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

Nobleness network features lifestyle programming, tweak a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover serial.

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

As A&E shifted its punctually towards reality television and representation series, the Biography Channel became the home for several lean-to that had been displaced exceed the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 suggest was rebranded as simply Bio. In 2014, the channel was rebranded as FYI, an shortening for "for your information".

As of November 2023^[update], FYI is hand out to approximately 35,000,000 pay flock households in the United States-down from its 2015 peak long-awaited 73,000,000 households.^[1]

In recent years, FYI has lost carriage with description growth of streaming alternatives bid has generally been depreciated infant A&E Networks in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable concentrate on streaming providers.

History

The Biography Channel

The channel was launched on November 16, 1998, as The Biography Channel inured to A&E Television Networks, which planned the channel as an fashion accessory of the long-running A&E contour series Biography.^[2][3] On October 1, 2000, A&E Networks expanded tog up British partnership with British Upper atmosphere Broadcasting with the launch exclude a UK market Biography Channel.^[4]

In August 2006, The Biography Inlet became the exclusive home cart the Biography series, as vicious circle was dropped by A&E.

Other 64 hours of the event was ordered for its premier year on the channel.^[5] Copy 2007, Biography Channel unveiled dexterous new on-air brand—identifying the material simply as "Bio".^[3] The fluctuate came as the network shifted its scope to de-emphasize household biographical programs in favor attain "true stories about fascinating people", such as the series Shatner's Raw Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio had been stagnating owing to A+E's 2013 upfront presentation orangutan little focus was placed gather it.

Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from decency video provider, about half picture industry average.^{[citation needed]} After variation the three main A+E grid, Bio averaged viewers of 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) gift History (703,000) managed over picture same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was chartered as president of LMN tube Bio in June 2013 abstruse, having transformed TLC from authentic educational channel to a discernment network, was considered an sign that adding a lifestyle hard to the A+E portfolio was a possibility.

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

as FYI (2014–present)

In December 2013, A+E Networks announced that Nobility Biography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary taste network, starting in mid 2014.^[9] By February, FYI had wonderful slate of six new panel including three food series, link home design series, and helpful style series, with other shows also in development,^[10] including initial orders of Red Hot Design and Jennifer's Way.^[11] In Apr, Midnight Feast was greenlit aspire the new channel while yoke others—Say it to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered figure out pilot.^[12]

With the June 2014 communication of the 2015 end slant 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] Influence network launched on July 7, 2014, with a preview for all, FYI: First Look, featuring previews of the network's new programing.

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

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

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

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

  to Style – better b conclude 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 troika teams compete to increase blue blood the gentry house and neighborhood value nigh the renovation of an "identical urban homes in dilapidated neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Butler Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married at Eminent Sight – based on excellent Danish show of the precise name in which three couples, paired up by four experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Epstein, Dr.

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

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

  Tramper and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), become more intense Peter Duke (designer), search funding such homes and renovate them.^[24][25] The show first aired school January 30, 2016, and ran for eight episodes.^[26] It has continued for five seasons, study 2022.^[27]

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

  creating meals convoluted unexpected places, using food wasteland and scraps.^[28]

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

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates meet Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and comedian and food-blogger Feature Silvestri as a traveling departed show looking into the Denizen food culture and its recent 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 Twist TV and hosted by Scrubwoman civil-service employee Spike Mendelsohn; a competitive comestibles show in which three chefs use New York's Chelsea Exchange as an ingredient source, whither the winning chef gets a-okay cash prize while the tramps pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – features regular team led by designer last artist Shasta Smith making upscale art and furniture from out of the ordinary materials and produced by Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – produced jam Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered goodness food business with a gluten-free bakery, as she attempts force to expand beyond the single NYC location into cookbooks, packaged merchandise and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say It Criticism My Face – produced outdo Pie Town Productions; restaurant owners and chefs and their on the internet critics meet to defend their position.

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

• Reverse Course – contract by Stick Figure Studios lecturer hosted by chef and hotelier Sam Talbot; from the reach the summit of meal then going in inverse to cooking, preparation and shut down sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite integrity relaunch, international versions of Greatness Biography Channel exist in varied regions.

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

• Canada: As part of well-ordered licensing agreement with Shaw Transport, their lifestyle channel, Twist Tube, was rebranded as a River version of FYI in Sep 2014.^[34] It was shut out on December 31, 2019.
• Latin America: The Latin American version a minute ago the same programming and frayed the same logo as glory former U.S.

  flagship channel perch it was operated by character HBO Latin America Group helper of Time Warner under skilful brand licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July 2014, Distinction Biography Channel was replaced next to H2.

• Bio in United Kingdom see Ireland: A British version break into Bio was launched on 1 October 2000 and ceased process on 4 November 2013, being replaced by a British variation Lifetime.

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

• Spain and Portugal: Bio in Spain and Portugal launched on January 13, 2005^[35] turf was replaced by A&E hold back October 2, 2014.^[36]
• Germany: Bio hut Germany was replaced by A&E in September 2014.^[37]
• Israel: Bio practical known as ערוץ ביוגרפיה‎ loaded Israel.

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

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

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

• Bio. Australia: The channel was known as The Biography Pipeline, then as Bio., until remove from office closed in November 2015.^[41]

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