Nickelodeon (Indian TV channel)

Nick India

Nick India

Country	India
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ownership
Owner	Viacom 18

Nick India is a television channel devoted to children in India based in Mumbai. It is India's fastest growing kids network and is available to over 26 million households in the country as part of Viacom 18. Nick India is a 24-hour Hindi pay channel, with the option of an English audio feed on direct-broadcast satellite. With an approach that puts 'kids first', Nick takes pride in encouraging kids to be themselves - funny, messy and free-spirited. Nick has today become the preferred comedy destination for kids in India, with shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Ninja Hattori and Perman amongst many others. Believing that 'education' and 'entertainment' go hand-in-hand at a young age, Nick offers 'edu-taining' shows like Dora The Explorer in its pre-school block - Nick Jr. Given its 'award-winning', 'well-researched' and 'safe' shows, it's no surprise that Nick enjoys equal support from the parents as well. Outside India, Nickelodeon, (as it is known internationally), is the world's number-one entertainment brand dedicated to kids and is viewed in more than 202.3 million households in 170 territories across the world including countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Rim, Latin America, Europe, CIS/Baltic Republics and the US, making it the most widely distributed television channel in the world. Nick India is one long and successful arm of the Nickelodeon (USA).

Hisotry

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The Nick India logo (1999-2009)

As of 23 April 1999, with the increase of kids channels in India, Viacom 18 launched Nickelodeon USA as Nick India, in India. ever since its launch Nick India kept thrilling the hearts of Indian chirldren. until November 23, 2006, it was broadcasted over India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. but thereafter it ceased its broadcast in Pakistan as Nickelodeon Pakistan was launched by the joint venture between MTV Networks International and Ary Digital. until 2004 it was directly airing all the old shows of Nickelodeon USA with the original audio, and between 2004 and 2006 it dubbed and aired them in Hindi. From 2006 it started dubbing and airing new shows in Hindi. shows like Ninja Hattori-kun and Perman are still continued today as the iconic shows of Nick India

Language

Nickelodeon India has been alternating its languages between Hindi and English. Originally broadcasting in English, it swapped to Hindi from 2004 to 2006, currently, it dubs all the anime and airs it in hindi, including Spongebob Squarepants, Go, Diego, Go! and Dora the explorer.

Programming

Nick India contains a lot of cartoon programmes that appeal to children such as Spongebob Squarepants. Besides that, educational shows for toddlers like Dora The Explorer and Go Diego Go are featured in Nick India's pre-school block, Nick Jr, anime and manga shows like Ninja Hattori-kun and Perman for school going children are featured in Nick anime block, Chill Tadka.

Current shows

• Spongebob Squarepants
• Atashin'chi
• Shaun the Sheep
• Spellz
• Kung fu masters of the zodiac (comming soon)

Nick Jr. programming

• Dora The Explorer
• Blues Clues

Chill Tadka Programming

• Ninja Hattori-kun
• Perman
• Oggy and the Cockroaches
• Chicken Stew (all new episodes)

Closed Shows

• Chibi Maruko Chan
• Catdog
• Jankenman
• Little Krishna
• Mighty Cat Masked Niyandar
• Go, Diego, Go
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• ChalkZone
• Drake & Josh
• Johnny Test
• The Adventures of Little Carp
• Roary the Racing Car

Blocks

Nick Jr

Launched 2005, Nick Jr. is a program block that airs during the mornings. Set for young children ages 2–6, the shows on this block are Go Diego Go, Dora the Explorer, as well as Blues Clues. Recenty Go Diego Go and Blue's Clues have been closed. Blues Cluses had been reopened, but Go Diego Go dosen't seem to open again.

Nick Home Cinema

It is a block which started from summer 2007 which airs movies, originally it started by airing nick movies for 3 months, the movies were Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp, The Journey of Allen Strange etc. But now it airs movies made by or released in theatres by other networks, like Stuart Little, Spymate, Air Buddies 1 2 3 etc. It always airs on Sunday morning at 11:00 am. Nowadays, it airs rarely as the block Chill Tadka airs it shows at the time. When Nick Home Cinema airs its shows, Chill Tadka will not air its shows for the day. The last movie aired by the block was Barnyard: The Original Party Animals.

Chill Tadka

it is a block started in early 2010, it airs anime and manga shows like Ninja-Hattori, Perman, Oggy and the Cockroaches and Chicken-Stew for school going children in weekdays and back-to-back on saturdays and sundays, from 09:00 AM IST to 04:00 PM IST. Previously it aired three shows, Ninja-Hattori, Perman and Oggy and the Cockoaches from 09:00 AM IST to 03:00 PM IST. After Chicken stew was started Chill Tadka started airing it too, so it increased duration by one hour.

Contests

Current Contests

• Chicken ka Chaska: In this contest, every Monday-Friday at 05:00 Pm and 08:00 Pm, a question is asked and two options are given, we can answer them through the link Chicken ka Chaska, if we do so, we may win some fabulous Nick goodies.

Nick USA

Nickelodeon

Country	United States
Headquarters	New York City
Ownership
Owner	MTV Networks (Viacom International)

Nickelodeon (often referred to by its shortened name, Nick, a practice that dates back to the early days of the channel, and previously named Pinwheel from 1977 to 1979) is an American cable television channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. Since the early 1990s and early 2000s, Nickelodeon as a brand has expanded into other territories including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia, Asia, and recently Canada.

Nickelodeon's broadcast day runs on Sunday through Thursdays from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Fridays from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time). The Nick at Nite programming block, created in 1985, takes over the channel space during the interim hours.

Since 2006, Nickelodeon has been run by MTVN Kids & Family Group president Cyma Zarghami. The channel is aimed mostly at children ages 6–12, with the exception of their prime time block that is aimed at teenagers ages 13–17.

History

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The Pinwheel logo.

As Pinwheel (1977–1979)

Nickelodeon was originally launched as Pinwheel on December 1, 1977 and was a channel on Warner Cable's QUBE system in Columbus, Ohio. Pinwheel went national on April 1, 1979, expanding to Buffalo, New York, thus Nickelodeon has declared that 1979 is the network's official launch year. Running for only six hours a day, shows airing during its broadcast day included Video Comic Book, Pop Clips and the long-running Pinwheel along with other shows such as America Goes Bananaz, Nickel Flicks and By the Way.

