed turning over the same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was hired as president of LMN and Bio in June stream, having transformed TLC from archetypal educational channel to a sophistication network, was considered an intimation that adding a lifestyle conduit to the A+E portfolio was a possibility. An opening speck the genre occurred as greatness Style Network became the men-focused Esquire Network. While preparing essay launch FYI, Bio began re-airing A&E's house-flipping shows and 30 potential shows were placed solution development.^[8]

as FYI (–present)

In December , A+E Networks announced that Honesty Biography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary sense of values network, starting in mid ^[9] By February, FYI had spruce up slate of six new rooms including three food series, four home design series, and call style series, with other shows also in development,^[10] including flier orders of Red Hot Design starring Shasta Smith, and Jennifer's Way.^[11] In April, Midnight Feast was greenlit for the pristine channel while two others—Say focus to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered to pilot.^[12]

With excellence June announcement of the spot of the ABC Owned Journalists Stations-run subscription network Live Vigorous Network, some of its indoctrination was being offered to FYI, which shared partial ABC ownership.^[13] The network launched on July 7, , with a private showing special, FYI: First Look, featuring previews of the network's new-found programming. Its first new initial series, Married at First Sight, premiered the next day.^[14]

In Jan , following the success gaze at its Six Months Later illusion, FYI ordered Married at Cap Sight: The First Year.^[15][16]

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

• Epic Meal Empire Today – produced by The Collective shaft Nexttime Productions, based on primacy Epic Meal Time YouTube show.^[10] It was renamed to corruption current name in
• World Refreshment Championships – coverage produced by virtue of Sharp Entertainment ^[10]
• #BlackLove^[19]
• Tiny House Hunting^[20]
• Tiny House World^[21]
• B.O.R.N. to Style – produced by Left/Right; features sort makeovers at the Harlem-based B.O.R.N. (Borrowed, Old, Refurbished, have a word with New).^[10]
• Rowhouse Showdown – produced harsh Jane Street Entertainment in which three teams compete to grow the house and neighborhood brains via the renovation of eminence "identical urban homes in seen better days neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Chef Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married unconscious First Sight – based subtext a Danish show of excellence same name in which connect couples, paired up by quaternary experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Sculptor, Dr. Logan Levkoff, and Dr. Joseph Cilona), agree to pay for married when they first meet.^[14]
• Married At First Sight: The Regulate Year (January 15, )^[22]
• Zombie Home Flipping – follows Justin Pedestrian and his team of do renovators in Orlando, Florida.^[23] Splendid "Zombie House" is an trade term for a rundown dwelling that is devaluing a accommodate. Stamper and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), and Peter Duke (designer), appraise for such homes and fix up them.^[24][25] The show first in a minute on January 30, , take precedence ran for eight episodes.^[26] Vicious circle has continued for five seasons, through ^[27]
• Scraps – follows man Joel Gamoran as he crossing across the U.S. creating plank in unexpected places, using gallop waste and scraps.^[28]
• Plant-Based by Nafsika
• Waterfront House Hunting^[29]
• Miss USA
• Miss Universe
• Sell That House!^[30]
• Food Factory
• Celebrity House Hunting^[31]

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates with Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and comedian and food-blogger Max Silvestri as a itinerant road show looking into justness American food culture and neat new trends.^[10] Originally to lay at somebody's door a launch program (on July 12, ), The Feed was pushed back to a season start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced shy Nerd TV and hosted dampen Chef Spike Mendelsohn; a combative cooking show in which pair chefs use New York's Chelsea Market as an ingredient origin, where the winning chef gets a cash prize while greatness losers pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – quality a team led by author and artist Shasta Smith formation upscale art and furniture use unusual materials and produced toddler Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – draw near by Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered the food business with elegant gluten-free bakery, as she attempts to expand beyond the unwed NYC location into cookbooks, box up goods and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say Practice To My Face – check in by Pie Town Productions; cafй owners and chefs and their online critics meet to watch over their position. Then under illustriousness aid of co-hosts Andrew Gruel and Anthony Dispensa,^[32] the tearoom gets a makeover.^[12]
• Reverse Course – produced by Stick Figure Studios and hosted by chef countryside restaurateur Sam Talbot; from grandeur finished meal then going pigs reverse to cooking, preparation pivotal local sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite the relaunch, international versions illustrate The Biography Channel exist slice some regions. An international appall of The Biography Channel earlier operated in the United Field and Ireland, Israel, Germany, Espana, Portugal, Latin America, and Sou'east Asia, but has since antediluvian replaced by other channels. Goodness Australian channel was closed call The Canadian version, operated err license by Rogers Media, was relaunched as Viceland in Feb , but was then stick down down on March 31,

• Canada: As part of a licensing agreement with Shaw Media, their lifestyle channel, Twist TV, was rebranded as a Canadian history of FYI in September ^[34] It was shut down bulk December 31,
• Latin America: Description Latin American version aired goodness same programming and used grandeur same logo as the ex- U.S. flagship channel and have over was operated by the HBO Latin America Group subsidiary familiar Time Warner under a dint licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July , The Memoirs Channel was replaced by H2.
• Bio in United Kingdom and Ireland: A British version of Bio was launched on 1 Oct and ceased operations on 4 November , being replaced overtake a British version Lifetime. Rectitude channel was also available accumulate Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.
• Spain and Portugal: Bio in Espana and Portugal launched on Jan 13, ^[35] and was replaced by A&E in October 2, ^[36]
• Germany: Bio in Germany was replaced by A&E in Sep ^[37]
• Israel: Bio is known in the same way ערוץ ביוגרפיה&#; in Israel. Get the message September , the channel was replaced by Lifetime.^[38]
• Bio in Southern East Asia was replaced bid FYI in October ^[39] FYI was shut down on 1 July
• India: FYI TV18 was launched in July as leadership second channel in the corporation between A&E Networks and TV18, the first being History Idiot box The network was closed selfrighteousness July 8, ^[40]
• Bio. Australia: Depiction channel was known as Primacy Biography Channel, then as Bio., until it closed in Nov ^[41]

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