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==External links==
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===Official sites===
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* [http://www.nick.com Nickelodeon America]
* [http://www.nickarabia.net/ Nickelodeon Arabia]
* [http://www.nicksplat.com/ Nickelodeon Asia]
* [http://www.nickelodeon.com.au Nickelodeon Australia]
* [http://www.nickelodeon.at/ Nickelodeon Austria]
* [http://www.nickcentral.net Nickelodeon Central]
* [http://www.hahanick.com Nickelodeon China]
* [http://www.nickelodeon.fr Nickelodeon France]
* [http://www.nick.de Nickelodeon Germany]
* [http://www.nickindia.com Nickelodeon India]
* [http://www.nicktv.it Nickelodeon Italy]
* [http://www.nick.tipo.co.il/ Nickelodeon Israel]
* [http://www.nickjapan.com Nickelodeon Japan]
* [http://www.nick.co.kr Nickelodeon Korea]
* [http://www.mundonick.com Nickelodeon in Latin America]
* [http://www.nickelodeon.nl Nickelodeon Netherlands]
* [http://www.nicknz.co.nz/ Nickelodeon New Zealand]
* [http://www.nick.com.pl/ Nickelodeon Poland]
* [http://www.nickelodeon.pt/ Nickelodeon Portugal]
* [http://www.nickelodeon.se/ Nickelodeon Scandinavia]
* [http://www.nickelodeon.es Nickelodeon Spain]
* [http://nickelodeon-tv.ru Nickelodeon in Russia and CIS]
* [http://www.nickelodeon.com.tr Nickelodeon Turkey]
* [http://www.nick.co.uk/ Nickelodeon UK]
* [http://www.nicktropolis.com Nicktropolis]
* [http://www.nickjr.com/ Nick Jr.]
* [http://www.nicktoonsnetwork.com Nicktoons Network]
* [http://www.nick.com/minisites/familycruise/ Official cruise line website]
* [http://www.ytv.com/programming/nicksundays/]

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This article is about the TV channel. For other uses, see Nickelodeon.
Nickelodeon
CountryUnited States
HeadquartersNew York City
Ownership
OwnerMTV Networks
(Viacom)

Nickelodeon is an American cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel. The Pinwheel name was used until 1981. The channel is found in many different countries, including Nick UK and Nickelodeon Australia. As of 2009, Nick currently has only one block, Nick at Nite. Since 2006, Nickelodeon has been run by MTVN Kids & Family Group president Cyma Zarghami. The network is aimed mostly at children ages 6-11, with the exception of their prime time block that is aimed at children ages 12-17.

History

Nickelodeon was launched on December 1, 1977 as Pinwheel channel in Columbus, Ohio alongside the QUBE cable system (now Time Warner Cable)[1].

During its broadcast day, it would air shows such as the long running Pinwheel along with other TV shows such as Video Comic Book, America Goes Bananaz, Nickel Flicks and By the Way.

File:Nickelodeonoldlogo.jpg
The original Nickelodeon "Pinball" logo used by the network from 1981 to 1984.
The alternate version of the Nickelodeon splat logo.

On April 1, 1979, the channel went national [2] when they expanded to another QUBE system in Buffalo, New York.

During the day, Nickelodeon had begun playing "filler" segments in between shows. The network's sign-on featured a pair of hands, which were in some of the fillers. Other fillers featured a male mime. Nickelodeon was mostly famous for 2 things in 1982: You Can't Do That on Television and the sign off, which involved silver circles which combined to say Nickelodeon. (During its early years Nickelodeon ended its programming at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, turning its channel over to the Alpha Repertory Television Service and, later for about a year, A&E Network. At one point the channel just went to a test screen after a sign-off. The channel was approved by the National Education Association.

In 1980, Geraldine Laybourne joined Nickelodeon's production team. She would become President of Nickelodeon in 1983.

On April 1, 1981, the channel had expanded nationwide as Nickelodeon, the first channel just for kids.

