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For Nickelodeon in United States, see Nickelodeon (TV channel).
Nickelodeon or Nick for short is a British television channel available on Sky Digital, Virgin Media, Tiscali 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). [edit] HistoryLaunched 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. [edit] Nickelodeon IrelandIn 2004 Nickelodeon launched a separate stream for viewers in the Republic of Ireland, which were called Nickelodeon Ireland and Nick Jr Ireland. As with Sky1 & MTV, the only difference is the advertisements; all programming is the same. The Irish stream is also broadcast from the UK, however, and is supplied to all Irish cable operators and to Irish subscribers of Sky Digital. [edit] Nickelodeon availabilityNickelodeon UK 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. [edit] OwnershipThe 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.[1] 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. [edit] Top-left logo1993 to 1997:Flag logo.(down-right logo since 1993 to 1995) 1995 to 1997:Rocket logo.(dropped "elodeon") 1997 to 2002:Sunny logo.(dropped "elodeon") 2002-present:Splat logo.(dropped "elodeon") [edit] Current Spin-off channels[edit] Nick ReplayOn 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. [edit] 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). [edit] NicktoonsMain 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. [edit] Nick Jr. 2Main 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. [edit] Nicktoons ReplayOn 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. [edit] Defunct Spin-off channels[edit] NicktoonstersMain 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). [2] The channel closed on 31 July 2009 and was replaced with a 1 hour timeshift of Nicktoons, Nicktoons Replay on 1 August 2009. [edit] Nickelodeon Presenters This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.[edit] Current Presenters
[edit] Former Presenters
[edit] Nickelodeon's UK Kids Choice AwardsMain article: Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards [edit] 2007Main 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. [edit] 2008Main 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. [edit] Nickelodeon ProgrammesMain article: List of programmes broadcast by Nickelodeon UK [edit] Nickelodeon MoviesMain 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. [edit] Programming BlocksProgramming on Nickelodeon UK has often been segmented into blocks. These have included: [edit] Morning blocks
[edit] Afternoon blocks
TEENick - Started on July 20 2009, and presented by Olly Murray from 5pm to 7pm[3] [edit] ChangesIn 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. [edit] Nickelodeon SpecialsOver the years Nick have had many special programmes.
[edit] Nickelodeon: Outta ControlMain 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.[3]. [edit] References
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