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The original Nickelodeon logo from April 1, 1979 to 1984.

Relaunch as Nickelodeon (1979–1990)

Pinwheel was re-launched as Nickelodeon on April 1, 1979 and began airing on various Warner Cable systems, beginning in Buffalo, New York and quickly expanding its audience reach. Their logo was a man curious about a Nickelodeon machine. In 1980, new shows were added to the lineup, including Dusty's Treehouse, First Row Features, Special Delivery, What Will They Think Of Next?, Livewire, and Hocus Focus. Also in the same year, Video Comic Book was renamed to Video Comics. Nick later made a pinball for a logo. On April 12, 1981, the channel extended its hours from 8 a.m. (EST) to 9 p.m. (EST) by turning its channel over to the Alpha Repertory Television Service (ARTS) and, later for about a year, A&E Network after ARTS merged with NBC's struggling cable service The Entertainment Channel. When A&E became its own 24-hour channel in January 1985, Nickelodeon simply went to a test screen after sign-off until launching the Nick at Nite programming block that July.

The network's original logo was a silver pinball with the "Nickelodeon" title in multicolor. Nickelodeon's first popular series was You Can't Do That On Television, a Canadian sketch comedy that made its American debut on Nickelodeon in late 1981. After a while the network became known for its iconic green slime, originally featured in You Can't Do That on Television. The green slime was then adopted by the channel as a primary feature of many of its shows. In the early years, other shows such as Livewire, Standby: Lights, Camera, Action, The Third Eye and Mr. Wizard's World were part of the regular Nickelodeon time slots.

The channel struggled at first, having lost $40 million by 1984, and finishing dead last among the cable channels. After firing the previous staff, MTV Networks president Bob Pittman turned to Fred Seibert and Alan Goodman, who created MTV's iconic IDs a few years earlier, to reverse Nickelodeon's fortunes. Seibert and Goodman's company, Fred/Alan, teamed up with Tom Corey and Scott Nash of the advertising firm Corey McPherson Nash to replace the "Pinball" logo with the "orange splat" logo with the name Nickelodeon written in Balloon font, that would be used in hundreds of different variations for the next quarter century. Fred/Alan also enlisted the help of animators, writers, producers and doo-wop group The Jive Five to create new idents for the channel. Within six months of the rebranding, Nickelodeon went from worst to first and has stayed there for more than 25 years even with increasing competition from other family-oriented cable channels such as Disney Channel and Cartoon Network. In 1985, after ARTS dropped its partnership with Nickelodeon, Nick added a new nighttime block called Nick at Nite, and became a 24-hour a day service. In 1988, Nick aired the first annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (previously known as The Big Ballot) and introduced Nick Jr., an educational block for younger children around preschool age.

Success in the 1990s and the 2000s (1990–2009)

By October 1990, Nickelodeon was seen in 52 million homes across the United States. In 1990, Nickelodeon opened Nickelodeon Studios, a television studio/attraction, in Orlando, Florida at Universal Studios Florida which many of its sitcoms and game shows were filmed and entered into a multimillion-dollar joint marketing agreement with international restaurant chain Pizza Hut, which involved launching Nickelodeon Magazine, available for free at participating Pizza Hut restaurants. In 1991, for the first time, Nickelodeon developed its first animated series, Doug, The Ren and Stimpy Show, and Rugrats. These series, known as Nicktoons, premiered on August 11, 1991. The network had previously refused to produce weekly animated series due to high cost. The three Nicktoons found success in 1993, while in mid-1993, Nickelodeon developed its 4th Nicktoon, Rocko's Modern Life, which was also a success along with the three other Nicktoons. Later, Nickelodeon partnered with Sony Wonder and released top selling video cassettes of the show's programming. By 1994, Doug ended production, but Rocko's Modern Life, The Ren and Stimpy Show, and Rugrats were still in production and airing. In mid-1996, Nickelodeon developed two new Nicktoons, KaBlam! and Hey Arnold! which would take the place of Rocko's Modern Life and The Ren and Stimpy Show since they would both end production about that time, but still would air re-runs up until about 2001. Rugrats, on the other hand, was still airing. In 1998, The Rugrats Movie came out. The movie grossed more than $100 million in the United States and became the first non-Disney animated movie to ever sell that high.

In June 1993, Nickelodeon resumed its magazine brand, Nickelodeon Magazine. In 1994, Nickelodeon removed sketch comedy You Can't Do That on Television from its schedule after thirteen years on and by the same year the network had launched a new sketch comedy, All That. For many years, until its cancellation in 2005, All That would launch the careers of many actors and actresses including Kenan Thompson, Amanda Bynes, and Jamie Lynn Spears. In 1994, Nickelodeon also launched The Big Help, a public service initiative created to encourage kids to volunteer in local communities. It expanded in 2001 by encouraging kids to talk with their friends and loved ones. In October and December 1994, Nickelodeon sold Halloween and Christmas themed episodes of its Nicktoons through syndication to local markets across the United States, with then-new former corporate relative, Paramount Domestic Television (now CBS Television Distribution).

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One of the many variants of the logo used from 1984 to September 28, 2009.

In October 1995, Nickelodeon ventured in the World Wide Web and launched Nick.com. Initially the website was available only using America Online's internet service, but was later available to all internet service providers and became a strong promotional tool for Nickelodeon. The website's popularity grew and in March 1999, Nick.com became the highest rated website for children aged six to fourteen years old. Nickelodeon used the website in conjunction with television programs which increased traffic. In 2001, Nickelodeon partnered with Networks Inc. to provide broadband video games for rent from Nick.com. The move was a further step in the multimedia direction that the developers wanted to take the website. Skagerlind indicated that over 50% of Nick.com's audience are using a high speed connection which allows them to expand the gaming options on the website. To accompany the broadband content, TurboNick was created. Initially it was a popup panel which showcased broadband content on Nick.com. Nickelodeon Studios closed down in 2005 and was converted into the Blue Man Group Sharp Aquos Theatre in 2007; Nickelodeon now tapes its live-action series at the Nickelodeon On Sunset studios (formerly the Earl Carroll Theatre) in Hollywood, California and other studio locations in Hollywood and other areas.

