The Biography Channel (or simply bio.) is an American digital cable television channel owned by A&E and based on the television series of the same name. A version of the channel also airs on ONO and Telefónica in Spain and on Sky Digital and cable television in the United Kingdom, a version of the channel also broadcasts in Canada owned by Rogers Media. It is a digital cable, category 1 television channel in Canada. It also has a version in Australia which soon will change its name to simply Bio. In 2007 a German and a Latinamerican version of the Biography Channel were launched. Biography Channel began programming in 1999. In addition to biographical shows, the network has been airing fictional, non-biographical programming previously seen on A&E, including Murder, She Wrote and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, though this practice ended in 2007.

As of August 2006, the Biography Channel became the exclusive home for the Biography series, which was also dropped by A&E.

On Monday, July 16, 2007, the Biography Channel unveiled a new logo, a new tagline ("True Story") and revamped its on-air look and feel. Although the channel will refer to itself as Bio in much of its branding, the Biography Channel name is still in use as a subheading within the channel logo and for other network business. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968661.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

Series

• Biography
• Enigma
• Mysteries of the Bible
• Notorious
• Screen Goddesses
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Unexplained
• In the Mind of...
• Midsomer Murders
• I Survived...
• Urban Legends

Fiction-based series

• Agatha Christie's Poirot
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• Murder, She Wrote

Logos

<gallery> Image:Biography Channel (1999-2007) logo.svg|Biography Channel logo used from January 1, 1999 until July 16, 2007. Until 2001, the logo was in a rectangular shape, with "THE" and "CHANNEL" on rectangles of their own. Image:Biography Channel logo2.png|Current logo since July 16, 2007. </gallery>

See also

• List of Canadian television channels
• The Biography Channel Canada
• The Biography Channel Australia
• The Biography Channel Europe
• List of DirecTV channels
• List of Dish Network channels
• List of United States cable and satellite television networks

External links

• Official Biography Channel website
• The Biography Channel Australia
• The Biography Channel Canada
• The Biography Channel Germany
• The Biography Channel Israel
• The Biography Channel UK
• The Biography Channel Asia

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