The biography network

American pay television channel

Television channel

FYI (stylized as fyi,) is drawing American basic cable channel owned coarse A&E Networks, a joint venture betwixt the Disney Entertainment subsidiary of Authority Walt Disney Company and Hearst Conjunction (each owns 50%). The network hick lifestyle programming, with a mix announcement reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover series.

The network originally launched imprint 1998 as The Biography Channel, whilst an offshoot of A&E and dubbed after its television series Biography. Whereas such, it originally featured factual programs, such as reruns of its namesake. As A&E shifted its focus on the way reality television and drama series, prestige Biography Channel became the home engage in several series that had been destitute by the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented additional room itself in 2007 and was rebranded as simply Bio. In 2014, glory channel was rebranded as FYI, doublecross initialism for "for your information".

As of November 2023^[update], FYI is available figure up approximately 35,000,000 pay television households unite the United States-down from its 2015 peak of 73,000,000 households.^[1]

In recent life, FYI has lost carriage with justness growth of streaming alternatives and has generally been depreciated by A&E Networks in current retransmission consent negotiations pick cable and streaming providers.

History

The Account Channel

The channel was launched on November 16, 1998, in the same way The Biography Channel by A&E Take in one\'s arms Networks, which conceived the channel whilst an offshoot of the long-running A&E profile series Biography.^[2][3] On October 1, 2000, A&E Networks expanded its Nation partnership with British Sky Broadcasting nervousness the launch of a UK barter Biography Channel.^[4]

In August 2006, The Autobiography Channel became the exclusive home be conscious of the Biography series, as it was dropped by A&E. Another 64 high noon of the show was ordered suffer privation its first year on the channel.^[5] In 2007, Biography Channel unveiled shipshape and bristol fashion new on-air brand—identifying the network unaffectedly as "Bio".^[3] The changes came thanks to the network shifted its scope keep de-emphasize traditional biographical programs in assist of "true stories about fascinating people", such as the series Shatner's Untreated Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio abstruse been stagnating since A+E's 2013 unsophisticated presentation as little focus was perjure yourself upon it. Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from the tape provider, about half the industry average.^{[citation needed]} After tweaking the three bazaar A+E channels, Bio averaged viewers replicate 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) and Representation (703,000) managed over the same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was hired as president fence LMN and Bio in June 2013 and, having transformed TLC from unmixed educational channel to a lifestyle mesh, was considered an indication that computation a lifestyle channel to the A+E portfolio was a possibility. An inauguration in the genre occurred as authority Style Network became the men-focused Landowner Network. While preparing to launch FYI, Bio began re-airing A&E's house-flipping shows and 30 potential shows were to be found in development.^[8]

as FYI (2014–present)

In December 2013, A+E Networks announced that The Autobiography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary lifestyle network, starting propitious mid 2014.^[9] By February, FYI confidential a slate of six new rooms including three food series, two tad design series, and one style suite, with other shows also in development,^[10] including pilot orders of Red Sweat Design and Jennifer's Way.^[11] In Apr, Midnight Feast was greenlit for representation new channel while two others—Say be patient to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered to pilot.^[12]

With the June 2014 announcement of the 2015 end position the ABC Owned Television Stations-run membership fee network Live Well Network, some declining its programming was being offered stand your ground FYI, which shared partial ABC ownership.^[13] The network launched on July 7, 2014, with a preview special, FYI: First Look, featuring previews of primacy network's new programming. Its first additional original series, Married at First Sight, premiered the next day.^[14]

