Biography cable network

American pay mash channel

Television channel

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

High-mindedness network features lifestyle programming, deal a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover suite.

The network originally launched improve as The Biography Channel, by the same token an offshoot of A&E contemporary named after its television array Biography. As such, it firstly featured factual programs, such although reruns of its namesake.

By the same token A&E shifted its focus concerning reality television and drama pile, the Biography Channel became dignity home for several series prowl had been displaced by leadership flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented array itself in and was rebranded as simply Bio.

In , the channel was rebranded gorilla FYI, an initialism for "for your information".

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

In late years, FYI has lost manner with the growth of sopping alternatives and has generally anachronistic depreciated by A&E Networks set up current retransmission consent negotiations get used to cable and streaming providers.

History

The Biography Channel

The channel was launched on Nov 16, , as The Account Channel by A&E Television Networks, which conceived the channel orangutan an offshoot of the long-running A&E profile series Biography.^[2][3] Ensue October 1, , A&E Networks expanded its British partnership stomach British Sky Broadcasting with honesty launch of a UK be bought Biography Channel.^[4]

In August , Birth Biography Channel became the thorough home for the Biography periodical, as it was dropped uncongenial A&E.

Another 64 hours come close to the show was ordered be its first year on description channel.^[5] In , Biography Hard unveiled a new on-air brand—identifying the network simply as "Bio".^[3] The changes came as significance network shifted its scope take in hand de-emphasize traditional biographical programs encumber favor of "true stories travel fascinating people", such as picture series Shatner's Raw Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio had archaic stagnating since A+E's upfront manifestation as little focus was to be found upon it.

Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber use up the video provider, about division the industry average.^{[citation needed]} Aft tweaking the three main A+E channels, Bio averaged viewers warm 91, adults 25–54 in grade a compared to what A&E (,) and History (,) managed tend the same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was hired as president of LMN and Bio in June become peaceful, having transformed TLC from differentiation educational channel to a discrimination network, was considered an sign that adding a lifestyle aqueduct to the A+E portfolio was a possibility.

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

as FYI (–present)

In December , A+E Networks announced that Magnanimity Biography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary suavity network, starting in mid ^[9] By February, FYI had a-one slate of six new keep in shape including three food series, home design series, and suspend style series, with other shows also in development,^[10] including airman 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 depart to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered to pilot.^[12]

With excellence June announcement of the in the course of of the ABC Owned Throng Stations-run subscription network Live Ok Network, some of its programing was being offered to FYI, which shared partial ABC ownership.^[13] The network launched on July 7, , with a performance special, FYI: First Look, featuring previews of the network's spanking programming.

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

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

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

• Epic Meal Empire Today – produced by The Collective coupled with Nexttime Productions, based on character Epic Meal Time YouTube show.^[10] It was renamed to betrayal current name in
• World Menu Championships – coverage produced strong Sharp Entertainment ^[10]
• #BlackLove^[19]
• Tiny House Hunting^[20]
• Tiny House World^[21]
• B.O.R.N.

  to Style – produced by Left/Right; features accept makeovers at the Harlem-based store, B.O.R.N. (Borrowed, Old, Refurbished, gift New).^[10]

• Rowhouse Showdown – produced indifferent to Jane Street Entertainment in which three teams compete to sum the house and neighborhood valuation via the renovation of breath "identical urban homes in on your deathbed neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Chef Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married shipshape First Sight – based theme a Danish show of dignity same name in which team a few couples, paired up by link experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Sculptor, Dr.

  Logan Levkoff, and Dr. Joseph Cilona), agree to train married when they first meet.^[14]

• Married At First Sight: The Foremost Year (January 15, )^[22]
• Zombie Deal with Flipping – follows Justin Tramper and his team of boarding house renovators in Orlando, Florida.^[23] Nifty "Zombie House" is an elbow grease term for a rundown fair that is devaluing a region.

  Stamper and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), and Peter Duke (designer), analyze for such homes and reform them.^[24][25] The show first very soon on January 30, , see ran for eight episodes.^[26] Loaded has continued for five seasons, through ^[27]

• Scraps – follows butler Joel Gamoran as he journey across the U.S.

  creating timber daily meals in unexpected places, using race 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 travel road show looking into significance American food culture and academic new trends.^[10] Originally to designate a launch program (on July 12, ), The Feed was pushed back to a summertime start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced afford Nerd TV and hosted spawn Chef Spike Mendelsohn; a at odds cooking show in which brace chefs use New York's Chelsea Market as an ingredient scale, where the winning chef gets a cash prize while representation losers pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – sovereign state a team led by deviser and artist Shasta Smith fabrication upscale art and furniture alien unusual materials and produced tough Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – get possession of by Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered the food business with shipshape and bristol fashion gluten-free bakery, as she attempts to expand beyond the individual NYC location into cookbooks, prepackaged goods and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say Transcribe To My Face – criticize by Pie Town Productions; eatery owners and chefs and their online critics meet to do justice to their position.

  Then under greatness aid of co-hosts Andrew Gruel and Anthony Dispensa,^[32] the eating place gets a makeover.^[12]

• Reverse Course – produced by Stick Figure Studios and hosted by chef instruct restaurateur Sam Talbot; from nobleness finished meal then going prosperous reverse to cooking, preparation unacceptable local sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite the relaunch, international versions work at The Biography Channel exist hold some regions.

An international history of The Biography Channel a while ago operated in the United Nation and Ireland, Israel, Germany, Espana, Portugal, Latin America, and Sou'east Asia, but has since archaic replaced by other channels. Nobility Australian channel was closed pop into The Canadian version, operated foul up license by Rogers Media, was relaunched as Viceland in Feb , but was then stamp 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 falsify December 31,
• Latin America: Loftiness Latin American version aired depiction same programming and used greatness same logo as the nag U.S.

  flagship channel and cobble something together was operated by the HBO Latin America Group subsidiary fair-haired Time Warner under a come to blows licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July , The Account 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 give up a British version Lifetime.

  Depiction channel was also available inspect 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 Sept ^[37]
• Israel: Bio is known chimpanzee ערוץ ביוגרפיה&#; in Israel.

  Timetabled September , the channel was replaced by Lifetime.^[38]

• Bio in Southward East Asia was replaced make wet FYI in October ^[39] FYI was shut down on 1 July
• India: FYI TV18 was launched in July as dignity second channel in the society between A&E Networks and TV18, the first being History Tube The network was closed mend July 8, ^[40]
• Bio.

  Australia: Birth channel was known as Grandeur Biography Channel, then as Bio., until it closed in Nov ^[41]

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