Rebranding and plans for the 2010s (2009–present)

Nickelodeon had announced in February 2009 that Noggin and The N were to be rebranded as Nick Jr. and TeenNick to bring both channels in line with the Nickelodeon brand identity. Nickelodeon later announced in May 2009 that Nick Magazine would be discontinued by the end of the year. In July 2009, Nickelodeon unveiled a new logo for the first time in 25 years on the packaging of Nickelodeon DVDs coming out beginning that month, the Australian service, and that year's Nickelodeon Animation Festival, intending to create a unified look that can better be conveyed across all of MTV Networks's children's channels.

As of September 28, 2009, the new logo is used across Nickelodeon, and Nick at Nite, along with the rebranded TeenNick, Nick Jr. and Nicktoons (The N, Noggin and Nicktoons Network, respectively) channels in varying iterations customized for brand unification and refreshment purposes. The Nickelodeon rebrand was created by New York based creative studio Trollbäck + Company. A revised instrumental version of the Nickelodeon audio ident originally performed by The Jive Five was the only part of the "splat logo" era that was retained in the rebrand. Reaction to the rebrand has been largely mixed, though many fans of 1980s and 1990s Nickelodeon have expressed dislike over the rebranded logo. Though it is mainly a wordmark, during the days prior to the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards, the logo bug was given a blimp background to match the award given out at the show. The new logo was adopted in the UK on February 15, 2010, Spain on February 19, 2010, and by Nickelodeon Asia on March 15, 2010. The "Nick on TV5" block on TV5 in the Philippines will adopt the rebranded logo around April or May 2010.

In September 2009, a Canadian version of Nickelodeon was launched, in partnership between Viacom and Corus Entertainment (owners of YTV, which has aired Nick shows for several years, and will continue to do so); as a result, versions of Nickelodeon now exist in the majority of North America's countries.

On October 21, 2009, it was announced that Nickelodeon secured the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise from Mirage Studios. The network plans to develop a new CGI-animated TMNT television series and will partner with fellow Viacom company Paramount Pictures to bring a new TMNT movie to theaters. Both are expected for 2012.

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon

Current programming on Nickelodeon includes SpongeBob SquarePants, iCarly, The Troop, The Fairly OddParents, Back at the Barnyard, Big Time Rush, The Mighty B!, Fanboy and Chum Chum, The Penguins of Madagascar, True Jackson, VP, and BrainSurge. Reruns of discontinued Nickelodeon shows also air including Drake & Josh, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and All Grown Up!. SpongeBob SquarePants and iCarly are the most aired programs on Nickelodeon, with SpongeBob in particular typically airing about seven times a day. iCarly currently ranks as of 2010 as the channel's highest-rated original series and the highest-rated cable program among children ages 2-11, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the American version of the Japanese cartoon Sonic X, which will move to the channel from The CW's The CW4Kids block in April 2010. Attractions based on the series were originally going to be unveiled at Great America's Nickelodeon Central and Kings Island's Nickelodeon Universe, but those parks are now in the process of being part of the Planet Snoopy theme park brand.

Nickelodeon also continues to air bi-monthly special editions of the long-running magazine series Nick News, hosted by Linda Ellerbee since its debut in 1992 (until the early 2000s, Nick News had aired on Nick on an almost weekly basis on Sunday nights). On February 2, 2009, Nickelodeon discontinued the TEENick and Nick Jr. programming blocks but the programming within the blocks remained; the former TEENick Saturday evening and Sunday late afternoon blocks no longer carry a name.

Unlike most cable channels (save for sports-oriented channels), Nickelodeon is sometimes susceptible to programs overrunning their designated timeslot because of short-form segments airing during commercial breaks as part of special programming which add time to commercial breaks and the number of commercials aired when these segments air between program breaks are not limited, this often causes disruptions in the start times of programming, which is problematic for those recording Nick programming as part of the program may be cut off. In these circumstances, commercial breaks may be shortened during some programs on Nick at Nite's late evening and overnight schedules and regular "top-and-bottom of the hour" start times would not be restored until early the next morning.

Nicktoons

Main article: Nicktoons

Programming blocks

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

Preschool programming block

Nickelodeon currently programs shows targeted at preschool-age children from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This block was known as Nick Jr. from 1988 to 2009 and the Nick Play Date from 2009 onward. The block exists because Nickelodeon's usual audience of school-age children are in school at that time; as such, on holidays, a shorter, earlier block of preschool shows will air, and the block does not air on weekends. It competes with the Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel.

Programming in this block is somewhat fluid, but currently, Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Max and Ruby, Team Umizoomi and The Fresh Beat Band have a permanent place in the schedule. Other shows, such as Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Wonder Pets and The Backyardigans air on a rotating basis.

Nick@Nite

Main article: Nick at Nite

The programming block, which started in 1985, broadcasts over Nickelodeon on Sundays through Thursdays from 8 PM - 7 AM, Fridays from 9 PM - 7 AM and Saturdays from 10 PM - 7 AM ET/PT. Originally featuring classic sitcoms such as The Donna Reed Show, Mr. Ed and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, programming changed to repeats of popular sitcoms from the 1980s and 1990s such as Full House, Home Improvement, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Roseanne, Family Matters. Programs currently airing on Nick at Nite include George Lopez, The Cosby Show, The Nanny and most recently Malcolm in the Middle, and Everybody Hates Chris. A.C. Nielsen rates Nick at Nite as being a separate cable channel from Nickelodeon. In 1996, the original older programming was spun off of Nick At Nite as a new channel entitled TV Land, which currently airs a variety of older shows, primarily sitcoms from the 1950s through today.

Sister channels

Current channels

Nicktoons

Main article: Nicktoons (TV channel)

This digital cable/satellite channel, that debuted in 2002, and was once known as Nicktoons TV and Nicktoons Network airs classic Nicktoons very late and very early but also new Nicktoons all day that originated on their own channel.

Nick Jr.