Nickelodeon became known for its iconic green slime, originally featured in the network's first major hit TV show, the 1980s Canadian comedy show You Can't Do That on Television. The green slime was then adopted by the station as a primary feature of many of its shows. In the later years, other shows such as Livewire, Standby: Lights, Camera, Action, The Third Eye, Mr. Wizard's World and more were part of the regular Nickelodeon time slots.

In December of 1984, the original silver "Pinball" logo, which was used since 1981, was replaced with the current "orange splat" logo, designed by Tom Corey, Scott Nash and Alan Goodman, which retains the same color scheme and text, and comes in thousands of different shapes.[3][4]

In the same manner as its sister network, MTV, Nickelodeon commissioned several continuity idents during the 1980s and into the 1990s.

In 2008, an impasse was reached between parent company Viacom and cable-operator Time Warner between spending costs to carry channels such as Nickelodeon and other Viacom-owned stations such as MTV and Comedy Central. A deadline was set at January 1, 2009 at 12:01. If no mediation could result in an end of the dispute, all affected stations would fall to an indefinite blackout to be resolved at an unstated date, [5] however they managed to find an agreement few hours before midnight. As a result Time Warner Cable continues to carry Viacom channels. by,ethan

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon

Nicktoons

Main article: Nicktoons

Nicktoons are animated television programs airing on Nickelodeon. Prior to 1991, Nickelodeon aired mostly foreign-based cartoons mainly coming from Canada, United Kingdom, France, Eastern Europe (mainly Russia & Poland), and Japan as well as American cartoons that were produced by other companies. Over the years, more Nicktoons were created and aired.

Programming blocks

Various types of program are broadcast on Nickelodeon in named programming blocks.

Nick HD

Nickelodeon has started broadcasting some shows in 1080i high definition. The HD feed is currently available on DIRECTV, Cablevision, Bright House Networks, Comcast, Dish Network, and Cox. [7] Only the east feed is in HD, the west one remains in standard definition.

Sister channels

Nickelodeon has spun off several other cable networks.

Nickelodeon Games and Sports

Main article: Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids
Nick GAS logo
Nick GAS logo

Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids (commonly referred to as Nickelodeon GAS, Nick GAS or GAS), is a U.S. satellite television network which was launched on March 1, 1999 as part of MTV Networks' suite of digital cable channels. Olympic swimmer and Figure It Out host Summer Sanders was named the Commissioner of Nick GAS. Dave Aizer and Vivianne Collins were the network's original on-air hosts, with Mati Moralejo joining soon after.

Nick GAS has left the digital cable line-ups on December 31, 2007. On this date, another Nickelodeon-based network, The N, took GAS's channel position. Has a channel on (March 1, 1999 - April 22, 2009)

Nicktoons Network

Main article: Nicktoons Network
Nicktoons Network logo
Nicktoons Network logo

Nicktoons Network, once known as Nicktoons TV and simply Nicktoons, is a digital cable and satellite television network which airs classic Nicktoons but also new Nicktoons that originated on their own channel.

The N

Main article: The N
The N logo
The N logo

The N is a television channel in the United States aimed at teenagers and young adults. The network was once sharing the evening portion of each day with Noggin. But on December 31, 2007 it took over Nickelodeon GAS's positions. It was announced in February 2009 that The N will be renamed TEENick.

Noggin

Main article: Noggin (TV channel)
Noggin logo
Noggin logo

Noggin is a television channel in the United States aimed at preschool-aged and early elementary-school-aged children. The network has only programming promotions in lieu of commercials and is usually carried on a digital cable tier, and the basic tiers of satellite providers. It was announced in February 2009 that Noggin will be renamed Nick Jr starting in September 2009.

Nick 2

The logo for Nick 2, which is rarely used on-air or on the Nickelodeon website.
The logo for Nick 2, which is rarely used on-air or on the Nickelodeon website.

