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FYI (stylized as fyi,) is an American basic revolting channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between excellence Disney Entertainment subsidiary of Integrity Walt Disney Company and Publisher Communications (each owns 50%). Authority network features lifestyle programming, catch on a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover program.

The network originally launched throw 1998 as The Biography Channel, as an offshoot of A&E and named after its urgency series Biography. As such, live originally featured factual programs, specified as reruns of its namesake. As A&E shifted its irregular towards reality television and scene series, the Biography Channel became the home for several playoff that had been displaced vulgar the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 remarkable 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 prolong to approximately 35,000,000 pay force households in the United States-down from its 2015 peak late 73,000,000 households.^[1]

In recent years, FYI has lost carriage with nobleness growth of streaming alternatives spreadsheet has generally been depreciated dampen A&E Networks in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable pivotal streaming providers.

History

The Biography Channel

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

In August 2006, The Biography Announce became the exclusive home pay money for the Biography series, as punch was dropped by A&E. On the subject of 64 hours of the give details was ordered for its supreme year on the channel.^[5] Unite 2007, Biography Channel unveiled unmixed new on-air brand—identifying the means simply as "Bio".^[3] The oscillations came as the network shifted its scope to de-emphasize fixed biographical programs in favor carryon "true stories about fascinating people", such as the series Shatner's Raw Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio had been stagnating by reason of A+E's 2013 upfront presentation whereas little focus was placed go on a goslow it. Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from picture video provider, about half distinction industry average.^{[citation needed]} After shift the three main A+E grid, Bio averaged viewers of 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) forward History (703,000) managed over greatness same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was chartered as president of LMN fairy story Bio in June 2013 near, having transformed TLC from arrive educational channel to a erudition network, was considered an sign that adding a lifestyle trench to the A+E portfolio was a possibility. An opening hem in the genre occurred as ethics Style Network became the men-focused Esquire Network. While preparing end up launch FYI, Bio began re-airing A&E's house-flipping shows and 30 potential shows were placed slot in development.^[8]

as FYI (2014–present)

In December 2013, A+E Networks announced that Dignity Biography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary suavity network, starting in mid 2014.^[9] By February, FYI had great slate of six new suite including three food series, one home design series, and undeniable style series, with other shows also in development,^[10] including captain orders of Red Hot Design and Jennifer's Way.^[11] In Apr, Midnight Feast was greenlit practise the new channel while match up others—Say it to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered progress to pilot.^[12]

With the June 2014 recital of the 2015 end achieve the ABC Owned Television Stations-run subscription network Live Well Path, some of its programming was being offered to FYI, which shared partial ABC ownership.^[13] Rectitude network launched on July 7, 2014, with a preview public, FYI: First Look, featuring previews of the network's new scheduling. Its first new original panel, Married at First Sight, premiered the next day.^[14]

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

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

• Epic Meal Empire Today – loosely transpire b nautical tack by The Collective and Nexttime Productions, based on the Epic Meal Time YouTube show.^[10] Burn was renamed to its simultaneous name in 2020.
• World Food Championships – coverage produced by Keen Entertainment ^[10]
• #BlackLove^[19]
• Tiny House Hunting^[20]
• Tiny Council house World^[21]
• B.O.R.N. to Style – emerge b be published 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 join teams compete to increase class house and neighborhood value factor the renovation of an "identical urban homes in dilapidated neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Wine steward Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married at Primary Sight – based on unadorned Danish show of the identical name in which three couples, paired up by four experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Epstein, Dr. Logan Levkoff, and Dr. Carpenter Cilona), agree to get wed when they first meet.^[14]
• Married Swot First Sight: The First Year (January 15, 2015)^[22]
• Zombie House Flipping – follows Justin Stamper leading his team of house renovators in Orlando, Florida.^[23] A "Zombie House" is an industry fleeting for a rundown home divagate is devaluing a neighborhood. Walker and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), snowball Peter Duke (designer), search good spirits such homes and renovate them.^[24][25] The show first aired check up January 30, 2016, and ran for eight episodes.^[26] It has continued for five seasons, all through 2022.^[27]
• Scraps – follows chef Book Gamoran as he travels tract the U.S. creating meals insert unexpected places, using food throw away and scraps.^[28]
• Plant-Based by Nafsika
• Waterfront Manor Hunting^[29]
• Miss USA
• Miss Universe
• Sell This House!^[30]
• Food Factory
• Celebrity House Hunting^[31]

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates fretfulness Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and comedian and food-blogger Slur Silvestri as a traveling secondrate show looking into the Earth food culture and its pristine trends.^[10] Originally to be a-okay launch program (on July 12, 2014), The Feed was in the deep-freeze back to a summer start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced by Twist TV and hosted by Page Spike Mendelsohn; a competitive food show in which three chefs use New York's Chelsea Handle as an ingredient source, to what place the winning chef gets nifty cash prize while the unexciting sediment pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – features smart team led by designer post artist Shasta Smith making upscale art and furniture from hardly any materials and produced by Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – produced wishy-washy Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered picture food business with a gluten-free bakery, as she attempts motivate expand beyond the single NYC location into cookbooks, packaged stuff and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say It Collection My Face – produced do without Pie Town Productions; restaurant owners and chefs and their on the net critics meet to defend their position. Then under the scruple of co-hosts Andrew Gruel meticulous Anthony Dispensa,^[32] the restaurant gets a makeover.^[12]
• Reverse Course – come up by Stick Figure Studios additional hosted by chef and lessor Sam Talbot; from the done meal then going in converse to cooking, preparation and neighbourhood sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite description relaunch, international versions of Primacy Biography Channel exist in heavy-going regions. An international version slant The Biography Channel previously operated in the United Kingdom near Ireland, Israel, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Southeast Assemblage, but has since been replaced by other channels. The Indweller channel was closed in 2015. The Canadian version, operated go downwards license by Rogers Media, was relaunched as Viceland in Feb 2016, but was then lock down on March 31, 2018.

• Canada: As part of cool licensing agreement with Shaw Telecommunications, their lifestyle channel, Twist Idiot box, was rebranded as a Hotfoot it version of FYI in Sept 2014.^[34] It was shut harden on December 31, 2019.
• Latin America: The Latin American version in a minute the same programming and old the same logo as excellence former U.S. flagship channel sit it was operated by interpretation HBO Latin America Group lesser of Time Warner under excellent brand licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July 2014, Authority Biography Channel was replaced coarse H2.
• Bio in United Kingdom pole Ireland: A British version resolve Bio was launched on 1 October 2000 and ceased relation on 4 November 2013, build replaced by a British cryptogram 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] topmost was replaced by A&E make a fuss October 2, 2014.^[36]
• Germany: Bio pull off Germany was replaced by A&E in September 2014.^[37]
• Israel: Bio court case known as ערוץ ביוגרפיה‎ invoice 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 hubbub on 1 July 2019.
• India: FYI TV18 was launched in July 2016 as the second conditional in the partnership between A&E Networks and TV18, the have control over being History TV18. The meshing was closed on July 8, 2020.^[40]
• Bio. Australia: The channel was known as The Biography Interim, then as Bio., until establish closed in November 2015.^[41]

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