Nickelodeon (Europe)

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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon Logo (From January 2010)
Launched	September 1, 1993
Owned by	MTV Networks Europe
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Broadcast area	Europe
Website	www.nickelodeon.tv

Nickelodeon the cable and digital satellite television network dedicated to kids. Nickelodeon is widely available throughout Europe as a subscription service or free-to-air service; depending on what region in Europe you are living in. Nickelodeon is seen in 24.2 million households throughout Europe, via channels and blocks.^[1]

Nickelodeon is operated by MTV Networks Europe on behalf of its owner Viacom. Nickelodeon first launched in Europe in the United Kingdom in 1993, following this Nickelodeon subsequently launched a pan-European version of the channel and other local Nickelodeon channels.

Pan-European Nickelodeon

The Pan-European version, known as Nickelodeon airs a selection of programming from Nickelodeon in the USA and local shows from Nickelodeon in the UK and Australia. Nickelodeon Europe is a 24-hour pan-regional feed reaching Europe. The channel is primarily available in English with additional soundtracks in Russian, Hungarian and Serbian. A total of more than 68 million homes across Europe and Central Asia can view the pan-European version of Nickelodeon. In a number of countries in Europe also host a local version of the channel and/or localized programming blocks. The UK/Ireland version of the network launched their HD simulcast channel on October 5, 2010 over Sky, ^[2] and it is expected that further launches of HD channels will occur across the continent in the next few years.

Global On-Air Identity

In January 2010, Viacom International launched a global on-air identity campaign for its Nickelodeon channels worldwide (except Nickelodeon US, which adopted the new look identity September 28, 2009). The new look on air-identity debuted on Nickelodeon (France) January 29, 2010,^[3] Nickelodeon UK, and Nickelodeon Ireland on February 15, 2010,^[4] Nickelodeon (Poland) on March 4,in Africa on March 13, 2010, and on Nickelodeon Netherlands, Germany, Nickelodeon Austria and Nickelodeon Switzerland on March 31, 2010.^[5] The new look design incorporates the newly designed Nickelodeon logo which originally launched on Nickelodeon US in September, 2009. The roll-out of Nickelodeon's new global on-air, online and offline branding will take place throughout 2010 on all Nickelodeon channels worldwide (with exception to Nickelodeon US). Nickelodeon Europe picked up the new 2011 look from Nick USA in 2012. The first country to pick up the new bumpers was Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland). It first got random airings of these bumpers in October 2011 and they were fully used from January 2, 2012.

Localized Nickelodeon channels in EMEA

Country	Title	Air Date	New Look Release Date	Note
United Kingdom	Nickelodeon UK	September 1, 1993	February 15, 2010
Germany	Nickelodeon Deutschland	July 1995	March 30, 2010	Second version of network launched September 2005; first version was ended June 1, 1998
Finland	Nickelodeon (Scandinavia)	July 16, 1996 (block) February 1997 (channel)	March 31, 2010	Also in Norway
Norway	Nickelodeon (Scandinavia)	July 16, 1996 (block) February 1997 (channel)	March 31, 2010	Also in Finland
Arab World	Nickelodeon (Arabia)	1996 (block) July 23, 2008(channel)	Not utilized	Ended on September 8, 2011
Croatia	Nickelodeon (Croatia)	2011	2010	Uses default Euro feed
Turkey	Nickelodeon (Turkey)	April 11, 1994	April 5, 2010
Switzerland	Nickelodeon (Swiss)	September 28, 1998 (block) April 1, 2009 (channel)	March 31, 2010
Russia CIS	Nickelodeon CIS	November 15, 1998	February 10, 2010
Ukraine	Nickelodeon (Ukraine)	December 2010 (block) March 2012 (Ukrainian channel)	April 12, 2012
Hungary	Nickelodeon (Hungary)	August 1, 1998 (block), October 6, 1999 (channel)	February 10, 2010	Is part of Eastern Europe
Romania	Nickelodeon (Romania)	December 1998 (block) February 10, 2010 (channel)	February 10, 2010	In Eastern Europe
Spain	Nickelodeon (Spain)	March 27, 1999	April 1, 2010	Also Available in Spanish
South Africa	Nickelodeon (Africa)	June 12, 1999 (block) July 4, 2008 (channel)	March 13, 2010
United Kingdom	Nick Jr. UK	1993 (block) September 1, 1999 (channel)	April 30, 2010
United Kingdom	Nick Replay	September 1999	February 2010	Timeshift service of Nickelodeon UK
Poland	Nickelodeon (Poland)	November 7, 1999 (block) July 10, 2008 (channel)	March 1, 2010	Formerly as a block on Fantastic, which was closed on July 1, 2001
Norway	Nickelodeon (Norway)	1996		Ended in 2007
United Kingdom	Nicktoons UK	July 22, 2002	April 30, 2010
Netherlands	Nickelodeon (Netherlands & Flanders)	July 14, 2003	March 31, 2010	Timeshared with several channels between 2002–2003 and 2005-2011.
Belgium: Flanders	Nickelodeon (Netherlands & Flanders)	January 2004	March 31, 2010	Timeshared with MTV (Netherlands & Flanders)
Israel	Nickelodeon Israel	July 2003	May 2, 2010	Owned by Tipo
Ireland	Nickelodeon Ireland	February 2004	February 15, 2010
Italy	Nickelodeon Italy	November 1, 2004	April 1, 2010
Netherlands Belgium: Flanders	Nick Jr. (Netherlands & Flanders)	January 1, 2005	March 31, 2010
Germany	Nickelodeon Germany	Originally in July 2, 1995, now September 2005	March 31, 2010
Portugal	Nickelodeon (Portugal)	June 1, 2005	April 1, 2010
France	Nickelodeon (France)	November 1, 2005	January 29, 2010
France	Nickelodeon Junior	January 1, 2007	January 29, 2010
United Kingdom	Nick Jr. 2	April 24, 2006	April 30, 2010
Ireland	Nick Jr. Ireland	2006	April 30, 2010	Part of the British version of Nick Jr.
Austria	Nickelodeon (Austria)	June 1, 2006	March 31, 2010
Serbia	Nickelodeon (Serbia)	April 28, 2013	January, 2010	Uses default Euro feed
Netherlands Belgium: Flanders	Nicktoons (Netherlands & Flanders)	August 2, 2007	March 31, 2010
Netherlands Belgium: Flanders	Nick Hits (Netherlands & Flanders)	August 2, 2007	March 31, 2010
Germany Austria Switzerland	Nick Premium	December 2007		Ended on March 31, 2010
Denmark	Nickelodeon Denmark	March 15, 2008	March 31, 2010
Sweden	Nickelodeon Sweden	June 18, 2008	March 31, 2010
United Kingdom	Nicktoonsters	August 18, 2008	July 31, 2009	Closed July 2009, replaced with NickToons Replay
United Kingdom	NickToons Replay	June 17, 2009	April 30, 2010	Timeshift service of NickToons
Italy	Nickelodeon +1 Italy	July 31, 2009	April 1, 2010	Timeshift service of Nickelodeon Italy
Italy	Nick Jr. (Italy)	July 31, 2009	April 1, 2010
Czech Republic	Nickelodeon (Central & Eastern Europe)	February 10, 2010	February 10, 2010
Greece	Nickelodeon (Greece)	September 3, 2010	September 3, 2010
Poland	Nick Jr. (Poland)	October 4, 2010	October 4, 2010
Bulgaria	Nickelodeon (Bulgaria)	November 4, 2013	November 4, 2013	Owned by Viacom

