FYI (Southeast Asian TV channel)
FYI (stylized as fyi,) was a Southeast Asian television channel (excluding Malaysia, formerly including Malaysia) dedicating to lifestyle. The channel was launched on May 27, 2008 as Bio. by A+E Networks Asia, a joint-venture between A+E Networks and Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd in Malaysia.[1] On October 6, 2014, Bio. became FYI.[2]
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| Country | Southeast Asia (except Malaysia) | 
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Indonesia  Philippines South Korea Singapore Taiwan Myanmar Thailand  | 
| Headquarters | Singapore | 
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9 (SDTV)  HDTV  | 
| Ownership | |
| Owner | A+E Networks Asia | 
| Sister channels | Crime & Investigation Network  History H2 Lifetime  | 
| History | |
| Launched | 27 May 2008 (as Bio) 6 October 2014 (as FYI)  | 
| Closed | 14 December 2018 (Malaysia)  30 June 2019 (Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar) 1 July 2019 (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines)  | 
| Former names | The Biography Channel (2008-2014) | 
| Links | |
| Website | fyiasia | 
After 11 years of broadcasting, the channel ceased broadcasting on 1 July 2019, after which the channel space created in 2008 by The Biography Channel ceased to exist.
Final Programming
    
    FYI Programs
    
- Affairs Gone Wrong
 - Aftermath with William Shatner
 - Junkie Monastery
 - Hoarders
 - Shipping Wars
 - Confessions: Animal Hoarding
 - Barter Kings
 - Private Chefs of Beverly Hills
 - Storage Wars
 - The Quon Dynasty
 - Billy The Exterminator
 - One Born Every Minute
 - Celebrity Close Calls
 - Celebrity Nightmares Decoded
 - Cursed
 - Monster In-Laws
 - Intervention
 - Celebrity Ghost Stories [lower-alpha 1]
 - Storage Wars: Texas
 - Celebrity House Hunting
 - Airline USA
 - Way Of Broadway
 - Confessions: Animal Hoarding
 - I Don't Have Time For This
 - Hot, Famous and Forty
 - Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
 - Reno Vs Relocate
 - Shipping Wars
 - Sell This House
 - Paranormal State
 - Visionaries: Inside The Creative
 - My Little Terror
 - Under 21
 - Under 21 And Filthy Rich
 - Epic Meal Empire
 - World Food Championships
 - Tiny House Nation [lower-alpha 2]
 - B.O.R.N. to Style
 - Rowhouse Showdown
 - Lost in Love
 - Best in Bridal
 - The Coolest Places on Earth
 
Bio Programs
    
- BIO Classroom
 - Biography
 - My Ghost Story
 - My Ghost Story Asia
 - My Ghost Story: Caught On Camera
 - Hollywood
 - Cold Case Files
 - Panic 911
 - I Survived...
 - Ghostly Encounters
 - Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
 - Child Of Our Time
 - Gene Simmons Family Jewels
 
Notes
    
- Now on Crime + Investigation.
 - Now on Lifetime.
 
References
    
- "enews ข่าวประชาสัมพันธ์ enews". Newswit.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
 - "A+E rebrands BIO channel to FYI in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan". Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
 
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