Nick Two is the on-air name for a feed provided by Nickelodeon to digital cable and satellite providers which features either the Pacific/Mountain or Eastern/Central feed of the network, depending on geographical location and giving viewers a second chance to watch programming three hours after or three hours before the original airing. Previously a Nick TWO logo was used on the channels until 2004 (the network was also called Nick TOO); the regular Nickelodeon logo has been used since then. Most program listings display the network as either Nickelodeon Pacific/NICK-P, Nickelodeon Eastern/NICK-E, or NICK 2.

TV Land

See also: TV Land
TV Land logo
TV Land logo

TV Land is a cable channel that was created based on Nick At Nite. It airs classic programming from as far back as the early 1950's.

Other Nickelodeon projects

See also: Nickelodeon Toys and Nick Rewind

Nick.com

Main article: Nick.com

Nick.com is Nickelodeon's main online portal, housing Nicktropolis and TurboNick.

Nickelodeon Magazine

Main article: Nickelodeon Magazine

Nickelodeon Magazine was launched by Nickelodeon in 1993, following a short-lived effort from 1990. It contains informative non-fiction pieces, humor, interviews, pranks, recipes (such as green slime cake), and a comic book section in the center featuring original comics by leading underground cartoonists as well as strips about popular Nicktoons.

Nickelodeon Movies

Main article: Nickelodeon Movies

Nickelodeon Movies is the network's motion picture production arm. It has produced films based on Nickelodeon programs, as well as other adaptations and original projects. Its films are released by Paramount Pictures.

Destinations

Nicktoons Studios

Main article: Nicktoons Studios
A giant Nickelodeon balloon that was located above Nickelodeon's booth at Comic Con 2008 in San Diego, California.

Nicktoons Studios (formerly known as Games Animation) is a facility at Burbank, California. It serves as a production facility for many active Nicktoons. It also has earlier Nicktoons scattered on top of the studio at random places. It also serves as a home to the Nicktoons Network and has been used on the Nicktoons Network site replacing the Nickelodeon foot logo with the Nicktoons Network logo.

Nickelodeon Universe

Main article: Nickelodeon Universe

The Nickelodeon theme park, "Nickelodeon Universe", a rebranding of The Park at MOA in the Mall of America, opened on March 15, 2008. New attractions include an Avatar: The Last Airbender-themed half-pipe ride, a SpongeBob SquarePants-themed roller coaster, and a new Splat-O-Sphere drop tower ride.

Theme park areas

Nickelodeon Studios

File:Nickelodeon-Rajchel.JPG
Nickelodeon Studios as viewed from the Hard Rock Cafe in March 2004.
Main article: Nickelodeon Studios

Nickelodeon Studios was an attraction at Universal Orlando Resort that opened on June 7, 1990, and housed production for many Nickelodeon programs. It closed on April 30, 2005, after all of Nickelodeon's production had re-located to Burbank, California. The Slime Geyser was removed from the front of the facility in May 2005, the trademark Nickelodeon sign was removed in January 2006, and the Nickelodeon Time Capsule was removed prematurely in August 2006. The building was then converted into the Sharp Aquos Theatre, a venue for the Blue Man Group, which opened on June 7, 2007. The Time Capsule is now located at the Nick Hotel

Nickelodeon Central

Main article: Nickelodeon Central

Nickelodeon Central is an area inside many theme parks around The United States, Canada, and Australia. The area is filled with attractions, shows, and themes featuring the Nickelodeon characters.

Nickland

Nickland is an area inside of Movie Park Germany featuring Nickelodeon-themed rides, including a Spongebob Squarepants-themed "Splash Battle" ride, and a Jimmy Neutron-themed roller coaster. This area is currently being expanded to fill space formerly occupied with rides based on Warner Bros. characters.