Main article: Nick Jr. (TV channel)

This United States-based television channel aimed at preschool-aged children, has only programming promotions in lieu of commercials and is usually carried on a digital cable tier and the basic tiers of satellite providers. Originally launching in 1999 and based on the former Noggin, the network was rebranded Nick Jr. as of September 28, 2009. The channel is named after the former Nick Jr. preschool program block on Nickelodeon, that ran weekday mornings from September 1988 to February 2009.

TeenNick

Main article: TeenNick

This television channel in the United States is aimed at teenagers and young adults. The channel once shared the evening and overnight portion of each day with Noggin as The N starting on April 1, 2002, but on December 31, 2007 it took over Nickelodeon GAS's position as a stand-alone channel. The network was rebranded as TeenNick (with actor Nick Cannon as its' "chairman") on September 28, 2009. The channel is named after the former TEENick weekend evening program block on Nickelodeon, that ran from July 2000 to February 2009.

TV Land

Main article: TV Land

A cable channel that was created based on the Nick at Nite block, it aired classic programming from as far back as the early 1950s. Starting in 2004, TV Land moved to more modern programming such as reality shows and 1990s TV sitcoms. TV Land's website is TVLand.com. In 2007, TV Land created a programming block called, "TV Land PRIME." TV Land PRIME runs from 9 p.m. until 12 a.m. ET/PT. TV Land PRIME is a programming block aimed towards TV Land viewers that are in the 40- to 55-year-old range. In 2006, TV Land stopped operating under the control of Nick at Nite though it is still operated as part of Viacom's MTV Networks group.

Former channels

Nickelodeon GAS

Main article: Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids

Nickelodeon GAS, (or Nick GAS; full name Nickelodeon Games And Sports for Kids), was a U.S. satellite television channel that was launched on March 1, 1999 as part of MTV Networks' suite of digital cable channels. Nick GAS was essentially a children's version of (and Viacom's answer to) Game Show Network (now branded as GSN), which had launched in December 1994. The channel ceased operations on December 31, 2007 on digital cable providers. However, Dish Network kept an automated loop of the network on the air on channel 177 for fifteen months until April 23, 2009, when it was replaced with the west coast feed of Cartoon Network.

Other Nickelodeon channels

• Nickelodeon HD is the on-air name for a feed provided by Nickelodeon to broadcast a limited schedule of programming in 1080i high definition, which is carried by most of the major American cable providers on a simulcast schedule that programs based on a Eastern/Central and a Pacific/Mountain schedule.
• Nick 2 is the on-air name for a feed provided by Nickelodeon to digital cable and satellite providers that features either the Pacific/Mountain or Eastern/Central feed of the channel, depending on geographical location and giving viewers a second chance to watch programming three hours after or three hours before the original airing. As such, Nickelodeon is the only basic cable channel to offer East/West feeds simultaneously over digital cable systems, the usage of both East and West Coast feeds of the same cable channel is common practice by premium channels and satellite providers. A Nick TOO logo was used on the channel until 2004, and the respective Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite logos have been used on the channel since. Nickelodeon's East and West Coast feeds are both available on DirecTV, Dish Network and other satellite providers, though using the Nickelodeon name only for both channels.

Media

See also: Nickelodeon Toys and Nick Rewind

Nick.com

Main article: Nick.com

Nick.com is Nickelodeon's main online portal.

Nickelodeon Movies

Main article: Nickelodeon Movies

Nickelodeon Movies is the channel's motion picture production arm founded in 1995. It has produced films based on Nickelodeon programs, as well as other adaptations and original projects. Its films are released by Paramount Pictures. Nickelodeon Movies initially did not introduce a new logo when the Nickelodeon's new logo came into effect as part of its September 2009 rebrand; Nickelodeon Movies eventually instituted a new logo on January 1, 2010.

Nick Magazine

Main article: Nick Magazine

Nick Magazine was a magazine launched by Nickelodeon in 1993, following a short-lived effort from 1990. It contained 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.

In July 2009, Nickelodeon, in response to a hard-hit magazine industry, announced it would shut Nick Magazine after 16 years. The final issue was published in December 2009.

Experiences

Nickelodeon Universe

Main article: Nickelodeon Universe

Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America is the largest in-door theme park in America. On August 18, 2009, Nickelodeon and Southern Star Amusement announced that the second Nickelodeon Universe will be located in New Orleans, Louisiana and have a tentative opening date by the end of 2010. It was set to be the first outdoor Nickelodeon Universe theme park, but on November 9, 2009, Nickelodeon announced that it had ended the licensing agreement with Southern Star Amusements.

Nicktoons Animation Studios

Main article: Nicktoons Studios

Nicktoons Animation Studios (formerly Games Animation) is the home of Nicktoons located in Burbank, California; it houses production of many current Nicktoons.

Hotels

• Nickelodeon Suites Resort 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 Suites Resort 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.

Cruise

Nickelodeon Cruise 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.

Theme park areas

Almost all theme park areas themed to Nickelodeon are now closed.

• Nickelodeon Universe was also an area inside of Kings Island featuring Nickelodeon-themed rides and attractions. The area was one of the largest areas in the park, and has been voted "Best Kid's Area" by Amusement Today magazine from 2001 to the area's closure in 2009.
• 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.

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Nickelodeon Studios as viewed from the Hard Rock Cafe in March 2004 before they moved.

• 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 Nickelodeon's facilities were moved to New York City and Burbank, California.
• Nickelodeon Central was an area inside of California's Great America, Carowinds, Kings Dominion, Canada's Wonderland, and Dreamworld that featured shows, attractions, and themes featuring the Nickelodeon characters. The only remaining Nickelodeon Central is in Dreamworld, located in Australia.
• 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.
• 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 were later transformed into either Nickelodeon Central or Nickelodeon Universe.

International

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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.

In addition to the flagship United States channel, as of early-March 2010, the channel 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, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Africa, Brazil 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. 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 42. 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.

The Polish version of Nickelodeon has launched on July 10, 2008 in Platform N.

In September 2009, Corus Entertainment, owners of YTV and Treehouse TV, announced that they would launch Nickelodeon Canada on November 2. Before that and since then, YTV has served as a de facto outlet for Nickelodeon's programming in Canada, and also brands a Sunday morning block called Nickelodeon Sundays.

