Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand)

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Nickelodeon Australia & New Zealand
Logo since 1 August 2023. [a]
Country Australia
New Zealand
Broadcast areaAustralia
New Zealand
Fiji
Programming
Languages English
Māori
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9)
Ownership
Owner Paramount Networks UK & Australia
Sister channels Network 10
10 HD
10 Drama
10 Comedy
Comedy Central
MTV
Club MTV
MTV 80s
MTV Hits
Nickelodeon (free-to-air)
Nick Jr.
NickMusic
History
Launched23 October 1995;29 years ago (1995-10-23) (Australia)
1 December 2010;14 years ago (2010-12-01) (New Zealand and Fiji)
ReplacedMax [1] /Classic Max (Australia; Foxtel)
Nickelodeon NZ (in New Zealand)
Closed1 August 2023;2 years ago (2023-08-01) (Foxtel)
1 November 2025;20 days' time (2025-11-01) (Australia)
Links
Website nick.com.au
Availability
Terrestrial
Foxtel (Australia)Channel 701
Fetch TV (Australia)Channel 252
Freeview Australia Nickelodeon (free to air)
Sky Television (NZ)Channel 101
Streaming media
Sky Go
(NZ)
skygo.co.nz

Nickelodeon (known as Nick on Fetch in Australia) is an Australian and New Zealand children's pay television channel owned by Paramount Networks UK & Australia. It is based on the namesake American television channel.

Contents

Since 1 December 2010, the Australian and New Zealand versions of the subscription channel have been the same. The New Zealand-specific version of Nickelodeon shut down the day before.

The channel was removed from Foxtel on 1 August 2023, the same day as the free-to-air channel 10 Shake rebranded as Nickelodeon. The existing pay television channel continues to broadcast through Fetch in Australia, and on Sky in New Zealand. The Fetch feed was renamed "Nick", to differentiate it from the free-to-air channel. [2]

History

Nickelodeon Australia was launched on 23 October 1995, replacing the Max and ClassicMax channels, offering live action shows and cartoons. [3] Originally the channel timeshared with Nick at Nite which began at 8 on weekdays and 10 pm on weekends, and ended at 6 am. From 1 July 1998, the channel gained an extra half-hour on weekdays, moving Nick at Nite back to 8.30 pm. [4] On 2 January 2000, the channel introduced "More Nick", extending its broadcast hours to 10 pm every night of the week. [5] [6] Eventually in mid-2000, Nick at Nite closed and Nickelodeon began broadcasting for 24 hours every day. [7] After that, almost all of Nick at Nite's programming moved to TV1. Nickelodeon was also added to the Optus Television service in December 2002.

On 14 March 2004, Nick Jr. launched as the first full, 24-hour television channel designed for pre-school audiences in Australia. Before this, Nick Jr. was a morning and afternoon programming block on Nickelodeon, including shows that eventually received much more airtime on the full channel, such as Dora the Explorer and Paw Patrol . 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 2 March 2009.

During Nickelodeon Australia's broadcast of the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards, the network rebranded with the new one using completely different bumpers than America's channel, however the iCarly bumper with slime was used in most advertisement breaks. The Nick Shack rebranded much earlier before the channel itself. [8]

On 1 December 2010, Nickelodeon Australia launched in New Zealand, replacing the New Zealand version of Nickelodeon. [9]

On 30 July 2013, Nickelodeon Australia became available on the newly launched Australian IPTV service Foxtel Play, making it one of the first channels to be available on the service. [10]

On 3 December 2013, Nickelodeon Australia became available on Foxtel's streaming service Foxtel Go. [11] On 1 January 2014, Nickelodeon Australia launched on Australian IPTV provider Fetch TV. [12] [13]

From 27 September 2020, a 12-hour block of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. programming was broadcast on the new 10 Shake free-to-air channel.

On 22 June 2023, it was announced that 10 Shake itself would rebrand as Nickelodeon on 1 August. [14] Foxtel chose to discontinue the pay television channel then using that name at this time, [15] along with Nick Jr. The channel continues to air on Fetch in Australia [16] and on Sky in New Zealand.

The channel will be removed on Fetch TV on 1 November 2025. [17]

Programming

Nickelodeon Australia mainly airs shows from its American counterpart such as SpongeBob SquarePants and The Loud House . The channel also broadcasts a variety of non-US 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 Nick GAS. There are several local productions. Hot Chunks starring Angus King as a variety of characters. [18] Camp Orange launched in 2005, and was hosted by Dave Lawson. The adventure camp reality series features teams of children 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" to be voted for the title of "Champ Orange" by their teammates. The latest version of Camp Orange was Camp Orange: Spill Seekers. Juice is another weekday morning show. It aired Nicktoons between 7 am and 9 am such as SpongeBob SquarePants and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius . The show was originally hosted, but this was removed over time.

Kids' Choice Awards

In 2003, an Australian version of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was introduced. It honored children's favourite choices in music, movies, books and more.

Programming blocks

Other projects

Nick Takes Over Your Beach

Over the summers of 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004, Nickelodeon toured Australian beaches, setting up games and activities. [20] [21] [22]

Nickelodeon Magazine Australia

The Australian Nickelodeon Magazine was a monthly magazine available in most newsagents and supermarkets between September 2005 and May 2006. The American version of the magazine was sold in some Australian newsagents and supermarkets from 1995, coinciding with the launch of Australian pay TV providers Galaxy in January and Foxtel in October 1995. The Australian version was created in 2005. In total, six issues of the Australian "Nickelodeon Magazine" were published before being discontinued 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

Following Nickelodeon Australia's rebrand, 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 children could say a sentence or two about what they could do, or who they were. The ten-second clips would be shown during commercials on Nickelodeon Australia shows.

Slimefest

In 2012, Nickelodeon launched Slimefest, a children's slime-filled annual music festival. It was first held in Sydney in September 2012, the first line up included Jessica Mauboy, Stan Walker, Justice Crew, Guy Sebastian, Reece Mastin, Johnny Ruffo and Christina Parie.

The 2013 line-up included headliners Big Time Rush, along with performances by Guy Sebastian, Justice Crew, Samantha Jade, Heffron Drive and Jadagrace.

In 2014, the festival toured in both Sydney and Melbourne, with performances by Cody Simpson, Savage, Justice Crew, Sabrina Carpenter, The Collective, Alli Simpson, Ricki Lee (Sydney) and Dami Im (Melbourne).

Hosts

Former

Logo History

Notes

  1. 1 2 The logo's wordmark has been in use since 2010. Additionally, this logo is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.

See also

References

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