Nickelodeon is a Brazilian
pay television channel focused on kids programming. It was launched in 1996 as an autonomous feed of
Nickelodeon Latin America
Nickelodeon is a Latin American pay television channel, counterpart of the American television network, network Nickelodeon, of the same name. It is owned by Paramount Networks Americas and was launched on 20 November 1995. Aside from airing Nic ...
in Portuguese with different programming and series.
History
Nickelodeon Brazil was launched on 20 December 1996 in Brazil as a children-oriented channel, being the main competitor of
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Car ...
, which was launched 3 years earlier.
On 13 February 2006,
Nick at Nite
Nick at Nite (stylized as nick@nite) is an American nighttime basic cable television channel that broadcasts over the channel space of Nickelodeon. It typically broadcasts Mondays to Thursday nights from 9 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, ET/Pac ...
was launched in Brazil, and aired on weeknights from 10 pm to 6 am.
On 4 June 2007, 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's ''
Zapping Zone''. The block was retired in all feeds in December 2008.
Also in 2008, a
Nick Jr. channel had launched, previously a programming block on Nickelodeon.
In 2009, a new segment called
Nick Hits, which airs classic Nick Toons, replaced Nick at Nite on weekends. On 5 April 2010, Nickelodeon Brazil started carrying the new logo already in use on many Nickelodeon networks around the world. Also, classic Nicktoons seen on Nick Hits became part of Nick at Nite.
Through August 2010, Nickelodeon started to rerun the animated series ''
Avatar: The Last Airbender'' to promote the film ''
The Last Airbender'', with this, a new on-air logo showed when the series is airing, an arrow blurring takes on/off in the Nick logo.
On 1 January 2015, the block
Nick at Nite
Nick at Nite (stylized as nick@nite) is an American nighttime basic cable television channel that broadcasts over the channel space of Nickelodeon. It typically broadcasts Mondays to Thursday nights from 9 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, ET/Pac ...
went off the air and got replaced by the new block, Nick Clássicos.
Programming
Ratings
In 2011,
IBOPE pointed that Nickelodeon Brasil ranked seventh among cable channels in total daily viewership, with an average audience of 71,000 viewers in Brazil. In March 2013, IBOPE released a new list of the most watched channels of cable TV, which recorded an increases of position for the channel, but a significant increase in viewers, 950,000.
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See also
* Nickelodeon (Latin America)
* Nickelodeon (United States)
References
External links
Official website
Nick Jr. Brazil
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Brazil
Television channels and stations established in 1996
Portuguese-language television stations in Brazil
1996 establishments in Brazil
Television stations in Brazil
Portuguese-language television stations