See also

• Nicktoons
• Nicktoons (TV channel)
• Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids
• Noggin
• The N
• Nick@Nite
• YTV
• Nick Jr.
• SNICK
• TeenNick
• TV Land
• Nickelodeon Suites Resort

External links

Official sites

Channels

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Nick Australia

Nickelodeon

Country	Australia
Ownership
Owner	XYZnetworks (35%) MTV Networks Australia (65%)

Nickelodeon (Australia) is the Australian counterpart of the Nickelodeon network in the United States.

History

Nickelodeon was launched on October 23, 1995, on the newly launched Foxtel and Austar cable/subscription television platforms, offering live action shows and cartoons. Originally the channel timeshared with Nick at Nite which began at 8pm weekends and 10pm Saturdays, and ended at 6am. From July 1 1998, the channel gained an extra half hour on weekdays, moving Nick at Nite back to. 8:30pm. On January 2, 2000, the channel introduced "More Nick", extending it's broadcast hours to 10pm every night of the week. Eventually in July/August 2000, Nick at Nite closed and Nickelodeon broadcast for 24 hours.

Nickelodeon was also added to the Optus Television service in December 2002. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the channel began broadcasting more Australian-produced shows, rather than solely U.S. content.

File:Nickelodeon logo.svg

Nick logo used 1995 to 2006.

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Nick logo used 2006 to 2010.

On March 14, 2004, Nick Jr. (Australia) launched as the first full, 24-hour TV channel designed for pre-school audiences in Australia. Before this, Nick Jr. was a morning and afternoon programming block on Nickelodeon, including shows that now get much more airtime on the full channel, such as Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues. For a few months after Nick Jr. became a full channel, it kept a 2 hour-long time slot on Nickelodeon, but it was drastically shorter than it was before it became a full channel. Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. began broadcasting in Widescreen on March 2, 2009.

The channel used the new Nickelodeon logo from Friday 26 March 2010. Even TurboNick rebranded!

Programming

Main article: List of shows aired on Nickelodeon Australia

Nickelodeon Australia mainly airs shows from the American Nickelodeon but also broadcasts a variety of non-American foreign (namely Canadian, British, and New Zealand) and locally-produced shows, some of which are detailed below.

Other locally produced shows not included below are Nick Takes Over Your School, as well as an Australian version of Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids (Nick GAS).

Hot Chunks

Hot Chunks was a show starring Angus King as a variety of characters. It ran for two seasons in 1998 and 1999 and also had a spin-off special featuring the best dares, as well as the series of Hot Chunks animated shorts.

Camp Orange

Main article: Camp Orange

Camp Orange launched in 2005 and was hosted by Dave Lawson. The adventure camp reality series features teams of kids competing in the great outdoors, using their wits to win prizes.

The second, third, fourth seasons aired in 2006, 2007, and 2008 respectively. Camp Orange was hosted by Maude Garrett from 2006 onwards. In 2009, the highly successful fifth series, Camp Orange: The Final Frontier, brought a positive element into the competition by advising teams to "play nice" in order to be voted for the title of "Champ Orange" by their teammates.

Juice

Juice is a weekday morning show. It shows popular Nicktoons between 7am and 9am such as SpongeBob SquarePants and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Although the show was originally hosted, it no longer features a host.

Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards

Main article: Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards

The annual awards show commenced in 2003, celebrating kids' favourite choices in music, movies, books and more.

Blocks

Nick at Nite

From Nickelodeon's opening date until July/August 2000, Nickelodeon shared its channel with an Australian version of Nick at Nite. Much of the programming was similar to the U.S. channel at the time, including shows such as Mister Ed and Gilligan's Island. Eventually it was closed due to the expansion of Nickelodeon, as well as the existence of another classic TV channel, TV1, co-operated by another Viacom subsidiary, Paramount Pictures. Much of the programming was moved to TV1 and later some of it to the Sci Fi Channel.

'Sarvo

Main article: Sarvo

'Sarvo is a block shown on weekday afternoons that was previously hosted by James Kerley and Dave Lawson. The duo left 'Sarvo on Friday, February 23, 2007. The new series which began on April 9, 2007, and is now hosted by Maude Garrett and Kyle Linahan. 'Sarvo airs in the afternoons and plays various Nicktoons such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Kappa Mikey, and Captain Flamingo as well as other shows such as Zoey 101. As well as children's programs, this show also offers other things such as interviews with celebrity guests and funny extras of what the hosts get up to. It has now ended and Maude & Kyle do different things with Nickelodeon Australia.

Weekend Mornings

Weekend Mornings is a block of two episodes each of four Nicktoons on Saturday and Sunday mornings. It was originally named Double Up but changed names to support Nickelodeon's new format in 2006.

Saturday Nick Television

Saturday Nick Television was a morning show that was launched in 2002 with the help of Britney Spears. This show was shot in Melbourne and involved games in which the live audience could participate in, celebrity interviews, performances, skits and more. Nickelodeon cancelled the show in 2005 due to a lack of audience numbers.

Lunchtoon

Lunchtoon is a weekday lunchtime block that has four half-hour episodes of a Nickelodeon show. It is usually played from 12pm to 2pm.

Toons2Nite

Nickelodeon also plays classic Nick shows such as Rocko's Modern Life and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters in the late night hours. It was originally named Classics, however it has since been rebranded Toons2Nite.

Other projects

Nick Takes Over Your Beach

Over the summers of 1998/1999,1999/2000 and 2004, Nickelodeon toured Australian beaches, setting up games and activities.

Nickelodeon Magazine Australia

The Australian Nickelodeon Magazine was a monthly magazine available in most newsagents and supermarkets between September 2005 and May 2006. In total, six issues were published before being dropped by Australian Consolidated Press. It was edited by former Australian Disney Adventures contributor, Santi Pintado. The Australian Nickelodeon Magazine content was borrowed heavily from its American counterpart, Nickelodeon Magazine. The first copy of the magazine was handed out free at the 2005 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards.

