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Country | Southeast Asia (except Malaysia) |
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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 |
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]
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.
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