Nickelodeon (Europe)

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

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

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

Pan-European Nickelodeon

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

Global On-Air Identity

In January 2010, Viacom International launched a global on-air identity campaign for its Nickelodeon channels worldwide (except Nickelodeon US, which adopted the new look identity September 28, 2009). The new look on air-identity debuted on Nickelodeon (France) January 29, 2010^[3], Nickelodeon UK, and Nickelodeon Ireland on February 15, 2010^[4], Nickelodeon (Poland) on March 4,in Africa on March 13, 2010, and on Nickelodeon Netherlands, Germany, Nickelodeon Austria and Nickelodeon Switzerland on March 31, 2010^[5]. The new look design incorporates the newly designed Nickelodeon logo which originally launched on Nickelodeon US in September, 2009. It also introduces the Nickelodeon brands TeenNick and Nicktoons to Europe and a new look Nick Jr. The roll-out of Nickelodeon's new global on-air, online and offline branding will take place throughout 2010 on all Nickelodeon channels worldwide (with exception to Nickelodeon US).

Localized Nickelodeon channels in EMEA

Country	Title	Air Date	New Look Release Date	Note
United Kingdom	Nickelodeon UK	September 1, 1993	February 15, 2010
Germany	Nickelodeon Deutschland	July 1995		Ended on June 1, 1998 (Original version)
Finland	Nickelodeon (Scandinavia)	1996 (block) February 1997 (channel)	March 31, 2010	Also in Norway
Norway	Nickelodeon (Scandinavia)			Also in Finland
Arab World	Nickelodeon (Arabia)	1996 (block) July 23, 2008(channel)	Will not be used because they left the company, and will be closed down
Croatia  Montenegro  Bulgaria	Nickelodeon (Croatia) (served by European feed)	November 1997	2010
Turkey	Nickelodeon (Turkey)	December 10, 1997 (block) February 2003 (channel)	March 31, 2010	Closed in August 31, 2011; replaced with MTV Europe
Switzerland	Nickelodeon (Swiss)	September 28, 1998 (block) April 1, 2009 (channel)	March 31, 2010
Russia  CIS	Nickelodeon CIS	November 1998	February 10, 2010	Accidentally airs older idents sometimes
Hungary	Nickelodeon (Hungary)	November 1998 (block), January 2000 (channel)	February 10, 2010	Is part of Eastern Europe
Romania	Nickelodeon (Romania)	December 1998 (block) February 10, 2010 (channel)	February 10, 2010	In Eastern Europe
Spain	Nickelodeon (Spain)				March 1999	April 1, 2010	Also Available in Spanish
South Africa	Nickelodeon (Africa)	June 1999 (block) July 2008 (channel)	March 13, 2010
United Kingdom	Nick Jr. UK	September 1999	April 30, 2010
United Kingdom	Nick Replay	September 1999	February 2010	Timeshift service of Nickelodeon UK
Poland	Nickelodeon (Poland)	November 7, 1999 (block) July 10, 2008 (channel)	March 1, 2010	October 4, 2011 (a language on Nick HD Europe)	Formerly as a block on Fantastic, which was closed on July 1, 2001
Norway	Nickelodeon (Norway)	2000		Ended in 2007
United Kingdom	Nicktoons UK	July 2002	April 30, 2010
Netherlands	Nickelodeon (Netherlands & Flanders)	September 2002	March 31, 2010	Timeshared with several channels between 2002–2003 and 2005-2011.
Belgium:  Flanders		January 2004		Timeshared with MTV (Netherlands & Flanders)
Israel	Nickelodeon Israel	July 2003	May 2, 2010	Owned by Tipo
Ireland	Nickelodeon Ireland	February 2004	February 15, 2010
Italy	Nickelodeon Italy	November 2004	April 1, 2010
Netherlands  Belgium:  Flanders	Nick Jr. (Netherlands & Flanders)	January 1, 2005	March 31, 2010
Germany	Nickelodeon Germany	Originally in July 1995, now September 2005	March 31, 2010
Portugal	Nickelodeon (Portugal)	September 2005	April 1, 2010
France	Nickelodeon (France)	November 2005	January 29, 2010
France	Nickelodeon Junior	November 2005	January 29, 2010
United Kingdom	Nick Jr. 2	April 2006	April 30, 2010
Ireland	Nick Jr. Ireland	2006	April 30, 2010	Part of the British version of Nick Jr.
Austria	Nickelodeon (Austria)	September 2006	March 31, 2010
Netherlands  Belgium:  Flanders	Nicktoons (Netherlands & Flanders)	August 1, 2007	March 31, 2010
	Nick Hits (Netherlands & Flanders)	August 1, 2007	March 31, 2010
Germany  Austria  Switzerland	Nick Premium	December 2007		Ended on March 31, 2010
Denmark	Nickelodeon Denmark	March 2008	March 31, 2010
Sweden	Nickelodeon Sweden	June 2008	March 31, 2010
United Kingdom	Nicktoonsters	August 2008	N/A	Closed July 2009, replaced with NickToons Replay
United Kingdom	NickToons Replay	July 2009	April 30, 2010	Timeshift service of NickToons
Italy	Nickelodeon +1 Italy	July 31, 2009	April 1, 2010	Timeshift service of Nickelodeon Italy
Italy	Nick Jr. (Italy)	July 31, 2009	April 1, 2010
Czech Republic	Nickelodeon (Central & Eastern Europe)	February 10, 2010	February 10, 2010
Greece	Nickelodeon (Greece)	September 3, 2010	September 3, 2010
Poland	Nick Jr. (Poland)	October 4, 2010	October 4, 2010

Nickelodeon Branded Programming Blocks in EMEA

Localized language programming:

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

See also

• Nickelodeon
• Nickelodeon (Australia)

References

1. ^ "Nick International". Nick.com. http://www.nick.com/all_nick/everything_nick/intl_home.jhtml. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 
2. ^ "MTV to launch Nickelodeon HD on Sky". Digital Spy. 23 September 2010. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a278336/mtv-to-launch-nickelodeon-hd-on-sky.html. 
3. ^ http://www.c21media.net/resources/alt_index.asp?article=17299&area=79
4. ^ Rushton, Katherine (February 11, 2010). "Nickelodeon drops splat for ‘older’ identity | News | Broadcast". Broadcastnow.co.uk. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/nickelodeon-drops-splat-for-older-identity/5010681.article. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 
5. ^ "MTV renames German Nick channels | News". Rapid TV News. February 21, 2010. http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/201002215918/mtv-renames-german-nick-channels.html. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 

External links

• Pan European Site
• UK Site
• Turkey Site
• Israel Site
• Denmark Site
• Republic of Ireland Site
• Sweden Site
• Russia Site
• Africa Site
• Arab World Site
• Spain Site
• Italy Site
• Netherlands Site
• Belgium Site
• Hungary Site
• Portugal Site
• Poland Site
• Greece Site
• Germany Site