You're on Nick

To support Nickelodeon Australia's new format, the network launched Moby Nick, a bus that would tour around Australia in places such as Sydney Olympic Park. Part of the bus was a small recording studio, where kids could say a sentence or two about what they could do, or who they were. The ten-second clips would be shown during the ads on Nickelodeon Australia shows.

Hosts

Current

• Maude Garrett (2006-present) - Camp Orange: Slimey Hollow, Camp Orange: The Mystery of Spaghetti Creek, Camp Orange: The Curse of the Emerald Eye, 'Sarvo
• Kyle Linahan (2007-2009) - 'Sarvo"

Past

• Angus King (1998 – 1999): Hot Chunks
• Jamie (2003): 'Sarvo
• Josh Quong Tart (2003): 'Sarvo
• Dave "Kambo" Kambouris (2002 – 2003): sn:tv, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2003)
• Dave Lawson (2002 – 2007): sn:tv, Nick Takes Over Your School, Camp Orange, 'Sarvo, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2005 and 2006)
• Natalie Garonzi (2002 – 2003): sn:tv, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards, 'Sarvo
• Tony Brockman (2003 – 2005): 'Sarvo, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2004)
• James Kerley (2003 – 2007): 'Sarvo, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2004, 2005 and 2006)
• Emily Perry (2004 – 2005): sn:tv
• Jesse Tobin (2004 – 2005): sn:tv

See also

• Sarvo - Nickelodeon Australia's most popular locally-produced show.
• Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards - held each year.
• Saturday Nick Television (sn:tv) - former weekend morning live show.
• Nickelodeon - the American channel.
• Nick Jr. Australia - Nickelodeon Australia's sister channel.

External links

• Official Nickelodeon Australia website
• 'Sarvo mini-website
• Official Nick Jr. Australia website
• Official American website

Nick UK & Ireland

Nickelodeon

Ownership
Owner	Nickelodeon UK (MTV Networks Europe/BSkyB)

Nickelodeon or Nick for short is a British television channel available on Sky Digital, Virgin Media, TalkTalk TV and UPC Ireland. The channel was launched on 1 September 1993. Although one of the oldest children's channels in the United Kingdom, it was not the first (the oldest, The Children's Channel, which started in 1984, is now defunct).

History

Launched on September 1, 1993, encrypted as part of British Sky Broadcasting's Sky Multichannels package and airing (initially) from 7am to 7pm each day, Nickelodeon shows both cartoons and live action series. The channel originally had a transponder to itself on the Astra satellite, and whilst off-air would show testcards (which usually had schedule information) or pages from NickText, the channel's teletext service. On cable, it was up to the operator which channel it would timeshare with, which caused problems whenever Nickelodeon extended its hours. The channel timeshared with the Paramount Channel (later Paramount Comedy Channel, now Comedy Central) after its launch in 1995. The channels are separate on the digital satellite and digital cable platforms, though still share on some analogue cable services. There was also a segment called "Pirate TV" which had the presenters give the impression that they were going to have a closedown early. They played the closedown ident but about a minute later Nickelodeon was on the air again. There were no live presenters from the channel's launch, but eventually Nick Alive! was introduced, which featured live links between shows, often consisting of just a single presenter and the invitation for viewers to take part in phone-ins. With time, these live links were moved to bigger studios, where people were now invited down to the studios to take part in the live broadcasts, which were given various names over the years.

When Sky Digital launched in 1998, Nickelodeon was in the original channel line-up on Astra 2A, and the channel's closedown was moved from 7pm to 10pm for digital satellite viewers. It continues to timeshare on analogue. Nickelodeon was also in the ITV Digital lineup, until the service closed down in 2002 and was replaced with Freeview.

Nickelodeon Ireland

In February 2004, Nickelodeon launched a separate stream for viewers in Ireland. In 2006, Nick Jr Ireland was launched.

The Irish channels are regional feeds of the British version of the channel, but with different commercials aimed at the Irish market. The channels are otherwise identical to the British versions. Nickelodeon Ireland is available through UPC Ireland, Sky Digital, Magnet Networks and SCTV Digital.

Nickelodeon availability

Nickelodeon is also available on Top Up TV allowing viewers to access a selection of programmes including SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Drake & Josh as well as Dora the Explorer and LazyTown. Nickelodeon Ireland is available through UPC Ireland, Sky Ireland, Magnet Networks and SCTV Digital.

Ownership

The British Nickelodeon channels are operated by Nickelodeon UK Ltd., a private limited company that is a joint venture between British Sky Broadcasting and Viacom, the ultimate owners of the Nickelodeon branded channels in the USA. Unlike in America, there is little (if any) operational connection to the European MTV channels, which are run by MTV Networks Europe. British Sky Broadcasting owns 40% of Nickelodeon UK.

From 1995, there was an operational connection to the The Paramount Channel, which was launched by the Paramount UK Partnership, another joint venture between British Sky Broadcasting (25%) and Viacom (75%). The channels shared transponder space as well as offices, though they now they have separate offices and each operate multiple channels that no longer share bandwidth.

Identity

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One of the variants of the original Nickelodeon logo used from 1 September 1993 to 15 February 2010.

From its launch in 1993, Nickelodeon had used various orange-coloured logos in different shapes, surrounding the word 'Nick' or 'Nickelodeon' in white text. On 15 February 2010, Nickelodeon adopted the new typographical logo that is being used on the network in other countries around the world. The TEENick block has also adopted the new American identity But the NickJr. site is still the same.

Current Spin-off channels

Nick Replay

On 1 September 1999, a 1 hour timeshift of Nickelodeon was initially launched on Sky Digital. Nick Replay is available on Sky Digital and UPC Ireland 605 and Virgin Media 713.

Nick Jr.

Main article: Nick Jr. (UK & Ireland)

On 1 September 1999, Nick Jr. was launched on Sky Digital, which shows programming aimed at pre-school children, pre-school programming 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).