Nickelodeon Branded Programming Blocks in EMEA

Localized language programming:

Nick on M-Net/KTV in Africa (1999-)
Nick on TNT Russia in Russia (2002-)
Nick on Raisat2 in Italy (1997–2000)
Nick on SF2 in Switzerland (1997–2004)
Nick on TMF in Belgium (2002–2005)
Nick on CNBCe in Turkey (2002-)
Noggin. (formerly Nick Jr.) on TMF in UK (2003–2007)
Nick and Nick Jr in Irish language on TG4
Nick on M-Sat (1998–2001), Nick on Viva, Nick on Comedy Central Hungary and Nick on TV2 (Hungary)
Nick on Lumiere TV in Cyprus (2001-) and pay TV channels (2001–2003)
Nick on Showtime in the Middle East (1996–2002)
Nickelodeon on B92 in Serbia (2002-)
Nickelodeon on NTK in Kazakhstan (2009-2012)
Nickelodeon on QTV (weekdays) & STB (weekends) in Ukraine (2010-)
Nick on Super 7 (Bulgaria) in Bulgaria

References

↑ "Nick International". Nick.com. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
↑ "MTV to launch Nickelodeon HD on Sky". Digital Spy. September 23, 2010.
↑ http://www.c21media.net/resources/alt_index.asp?article=17299&area=79
↑ Rushton, Katherine (February 11, 2010). "Nickelodeon drops splat for ‘older’ identity | News | Broadcast". Broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
↑ "MTV renames German Nick channels | News". Rapid TV News. February 21, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

External links

Nickelodeon

Blocks

Nick Play Date (Nick U.S.)
Nick at Nite (Nick U.S.)
Gotta See Saturdays (Nick U.S.)
Nick Studio 10 (Nick U.S.)
The '90s Are All That (TeenNick U.S.)
NickMom (Nick Jr. U.S.)

Sister networks

Programming

Internet services

Media/studios

Outreach programs

Amusement Parks

Other

International channels

Nickelodeon	Africa Australia and New Zealand Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Central and Eastern Europe Croatia Czech Republic Hungary Malta Poland Romania Russia and CIS Serbia Ukraine Denmark Europe Finland France Germany Greece India Indonesia Israel Italy Latin America Malaysia Mongolia Netherlands & Flanders Norway Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Tajikistan Philippines Portugal Scandinavia South East Asia South Korea Spain Switzerland Sweden Taiwan and Hong Kong Turkey UK and Ireland Vietnam

Nick Jr.	Africa Australia and New Zealand Brazil Czech Republic France Germany Greece Hungary Italy India Kazakhstan Latin America Netherlands & Flanders Pakistan Portugal Romania Russia South Korea Scandinavia UK & Ireland UK & Ireland (2) South East Asia Turkey Turkmenistan United States Ukraine

Nicktoons	Latin America UK & Ireland Netherlands & Flanders Germany United States

Programming	Australia and New Zealand Canada South East Asia UK & Ireland

Other	Kindernet Nick Hits Sonic Mon Nickelodeon Junior

Defunct

Blocks	Nickelodeon Splat! Nick in the Afternoon Nick Jr. Nick on CBS/Nick Jr. on CBS Nickel-O-Zone Noggin (Viva UK block) Slime Time Live SNICK TEENick U-Pick Live

Sister network	Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids

International	Nickelodeon Arabia Nicktoons France Nickelodeon Japan Nickelodeon New Zealand North Africa Nicktoonsters El Salvador

Other	Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast Nickelodeon Magazine Nickelodeon Studios TurboNick Pinwheel (TV series)

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