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Nickelodeon (Nick)
Nickelodeon 2009 logo.svg
Country United Kingdom and Ireland
Broadcast area United Kingdom and Ireland
Slogan It's all new, all Nick!
Programming
Language(s) English
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift service Nickelodeon +1
Ownership
Owner ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia (60%)
Sky Group (40%)
Sister channels Nicktoons
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. Too
History
Launched 1 September 1993; 30 years ago (1993-09-01)
Availability
Cable
Virgin Media (UK) Channel 712 (SD)
Channel 713 (+1)
Channel 714 (HD)
TV Choice on Demand
Virgin Media (Ireland) Channel 604 (SD)
Channel 605 (+1)
Channel 634 (HD)
WightFibre Channel 100
Satellite
Sky (UK) Channel 604 (HD)
Channel 616 (+1)
Channel 642 (SD)
On Demand
Sky (Ireland) Channel 604 (SD)
Channel 616 (+1)
Channel 623 (HD)
On Demand
IPTV
TalkTalk Plus TV Channel 483
BT Channel 483
BT (via Now TV) Channel 468
Channel 475 (HD)
Plusnet Channel 483
Eir Vision Channel 605
Streaming media
Sky Go Watch live (UK & Ireland only)
Now TV Watch live (UK only)
Virgin TV Anywhere Watch live (UK only)

Nickelodeon or commonly shortened to Nick UK is a British & Irish Pay TV network focused on kids programming, it is operated under a joint venture between ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia and Sky Group.

On 1 September 1993, a localised version of the US channel launched in the United Kingdom and launched at a later date in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the channel is available on Sky, Virgin Media, and TalkTalk Plus TV. In Ireland, the channel is available on Virgin Media Ireland, Eir TV and Sky Ireland. This is the first international Nickelodeon channel.

Ownership

The Nickelodeon channels available in the UK and in Ireland are operated through a joint venture with Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Sky plc trading as Nickelodeon UK Ltd. VIMN holds majority in shares (60%).

Subsidiary and sister channels

Nick Jr.

Nick Jr. first appeared in the UK and Ireland from 1995, between 9am – 3pm on weekday school days on the main Nickelodeon UK channel. On 1 September 1999, Nick Jr. launched on Sky, allowing the channel to broadcast all day. Nick Jr. shows programming aimed at pre-school children, which was previously shown during the daytime on the main channel, but this strand has long since been dropped (though it was reintroduced briefly during 2005). Nick Jr. originally timeshared with MTV Dance when that channel launched in early 2001, though this ceased some time ago, with MTV Dance having gone 24 hours since then.

Nicktoons

On 22 July 2002, Nicktoons was launched, airing Nicktoons cartoons, as well as other cartoons, throughout the day. SpongeBob SquarePants and Horrid Henry are part of the Nicktoons schedule.

Nick Jr. Too

On 24 April 2006, Nick Jr. Too was launched. It broadcasts Nick Jr. shows on a different schedule from the main Nick Jr. channel.

Nick +1, Nicktoons Replay and Nick Jr. +1

On 1 September 1999, a one-hour time shift of Nickelodeon was initially launched on Sky. It is available on Sky 620, Virgin Media Ireland 605 and Virgin Media 713. The channel originally launched as Nick Replay but was rebranded as Nick +1 on 2 October 2012.

A one-hour timeshift of Nicktoons, Nicktoons Replay, was also available on Sky channel 630. The timeshift channel replaced the Nicktoons spin off sister channel Nicktoonsters.

Nick Jr. +1 launched on 2 October 2012, replacing Nicktoons Replay, which closed the previous day. The timeshift channel is available on Nicktoons Replay's previous space.

Irish feed

In 2004, The channel launched an Irish advertising feed for Nickelodeon.

An Irish feed for Nick Jr. was launched in 2006. On 13 September 2012, it was announced that Sky would be launching an Irish feed of NickToons on 16 October 2012. All Nickelodeon channels available in Ireland now host Irish advertising and sponsorship.

Nicktoonsters

On 18 August 2008, Nicktoonsters was launched. Its licence first appeared on the Ofcom website in September 2007 (initially named "Nicktoons 2", and changed to Nicktoonsters on 3 July 2008). The channel closed on 31 July 2009 and was replaced with a one-hour timeshift of Nicktoons on 1 August 2009.

Programming

Over the years the network has produced series including Genie in the House (2006–2009) and Summer in Transylvania (2010–2012). Apart from local continuity programming and Camp Orange, Nickelodeon UK mainly airs imported programming from the US network, Canada's YTV, and the children's division of Australian broadcast network Network Ten. House of Anubis was filmed in the UK, but was produced for the American channel and premiered in the US market first.

Kids' Choice Awards

Traditionally, the Kids' Choice Awards in the United Kingdom and Ireland before 2007 included only an airing of the original ceremony from the United States. Nickelodeon UK from then on held a full ceremony for two years in 2007 and 2008 which included a fully local slate of categories and was held at the ExCeL London. No ceremony or UK-specific awards were held in 2009 after network budget cuts, and since 2010 only a few local categories are voted by children in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which are awarded each year by Nickelodeon presenters as continuity during the airing of the American ceremony on a one-day delay.

Nickelodeon Land

Nickelodeon Land is a section of the Blackpool Pleasure Beach resort in Blackpool which is a six-acre section of the park featuring themed Nickelodeon attractions and souvenirs. The Nickelodeon Land section of the park in opened April 2011.





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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Nickelodeon (Reino Unido e Irlanda) para niños

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