Nickelodeon Universe

Nickelodeon Universe is an area inside of Kings Island featuring Nickelodeon-themed rides and attractions. The area is one of the largest areas in the park, and has been voted "Best Kid's Area" by Amusement Today magazine since 2001

Nickelodeon Blast Zone

The Nickelodeon Blast Zone was an area in Universal Studios Hollywood that featured attractions centered around Nickelodeon characters and themes. The four attractions that were present in the area were "Nickelodeon Splash", a waterpark-style area, 'The Wild Thornberrys Adventure Temple', a jungle-themed foam ball play area, and "Nick Jr Backyard", a medium-sized toddler playground. This area closed in winter 2007 and has been rethemed to Curious George. Another attraction, "Rugrats Magic Adventure", was present at the opening of the area in 2001, but closed in 2002 to make way for Shrek 4-D.

However, though, Spongebob, Dora and the Rugrats still hang out near the shop that is still open.

Nickelodeon Splat City

Main article: Nickelodeon Splat City

Nickelodeon Splat City was an area inside of California's Great America (1995-2002), Kings Island (1995-2000), and Kings Dominion (1995-1999), that featured attraction involving getting messy or wet. The slime refinery theme was carried out in the attractions such as the "Green Slime Zone Refinery", the "Crystal Slime Mining Maze", and the "Green Slime Transfer Truck". All of these areas have been transformed into Nickelodeon Central or Nickelodeon Universe.

Hotels

Main article: Nickelodeon Family Suites

Nickelodeon Family Suites is a Nickelodeon-themed hotel in Orlando, Florida, located near Universal Studios Resort and one mile (1.6 km) from Walt Disney World Resort. The property includes one, two, and three-bedroom Nick-themed kid suites and various forms of Nick-themed entertainment. Nickelodeon Family Suites also contains a Nick at Nite suite for adults.

Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott is an upcoming hotel chain similar to the above Family Suites, featuring a 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) waterpark area and 650 hotel rooms. The first of the 20 planned hotels will open in San Diego, California in 2010. [8]

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

Nickelodeon Family Cruises is a series of Nickelodeon-themed cruise packages in partnership with Royal Caribbean International. These cruises will feature special amenities and entertainment themed to various Nickelodeon Properties.[9]

International

File:Picnickelodeon.jpg
An attempt at the Guinness record for the world's largest picnic, sponsored by Nickelodeon in Petah Tikva, Israel.

It also operates language- or culture-specific Nickelodeon channels for various markets in different parts of the world, and has licensed some of its cartoons and other content, in English and local languages, to TV and cable stations such as KI.KA and Super RTL in Germany, RTÉ Two (English speaking) and TG4 (Irish speaking) in Ireland, YTV (English) and VRAK.TV (French) in Canada, Canal J in France, Alpha Kids in Greece and CNBC-e in Turkey.

As of August 2007, the network also broadcasts in South East Asia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Scandinavia, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Cyprus, India, Italy, Israel, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Hungary, France, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Africa, and Latin America.

On October 11, 2006, Viacom's subsidiary MTV Networks Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage Nickelodeon South East Asia TV based in Singapore.[10] Nickelodeon was launched in Singapore and expanded its services in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Polynesia. In the present, Nickelodeon Philippines and Nickelodeon India started working independently. They started their new website, Nicksplat.com in 2003.

In India, Nickelodeon is available on the One Alliance bouquet, through the Dish TV and Tata Sky DTH services. In the Philippines, it is available on SkyCable Gold, Silver and Platinum channel 45, Sun Cable channel 34 and Global Destiny Cable channel 21. In Hong Kong, it is available on now TV, while in Malaysia, it is available over Astro via Channel 612. In Singapore, it is available over StarHub TV and in Indonesia, Nickelodeon is available on Astro Nusantara channel 14, Global TV, a free-to-air television channel, and is also broadcast on Indovision channel 33.

A pan-Arabia version of Nickelodeon has been relaunched in 2008 (now relaunched), in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. From the late-1990s until the mid-2000s, It used to be on the Showtime Arabia and Orbit satellite services, until they were removed. [11]

In December 2007, Nickelodeon announced an unprecedented relationship with The Hertz Corporation to rent a Nickelodeon-branded media player, Nick on the Go, for traveling families that rent cars from Hertz. The unit is available at 43 US airports.

