FYI (U.S. TV network)

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FYI
Launched	January 1, 1999; 18 years ago (1999-01-01)
Owned by	A&E Networks (Hearst Corporation (50%) Disney–ABC Television Group (50%))
Picture format	1080i (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[1]
Website	fyi.tv
Availability
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)
Streaming media
fuboTV	OTT Subscription
Sling TV	OTT Subscription

FYI (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", being 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 television and drama series, the 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".
FYI is available to 69.0 million households in America as of January 2016