Nickelodeon is a Hispanic/Latin American pay television channel, counterpart of the American networkof the same name. It is owned by Paramount Networks Americas and was launched on 20 December 1996.[3] Aside from airing Nick and Nick Jr. content, it has produced original programming for the channel and has been sold to local distributors worldwide except for Cuba as cable television is banned in that country.[4]
The channel was launched on 20 December 1996 in Latin America as a children-oriented channel, being the main competitor of Cartoon Network, which was launched three years before. In 1999, Nickelodeon launched its official website for the region, MundoNick.com. "Nick Radio" was also available, but eventually it was replaced by the Nick Jr. official site.
Logo used from 2005 to 2009, the logo has an original proptype 3d logo
On 13 February 2006, a programming block named Nick at Nite was launched. It consisted mostly of live-action shows from the 80s and 90s, and aired from 10 pm to 6 am. On May 15 of the same year, it premiered their first sitcom locally produced in Mexico, Skimo.[5]
On 9 June 2008, the channel launched "Nickers", a live-action show with two hosts introducing shows and music. It followed the same line and was very similar to Disney Channel'sZapping Zone. The block was cancelled in all feeds in December 2008. In 2008, two locally produced series premiered, both being soap operas. The first one, Isa TKM premiered on 29 September 2008 and La maga y el camino dorado premiered on 13 October of that same year.
In 2009, a programming block called Nick Hits, which airs classic Nick Toons, replaced Nick at Nite on weekends. On 5 April 2010, Nickelodeon Latin America was rebranded with the new logo already in use in the US and most countries in the world, making it one of the last Nickelodeon international feeds to switch to the new graphics. Due to the rebrand, NickHits was closed down and replaced again by Nick at Nite. In June 2010, Viacom gave the rights for Mexico to release their own Kids Choice Awards.[6] It premiered on 4 September 2010. On 20 July 2010, another original series called Sueña conmigo premiered on the channel.
Logo used from 2010 to 2023
Through August 2010, Nickelodeon started to rerun the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender to promote the 2010 film adaptation; with this, a new on-air logo was shown when the series was broadcast, an arrow blurring takes on/off in the Nick logo.[7] On 2 May 2011, it was premiered the fifth original production Grachi. In late January 2012, MTV Networks Latin America announced another locally produced soap opera, Miss XV, that was premiered on 16 April 2012.[8]
Since 2012, the Nick at Nite programming block was no longer airing classic programming from the 80s and 90s and, instead, was a mere relay of Nickelodeon's 2000s and 2010s TV series that were not aired in the main slot anymore.
On 1 January 2015 the Nick at Nite programming block went off the air.
On 29 August 2023, nearly 6 months after its rebrand in the US, Nickelodeon rebranded to the splat era during the 2023 Mexican Kids Choice Awards.
On October 17, 2023, Nickelodeon (Feeds 2 and 3 only) delocalised and started to use some assets from EMEAA,[9][10][11] except for the Mexico feed (Feed 1).[12] Trailers are now textless and end credits on Feed 2 are replaced with short credits, indicating the show's name, production company and year, while end credits on Feed 3 are replaced with short credits along with dubbing credits, which is different from EMEAA and Feed 2, similar to the Nickelodeon channels in EMEAA.[13] However, it is still retaining some localization, such as advertisements, localised text on selected trailers, and opt-outs for local programming, such as Marcelo Martelo Marshmellow on all feeds. This is a result of Nick Jr.'s delocalisation on September 19, 2023.[14]
On November 14, 2023, the Mexico feed (Feed 1) migrated to the EMEAA playout, screenbug & banners.[15] However, it still retains the graphics, promos and end credits (however dubbing credits are no longer shown).[16]
Feeds
Nickelodeon Latin America is divided into three different feeds for its broadcast in the Latin American region.
North Feed: Mexico
Central Feed: Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Central America, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia
Brazilian Feed: Brazil with Brazilian Portuguese audio
Revista Nick (Nick Magazine) was launched on 27 November 2004 in Mexico, ending in April 2010, five months after the American version was ended due to the continued migration of network content to the Internet.
Website
MundoNick.com was the name of the network's official website which launched in 1999. In 2020, MundoNick.com was closed in favor of a new site for the network called Nickelodeon.la.
Sister channels
Nickelodeon HD
Nickelodeon HD logo (2011-2016)
In September 2010, MTV Networks Latin America announced new plans for 2011, one of them, the launching of Nickelodeon HD officially MTV Live HD.[19] In May 2011, MTV Networks Latin America announced more details. Programming would be American and local.[20] The HD channel launched on 1 June 2011 all over Latin America.[20]
Nickelodeon HD starting simulcasting the main channel on 17 December 2015, and on 1 August 2016, the original HD channel was renamed Nick 2.
Nick Jr. is a cable television channel in Latin America owned by Viacom that was launched in July 2008 as a 24-hour channel. Aimed at preschool audience. Originally, it was a block on Nickelodeon from 1997 to 2017.
On 29 January 2013, it was announced that a Nicktoons channel would launch in Latin America. It started airing on 4 February 2013 on television providers Cablevisión, Megacable and Cablecom.[21][22] The channel was replaced by the US feed of NickMusic in many cable providers by the end of 2020 and later was shut down as of December 2020.
NickMusic
NickMusic logo
NickMusic started simulcasting their US feed on 1 September 2020, replacing VH1 MegaHits and Nicktoons in select Latin American countries. The first music video played on the channel was "Dynamite" by BTS.
