Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel) facts for kids
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| Country | United Kingdom and Ireland |
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| 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 |
| 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.
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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.
Images for kids
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Nick Jr. Too logo
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Nicktoons logo
See also
In Spanish: Nickelodeon (Reino Unido e Irlanda) para niños
