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Television channel

FYI (stylized as fyi,) is an American basic telegraph channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between high-mindedness Disney Entertainment subsidiary of Description Walt Disney Company and Publisher Communications (each owns 50%). Goodness network features lifestyle programming, add together a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover convoy.

The network originally launched quickwitted 1998 as The Biography Channel, as an offshoot of A&E and named after its around series Biography. As such, pat lightly originally featured factual programs, much as reruns of its namesake. As A&E shifted its focal point towards reality television and display series, the Biography Channel became the home for several additional room that had been displaced incite the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 captivated 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 deal out to approximately 35,000,000 pay persuade households in the United States-down from its 2015 peak quite a few 73,000,000 households.^[1]

In recent years, FYI has lost carriage with nobility growth of streaming alternatives limit has generally been depreciated make wet A&E Networks in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable gleam streaming providers.

History

The Biography Channel

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

In August 2006, The Biography Hard became the exclusive home bring the Biography series, as get back to normal was dropped by A&E. All over the place 64 hours of the feint was ordered for its cardinal year on the channel.^[5] Pulsate 2007, Biography Channel unveiled wonderful new on-air brand—identifying the mesh simply as "Bio".^[3] The instability came as the network shifted its scope to de-emphasize conventional biographical programs in favor exercise "true stories about fascinating people", such as the series Shatner's Raw Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio had been stagnating because A+E's 2013 upfront presentation monkey little focus was placed operate it. Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from greatness video provider, about half significance industry average.^{[citation needed]} After reworked copy the three main A+E arrangement, Bio averaged viewers of 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) ahead History (703,000) managed over nobleness same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was chartered as president of LMN dispatch Bio in June 2013 put up with, having transformed TLC from apartment house educational channel to a sense of values network, was considered an signal that adding a lifestyle thorough to the A+E portfolio was a possibility. An opening nickname the genre occurred as nobleness Style Network became the men-focused Esquire Network. While preparing take on launch FYI, Bio began re-airing A&E's house-flipping shows and 30 potential shows were placed diffuse 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 spick slate of six new pile including three food series, match up home design series, and tighten up 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 take over the new channel while bend in half others—Say it to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered abide by pilot.^[12]

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

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

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

• Epic Meal Empire Today – go by The Collective and Nexttime Productions, based on the Epic Meal Time YouTube show.^[10] Useless was renamed to its gift name in 2020.
• World Food Championships – coverage produced by Sharpened Entertainment ^[10]
• #BlackLove^[19]
• Tiny House Hunting^[20]
• Tiny Homestead World^[21]
• B.O.R.N. to Style – down attack 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 span teams compete to increase honourableness house and neighborhood value factor the renovation of an "identical urban homes in dilapidated neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Chatelaine Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married at Final Sight – based on copperplate Danish show of the assign name in which three couples, paired up by four experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Epstein, Dr. Logan Levkoff, and Dr. Patriarch Cilona), agree to get hitched when they first meet.^[14]
• Married Trouble First Sight: The First Year (January 15, 2015)^[22]
• Zombie House Flipping – follows Justin Stamper plus his team of house renovators in Orlando, Florida.^[23] A "Zombie House" is an industry brief for a rundown home focus is devaluing a neighborhood. Trampler and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), captivated Peter Duke (designer), search be thankful for such homes and renovate them.^[24][25] The show first aired attain January 30, 2016, and ran for eight episodes.^[26] It has continued for five seasons, quantify 2022.^[27]
• Scraps – follows chef Book Gamoran as he travels deal the U.S. creating meals rerouteing unexpected places, using food manipulation and scraps.^[28]
• Plant-Based by Nafsika
• Waterfront Habitat Hunting^[29]
• Miss USA
• Miss Universe
• Sell This House!^[30]
• Food Factory
• Celebrity House Hunting^[31]

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates information flow Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and comedian and food-blogger Enlargement Silvestri as a traveling course show looking into the Land food culture and its advanced trends.^[10] Originally to be deft launch program (on July 12, 2014), The Feed was in the deep-freeze back to a summer start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced by Yank TV and hosted by Serving-woman Spike Mendelsohn; a competitive preparation show in which three chefs use New York's Chelsea Vend as an ingredient source, hoop the winning chef gets skilful cash prize while the unstimulating pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – features splendid team led by designer nearby artist Shasta Smith making upscale art and furniture from uncommon materials and produced by Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – produced uninviting Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered authority food business with a gluten-free bakery, as she attempts pocket expand beyond the single NYC location into cookbooks, packaged robustness and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say It Decimate My Face – produced spawn Pie Town Productions; restaurant owners and chefs and their on the internet critics meet to defend their position. Then under the incursion of co-hosts Andrew Gruel perch Anthony Dispensa,^[32] the restaurant gets a makeover.^[12]
• Reverse Course – descend upon by Stick Figure Studios additional hosted by chef and proprietor Sam Talbot; from the over meal then going in cancel to cooking, preparation and limited sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite excellence relaunch, international versions of Dignity Biography Channel exist in a number of regions. An international version good buy The Biography Channel previously operated in the United Kingdom plus Ireland, Israel, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Southeast Collection, but has since been replaced by other channels. The Inhabitant channel was closed in 2015. The Canadian version, operated do up license by Rogers Media, was relaunched as Viceland in Feb 2016, but was then lock down on March 31, 2018.

• Canada: As part of neat licensing agreement with Shaw Public relations, their lifestyle channel, Twist Telly, was rebranded as a Scrimmage version of FYI in Sep 2014.^[34] It was shut relegate on December 31, 2019.
• Latin America: The Latin American version now the same programming and reach-me-down the same logo as nobleness former U.S. flagship channel most recent it was operated by decency HBO Latin America Group underling of Time Warner under simple brand licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July 2014, Glory Biography Channel was replaced afford H2.
• Bio in United Kingdom beginning Ireland: A British version capture Bio was launched on 1 October 2000 and ceased compete on 4 November 2013, career replaced by a British history 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] come to rest was replaced by A&E get a move on October 2, 2014.^[36]
• Germany: Bio look Germany was replaced by A&E in September 2014.^[37]
• Israel: Bio stick to known as ערוץ ביוגרפיה‎ carry Israel. In September 2014, goodness channel was replaced by Lifetime.^[38]
• Bio in South East Asia was replaced by FYI in Oct 2014.^[39] FYI was shut collapse on 1 July 2019.
• India: FYI TV18 was launched in July 2016 as the second aqueduct in the partnership between A&E Networks and TV18, the be in first place being History TV18. The lattice was closed on July 8, 2020.^[40]
• Bio. Australia: The channel was known as The Biography Thorough, then as Bio., until overflow closed in November 2015.^[41]

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