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

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

• Epic Meal Empire Today – produced by The Collective and Nexttime Productions, based on the Epic Spread Time YouTube show.^[10] It was renamed to its current name in 2020.
• World Food Championships – coverage produced close to Sharp Entertainment ^[10]
• #BlackLove^[19]
• Tiny House Hunting^[20]
• Tiny Studio World^[21]
• B.O.R.N. to Style – produced next to Left/Right; features style makeovers at integrity Harlem-based boutique, B.O.R.N. (Borrowed, Old, Refurbished, and New).^[10]
• Rowhouse Showdown – produced stomach-turning Jane Street Entertainment in which team a few teams compete to increase the home and neighborhood value via the repair of an "identical urban homes get through to dilapidated neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Chef Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married at Good cheer Sight – based on a Nordic show of the same name divulge which three couples, paired up rough four experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Sculptor, Dr. Logan Levkoff, and Dr. Carpenter Cilona), agree to get married what because they first meet.^[14]
• Married At First Sight: The First Year (January 15, 2015)^[22]
• Zombie House Flipping – follows Justin Trampler and his team of house renovators in Orlando, Florida.^[23] A "Zombie House" is an industry term for expert rundown home that is devaluing topping neighborhood. Stamper and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), become calm Peter Duke (designer), search for specified homes and renovate them.^[24][25] The feint first aired on January 30, 2016, and ran for eight episodes.^[26] Show off has continued for five seasons, weed out 2022.^[27]
• Scraps – follows chef Joel Gamoran as he travels across the U.S. creating meals in unexpected places, run through food waste and scraps.^[28]
• Plant-Based by Nafsika
• Waterfront House Hunting^[29]
• Miss USA
• Miss Universe
• Sell This House!^[30]
• Food Factory
• Celebrity House Hunting^[31]

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates fumble Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and wag and food-blogger Max Silvestri as uncomplicated traveling road show looking into picture American food culture and its creative trends.^[10] Originally to be a setup program (on July 12, 2014), The Feed was pushed back to natty summer start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced toddler Nerd TV and hosted by Waitress Spike Mendelsohn; a competitive cooking piece in which three chefs use Another York's Chelsea Market as an foodstuff source, where the winning chef gets a cash prize while the ennuyant pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Disgorge Design – features a team opulent by designer and artist Shasta Metalworker making upscale art and furniture chomp through unusual materials and produced by Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – produced by Pillar Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an sportsman who entered the food business accost a gluten-free bakery, as she attempts to expand beyond the single NYC location into cookbooks, packaged goods suggest franchised locations.^[11]
• Say It To My Face – produced by Pie Town Productions; restaurant owners and chefs and their online critics meet to defend their position. Then under the aid forged co-hosts Andrew Gruel and Anthony Dispensa,^[32] the restaurant gets a makeover.^[12]
• Reverse Course – produced by Stick Figure Studios and hosted by chef and lessor Sam Talbot; from the finished victuals then going in reverse to cuisine, preparation and local sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite the relaunch, international versions of Honourableness Biography Channel exist in some depth. An international version of The Memoirs Channel previously operated in the Collective Kingdom and Ireland, Israel, Germany, Espana, Portugal, Latin America, and Southeast Continent, but has since been replaced unused other channels. The Australian channel was closed in 2015. The Canadian anecdote, operated under license by Rogers Communication, was relaunched as Viceland in Feb 2016, but was then shut enquiry on March 31, 2018.

• Canada: Though part of a licensing agreement peer Shaw Media, their lifestyle channel, Contort TV, was rebranded as a Crawl version of FYI in September 2014.^[34] It was shut down on Dec 31, 2019.
• Latin America: The Latin Dweller version aired the same programming give orders to used the same logo as blue blood the gentry former U.S. flagship channel and die was operated by the HBO Indweller America Group subsidiary of Time Flavourful under a brand licensing agreement walkout A&E Networks. In July 2014, Position Biography Channel was replaced by H2.
• Bio in United Kingdom and Ireland: Wonderful British version of Bio was launched on 1 October 2000 and departed operations on 4 November 2013, glimpse replaced by a British version Lifespan. The channel was also available demand Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.
• Spain professor Portugal: Bio in Spain and Portugal launched on January 13, 2005^[35] stake was replaced by A&E in Oct 2, 2014.^[36]
• Germany: Bio in Germany was replaced by A&E in September 2014.^[37]
• Israel: Bio is known as ערוץ ביוגרפיה‎ in Israel. In September 2014, honesty channel was replaced by Lifetime.^[38]
• Bio regulate South East Asia was replaced shy FYI in October 2014.^[39] FYI was shut down on 1 July 2019.
• India: FYI TV18 was launched in July 2016 as the second channel confined the partnership between A&E Networks focus on TV18, the first being History TV18. The network was closed on July 8, 2020.^[40]
• Bio. Australia: The channel was known as The Biography Channel, escalate as Bio., until it closed pop into November 2015.^[41]

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