TeenNick
TeenNick logo
TeenNick (formerly Nick 2) is a commercial-free secondary channel of Nickelodeon. It replaced Nick 2 on 14 September 2020.
Notes
↑ The logo's wordmark has been in use since April 5, 2010. Additionally, this logo was seen as a screenbug a few weeks earlier, most likely as a test, and is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.
Related Research Articles
Nickelodeon is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through Paramount Media Networks' subdivision, Nickelodeon Group. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, the channel is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its program blocks.
Nicktoons is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. The channel is geared towards children aged 7 to 11.
Nickelodeon is a British pay television network.
Paramount Networks Americas (PNA) is a subsidiary of Paramount Global. PNA's operational headquarters is located in Miami, Florida.
Nickelodeon is a German free-to-air television channel for children, part of the international. based on the U.S. counterpart brand originally launched in 1995, and relaunched in 2005, Nickelodeon is based in Berlin. The channel is available on subscription services and as an unscrambled, free-to-air (FTA) satellite signal. On 31 March 2010, the channel re-adopted the name Nickelodeon on air and online, in addition to the new Nickelodeon logo and graphical package being rolled out internationally at the time. The "Nickelodeon" name was re-adopted once again when it rebranded on 1 August 2023, nearly 5 months after its rebrand in the U.S. Since then, the channel is also broadcast in English in addition to German on a secondary audio track. It is aimed at kids between the ages of 6 and 13.
Viacom International Inc. is the international division of the Paramount Media Networks subsidiary of Paramount Global that oversees the production, broadcasting and promotion of its brands outside of the United States. These brands include Paramount Network, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and BET, as well as CBS-branded channels co-owned with AMC Networks International. PIN also owned a 30% stake in the Rainbow S.p.A. animation studio in Italy from 2011 to 2023 and a stake in Viacom18, an Indian joint venture with domestic partner TV18, from 2007 to 2024.
Nickelodeon is an pan-Arab pay television channel for kids that is exclusively available on OSN. It is the official Arabic-localised variant of Nickelodeon and until 2011, it was the last remaining channel to retain the 'splat' logo that was used from 1984 to 2009 in the United States.
MTV Live is the international version of the American TV channel MTV Live as 24-hour high-definition live music pay television network owned by Paramount International Networks subsidiary Paramount Networks EMEAA.
Cartoon Network is a Latin American pay television channel distributed by Warner Bros. Discovery for the Latin American audience, and the Caribbean. It is the Latin American version of the original Cartoon Network television channel in the United States. It is divided into five feeds, all originating from the Turner headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States; four are in Spanish, and the other is in Portuguese for Brazil. The feeds have different schedules.
Nickelodeon is an American basic cable and satellite television network that is part of the Nickelodeon Group, a unit of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global, which focuses on programs for children and teenagers ages 2 to 17 years old.
Nickelodeon is a South African 24-hour television channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. The channel was launched on July 1, 2008. North Africa receives the Arabic-language version of the channel Nickelodeon MENA.
Nickelodeon is a European pay television channel available in Spain and Portugal and operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA. The channel is aimed at children and teenagers.
Nick Jr. is a cable television channel in Latin America owned by Paramount Global subsidiary Paramount Networks Americas based on the U.S. counterpart. The channel is aimed at a preschool audience.
Nickelodeon is a Brazilian pay television channel focused on kids programming. It was launched in 1996 as an autonomous feed of Nickelodeon Latin America in Portuguese with different programming and series.
Nickelodeon is a Philippine pay television channel that was launched on April 1, 2011, as a localised variant of American channel Nickelodeon, with programming aimed at children and teenagers. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA in partnership with All Youth Channels. Upon its launch, it replaced the Southeast Asian feed of Nickelodeon in the Philippines, which used to be distributed in the country since its launch in 1998.
Nickelodeon is a pan-Asian pay television channel operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA and owned by Paramount International Networks, based in Singapore and broadcast to audiences in Southeast Asia and certain regions in Oceania like Polynesia and Papua New Guinea. The channel was launched on 1998 and mainly broadcasts original series from Nickelodeon's namesake television channel in the United States.
Nickelodeon is an Indian children's pay television channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is the Indian equivalent of the original American network and is owned by Disney Star, a joint venture between Disney India and Viacom18 under license from Paramount Global. Despite using the "Nickelodeon" branding, it does not air any content from the original channel in recent times as part of a localisation strategy; instead the original Nickelodeon content is only broadcast on the Nickelodeon HD+ channel. As of October 2020, Nickelodeon is the most watched children's channel in India.
Nicktoons is a South African pay television channel that was launched on 30 September 2014. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA, and is targeted towards children, broadcasting reruns of original animated series from sister network Nickelodeon along with other cartoons. It replaced the African feed of KidsCo, North Africa receives the Arabic-Language feed of the channel Nicktoons MENA.
Nicktoons is a European international pay television network operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA. Launched on 1 February 2017, international version of the American TV channel Nicktoons, the network serves many of the countries in the European Union, and features several feeds differentiated by time zones and local languages being the primary audio feed offered, with other languages offered through second audio program options. Other networks may display the domestic language as open-access subtitles.
Nickelodeon Group, also known as Nickelodeon Networks Inc., is an American children's entertainment company owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks division that oversees cable television channels, its in-house animation studio, and Paws, Inc.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
