Biography Channel
| FYI | |
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| Launched | January 1, 1999 (as The Biography Channel) July 7, 2014 (relaunch; as FYI) |
| Owned by |
A&E Networks (Hearst Corporation (50%) Disney–ABC Television Group (50%)) |
| Picture format |
720p (HDTV) Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed |
| Slogan | For Your Inspiration |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | United States Canada Southeast Asia Hong Kong Taiwan |
| Headquarters | Newark, New Jersey |
| Formerly called | The Biography Channel (1999–2014) |
| Sister channel(s) | LMN |
| Website | fyi |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Dish Network | 119 (HD/SD) |
| DirecTV | 266 (HD/SD) 1266 (VOD) |
| C-Band - H2H/4DTV | AMC 18 - Channel 201 |
| Cable | |
| Verizon FiOS | 629 129 (SD) |
| Available on many other U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | 1272 272 (SD) |
| Southern Fibernet | 1215 215 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
FYI (an abbreviation for "For Your Information", stylized as fyi,) is an American digital cable and satellite channel that is owned by A&E Networks, a cable network joint venture between the Disney–ABC Television Group subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation (each own 50%). The network features lifestyle programming, with a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover series.
The network originally launched in 1999 as The Biography Channel—an offshoot of the A&E television series Biography. As such, it originally featured factual programs, such as reruns of its namesake. As A&E shifted its focus towards reality and drama series, Biography Channel became the home for several series that had been displaced by the network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 with a re-brand as simply Bio.
As of February 2015, the channel was available to approximately 70,932,000 pay television households (60.9% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.
The channel was launched on January 1, 1999 as The Biography Channel. A&E Television Networks (now A+E Networks, and operated as a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company, the Hearst Corporation and NBC at the time) conceived the channel as an offshoot of the long-running A&E profile series Biography. In addition to airing biographical shows, the network aired fictional, non-biographical programs that were previously seen on A&E, including Murder, She Wrote and Sherlock Holmes; the scripted programming was dropped from the channel in 2007.
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