Nicktoons

Main article: Nicktoons (UK & Ireland)

On 22 July 2002, Nicktoons shows Nicktoons cartoons, as well as other cartoons, throughout the day. On 31 October 2005, Nickelodeon and Nicktoons extended their hours to 05:00 - 23:00, and Nick Replay extended its hours to 06:00 - 00:00. Teleshopping began broadcasting on these channels outside of regular transmission times, as well as on Nick Jr. 2 Prior to this, these channels had shown a test card, logo slide or promo loop during the off-air hours. 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. SpongeBob SquarePants and The Fairly Odd Parents are part of the Nicktoons company.

Nick Jr. 2

Main article: Nick Jr. 2

On 24 April 2006, Nick Jr. 2 was launched. It broadcasts Nick Jr. shows on a different schedule to the main Nick Jr. channel.

Nicktoons Replay

On 1 August 2009, a 1 hour timeshift of Nicktoons was launched on Sky 630. The timeshift channel replaced the Nicktoons spin off sister channelNicktoonsters, which closed the day before.

Defunct Spin-off channels

Nicktoonsters

Main article: Nicktoonsters

On August 18, 2008, Nick Toonsters was launched. It broadcast some old Nicktoons shows such as Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys and Hey Arnold!. Its licence first appeared on the Ofcom website in September 2007 (initially named "Nick Toonsters", this was changed to Nick Replay on 1 August 2009). The channel closed on 31 July 2009 and was replaced with a 1 hour timeshift of Nicktoons, Nicktoons Replay on 1 August 2009.

Nickelodeon Presenters

Current Presenters

• Olivia "Olly" Murray (July 2009 -)
• Nathan A Thomas (October 2009 -)

Former Presenters

• Rick Adams
• Mike McClean
• Myk Scarlett
• Nigel Mitchell
• Malcolm Bird
• James Gilbey
• Matt Brown
• Lucy Alexander
• Eddie Matthews
• Robin Banks
• Helen Chamberlain
• Simon Amstell (1998)
• Dave Benson Phillips
• Kara Tritton
• Sarah Cawood
• Lisa Brockwell
• Oliver Clark
• Leon Campbell
• Elvis (computer generated puppet)
• Bert the Fish (computer generated puppet)
• Mounya Khamlichi, aka "Moo" (1994 - November 2001)
• Jonathan Thompson (1998)
• Dave Berry (November 2000 - November 2002)
• Rude (puppet, left December 2002 but briefly returned during Summer on Nick (2008) for a sketch called 'Big Bother')
• Bogey (puppet, left March 2003, returned for a week in July 2003)
• Rani Khanijau (January 2002 - December 2003)
• Yiolanda Koppel, aka "Yolly" or "Yoo" (1994 - August 2004)
• Michelle Barber (April 2001 - August 2004)
• Aidan Power (March 2003 - August 2004)
• Nigel Clarke (March 2003 - August 2004)
• Rose Omari (March 2003 - August 2004)
• Teressa and Claire (2005)
• Beth Palmer (January 2005 - October 2006)
• Ed Petrie (January 2005 - August 2007)
• Mark Felgate (January 2005 - August 2009)
• Sy Thomas (October 2006 - August 2008)
• Laura Hamilton (October 2006 - August 2008)
• Ross Lee (September - December 2008)

Nickelodeon's UK Kids Choice Awards

Main article: Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards

2007

Main article: Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards 2007

The 2007 US Awards show was aired on Nick UK on 14 April 2007. The KCA's usually air in the UK shortly after they are broadcast in the US. But for the first time Nick UK made their version of the KCA's. It was broadcast from London's ExCeL Exhibition Centre, Docklands. The awards were held on 20 October 2007 and were shown on Nick UK a week later on 27 October 2007 and were repeated many times during that week. Nickelodeon did a competition where four lucky winners would be able to carry a 'blimp' (the Nickelodeon award) up on stage and present it to a winning celebrity. UK pop band McFly presented the ceremony.

2008

Main article: Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards 2008

The 2008 UK Kids Choice Awards were held on 13 September 2008 at London's ExCeL Exhibition Centre, Docklands. The awards where shown on the channel a week later on 20 September 2008 with other 4 million votes being cast. The X Factor judge Danni Minogue presented the ceremony.

Nickelodeon Programmes

Main article: List of programmes broadcast by Nickelodeon UK

Nickelodeon Movies

Main article: Nickelodeon Movies

The channel doesn't air movies daily during the school period, unlike its rival kids' channel Disney Channel UK, which does. In the kids' school holidays Nickelodeon normally airs movies with the slot being branded NickMovies.

Programming Blocks

Programming on Nickelodeon UK has often been segmented into blocks. These have included:

Morning blocks

• Rise and Slime - (1998-1999)
• Dawn Patrol - (1999)
• CBBC on Nickelodeon - (1996–1999)
• Get Up! - weekends (1993-1996)
• Bedroom Bedlam - weekends (1993-1995)
• Nick AM - (1993-1996 )
• Nicktoons Breakfast Feast - (1993-1998)
• Nicktoons TV - (1998-2000)
• Nick Jr. - weekday mornings, featured programming for pre-school children, replaced by a dedicated Nick Jr. channel (1997-1999, 2005, 2009 - present)
• Nick Juice - weekday mornings, 7am to 9am (2000-2002)
• Weekend Juice - weekend mornings, 7am/9am to 12pm/2pm (2000-2002)
• SLAM! - weekend mornings, 7am to 9am, featured animated action series (2002–2004)
• You're Nicked - weekday mornings, 7am to 9am, featured a presenter & crew 'invading' a viewer's home before school (2002–2004, latterly became a programme in its own right)
• The Crunch - aired weekday mornings, 7am to 9am (January 2005 - 2006) Each day had a different set of children who were called the 'kidcrew', who signed up to be on the show, and played studio games. The programming block aired animated shows / live action series.
• Control Freaks (2005) Children competed in a series of challenges live on air, with the two presenters. Included cartoons such as SpongeBob SquarePants.
• The Crunch - Summer Sizzle - (Summer of 2005)
• ME:TV (2006–2007) Features live presentation, and four kids with their webcams help the presenters to introduce shows, but only one of the four children can do this, so they have to compete with the other children in challenges live on air. This programming block airs on half-term holidays. 'ME:TV' was a big success with UK viewers. Nickelodeon US, later picked up the show's format. The block was originally presented by Ed Petrie and Sy Thomas. 'ME:TV' returned in the lead-up to the first UK Kids Choice Awards (October 2007), and was presented by Mark Felgate, Sy Thomas and Laura Hamilton.
• Slime Across the UK and Ireland (Summer 2007) aired 11am to 1pm, 2nd to the 5th week of the summer holidays, presented by Ed Petrie and Sy Thomas in the studio. With Mark Felgate and Laura Hamilton touring the UK and Ireland.
• Summer on Nick (Summer 2008) aired from 11am to 1pm from the 2nd week of the Summer holidays. It was presented by Sy Thomas, Mark Felgate and Laura Hamilton. All 3 presenters were usually in the studio. Celebrity guests were regularly featured and the main contact with viewers was through the Nickelodon website. Features included 'Dare the Presenters', 'What The Heck are They Talking About', 'Topic of the Day' and more. Programming during this slot was iCarly, Drake and Josh and SpongeBob SquarePants. There was also a parody of Big Brother entitled 'Big Bother'.
• Ross Lee's Ghoulies (28 September - 13 December 2008) 13-part series, airing each Sunday morning from 10am to 12pm. Ross Lee invited viewers to his manor, with spooky tricks and celebrity guests. Included popular Nickelodeon shows such as iCarly.