Also in 2007, Canadian cable television giant Shaw Cable had applied to the CRTC (Canada's television regulation body, similar to the United States' FCC) for permission to carry several popular American cable networks, including Turner Network Television, USA Network, HBO, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. While the CRTC denied permission to carry USA Network and the others, it did say it would review the situation and reconsider. A few weeks later, Shaw Cable had requested the CRTC remove the remaining barriers to American cable networks, and automatically approve and allow any "English language General interest networks" from the United States, including Nickelodeon and USA Network. Competitor and second-largest cable company, Rogers Cable has also expressed its agreement with Shaw Cable's proposal and supports them.

The Polish version of Nickelodeon has relaunched on July 10, 2008.

In fall of 2008, YTV gained the rights of using "Nickelodeon" name for it's Sunday morning lineup called "Nickelodeon Sundays" for 9 to 12 pm. This lineup include Nickelodeon shows currently on YTV plus True Jackson VP. This programming block was created to improve, strengthen relations with Nickelodeon due to the Nickelodeon channel cannot enter Canadaian frequencies.

Looks

Table

This is the table of looks Nickelodeon

Name Description First air date Final air date
Silver Ball The Nickelodeon logo was on a silver ball from 1981 until 1984. 1981 1984
Random Splat Idents Different idents were used from 1984 until 2004. 1984 2004
Nick! Extra Bumpers were replaced with Nick! Extra which could be puzzles, tips and more. Used from 2004 to Summer 2008. 2004 Summer 2008
Nick Sizzlin' Summer Used for Summer 2008, bumpers used branding as Nick Sizzlin' Summer. Summer 2008 September 2008
Nick Sizzlin' Summer (Everyday Version Bumpers) Used from September 2008 to 17 April2009, these bumpers were the same as Nick Sizzlin' Summer, but the channel is branded as Nick. Still used sometimes September 2008 17 April2009 (still used though)
Orange On April 18th, 2009, Nick got a new look, with new idents. Bumpers were changed to make the look all Orange. The next... bumpers used a 3 to 5 second cut-out from a show, the show which the cut-out was from meant what was next. Sometimes, the previous bumper, the everyday version of Nick Sizzlin' Summer, is used. 18 April 2009

Summary

From 1981–1984, the logo and idents featured the SILVER BALL with the NICK LOGO on IT. Then, in Dec. 1984, with the Orange splat, random idents were used from 1984–2004. From 2004 until Summer 2008, idents were branded as NICK EXTRA. Including puzzles, tips and secret stuff. During Summer 2008, Nick was branded as Nick Sizzlin' Summer. After that, the Nick brand used the bumpers, but not the brand. Then, on 18 April 2009, the new Orange idents came to use. Making everything orange, sometimes the old Sizzlin' Summer Everyday brand is used.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Rugrats Timeline: 1977". www.rugratonline.com date =. Retrieved 2008-10-26. {{cite web}}: Missing pipe in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Nick History". www.nick.com. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
  3. ^ http://raw.channelfrederator.com/photo/albums/890404:Album:11957?id=890404%3AAlbum%3A11957&page=2
  4. ^ http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/10/14/the-nickelodeon-logo-designed-by-tom-corey-&/
  5. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_bi_ge/viacom_time_warner_cable
  6. ^ "TV LAND OPENS UP ON MONDAY". April 23, 1996. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  7. ^ DIRECTV HD channel list
  8. ^ Clabaugh, Jeff (May 31, 2007). "Marriott strikes resort deal with Nickelodeon". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  9. ^ Sail with SpongeBob on new Nickelodeon Family Cruise - Cruise Log - USATODAY.com
  10. ^ "MTV Networks Asia Pacific Announces A New Structure To Advance Its Localization Strategy", Viacom, 11 October 2006
  11. ^ "Nickelodeon Arabia". 2007-10-16. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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