FYI (American TV channel)
FYI (stylized as fyi,) is an American basic cable channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Disney Entertainment subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications (each owns 50%). The network features lifestyle programming, with a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover series.
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | |
| Headquarters | Newark, New Jersey |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | A&E Networks |
| Sister channels | LMN |
| History | |
| Launched | November 16, 1998 |
| Former names | The Biography Channel (1998–2014) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Service(s) | Philo, Sling TV, Frndly TV, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV |
The network originally launched in 1998 as The Biography Channel, as an offshoot of A&E and named after its television series Biography. As such, it originally featured factual programs, such as reruns of its namesake. As A&E shifted its focus towards reality television and drama series, the Biography Channel became the home for several series that had been displaced by the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 and was rebranded as simply Bio. In 2014, the channel was rebranded as FYI.
FYI is available to 69.0 million households in America as of January 2016.