Afternoon blocks

• NickALive! (1994–1997)
• Lunchtoons - daily, 12pm to 2pm, featured animated series (1993-2002)
• SNICK - weekend evenings, 7pm to 10pm (1993-2002)
• Nickelozone - weekends, 2pm to 7pm, featured double episodes of mainly live-action shows (1999–2002)
• Nick in the Afternoon - (1995)
• Nick PM - (1998)
• Nick NOW - (1997)
• Nick L8R - weekdays, 3:30-5pm to 7pm, featured live studio presentation (2000–2004)
• Thank Nick It's Friday - (2000-2004, 2009) Fridays:
  • (2000–2004), 3:30pm/4pm to 7pm, featured live studio presentation (2000–2004)
• The 4 til 6 Show - presented by two of the 'Big Nick Pick' presenters Claire & Teresa, in a tiny studio, they introduced shows, however this only lasted one week in the children's half term holidays. The two presenters have never been seen on Nickelodeon since, unlike the other 'Big Nick Pick' presenters (2005)
• The Crunch! - had a short period in the afternoons. Details above, in Morning Blocks (2006)
• NickHeads - (2006–2007) the first series aired for a short period in the 4-6pm slot, presented by Mark Felgate and Laura Hamilton. The second series returned on June 4, at 4-6pm, with Mark and Laura 'back with popular demand' with the run finishing on June 22 (2007).
• Teen Nick - Started on July 20, 2009, and presented by Olly Murray and Nathan O'Thomas from 5pm to 7pm

Controversy

Live changes

In 2004, Nickelodeon cancelled all live presentation. With them saying the programmes are taking a break. All current presenters at that time were axed. With other kids' stations such as Disney Channel UK, CITV and later CBBC, following suit, mainly as a cost-cutting exercise. Later in January 2005, Nickelodeon brought back 'live' programming, but not as much in the past. Until Summer 2009, there was no live presentation apart from in the summer where the Nickelodeon presenters travel to various locations in the UK. Currently to today, Nickelodeon launched the UK version of TEENick. It is currently broadcasts live in the weekdays, but doesn't broadcast live in the weekends.

The Troop

In Thursday 4th March 2010, Nickelodeon aired the first half of The Troop episode "Forest Grump" and accidentally aired the second half of "There Is No "I" in Monster Hunter" (another episode of The Troop) instead of the second half of "Forest Grump" and also the ending shortened.

Nickelodeon Specials

Over the years Nick have had many special programmes.

• Red Hot Lobster Tour/Nick on the Road (1996–2004) Hosted by the various Nickelodeon presenters over the years, Nickelodeon toured the UK during the summer holidays setting up a large stage at the destinations they visited. They had a large TV screen, broadcasting the Nickelodeon channel with shows such as Saved by the Bell and SpongeBob SquarePants airing. The presenters would interact with the audience of children and play games with them.

• Hall of Fame - During August 2006, Nickelodeon aired classic Nick shows such as Taina, The Brothers Garcia, Pete & Pete,Renford Rejects and Cousin Skeeter for an hour every day. Viewers were also given a chance to vote for their favourites on the Nickelodeon website[3].

• Paint Your Town Orange - Summer 1995. A series of many short films (around 3 minutes in length), where viewers showed off the best aspects of where they live. Children acted as presenters in this programmes, and also recorded advert bumpers for the network, which were also screen throughout the summer of 2005.

• Coast to Coast - Summer 1996. A series of 30 minute episodes tracking 8 Nickelodeon viewers as they travelled from the east to west coast of the USA. The programme featured 2 Nickelodeon viewers from England, as well as 2 from Scotland, 2 from Germany and 2 from Australia. Involved in the production of the programme was Kate Humble, who now co-presents the BBC show Animal Farm.

• Nick-A-Lottery - 1995-1996. Cable or satellite subscribers were sent a 'Nick-A-Lottery' card, a plastic card with numbers printed on. Presenters regularly gave out numbers which if matched with the numbers on the card would entitle the viewer to win a prize, if they could claim within a very short amount of time. After matching the numbers, the viewer had to immediately call the channel's regular freephone number 0800 801 801. This was often engaged even before the Nick-A-Lottery started, so potential winners had difficulty in claiming a prize.

Nickelodeon: Outta Control

Main article: Nickelodeon: Outta Control

In 1997, Alton Towers opened an attraction in conjunction with Nickelodeon. There were several rooms, each with its own theme. Upon leaving, you were played back a recording of your journey around the attraction. It closed in 1998, due to the attraction not having a suitable throughout for a park of Alton's size.[4].

External links

• Nick.co.uk - Official website
• Nickelodeon: Outta Control
• Nickelodeon UK listings and schedules
• Guide to channels broadcasting on Astra satellites
• Guide to receiving Astra satellites

See also

• Nicktoons (UK & Ireland) (Nicktoonsters is only in the UK)
• Nick Jr. (UK & Ireland)
• Nick Jr. 2