Nickelodeon is a European
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available in Spain and Portugal and operated by
Paramount Networks EMEAA
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. The channel is aimed at children and teenagers.
History
The channel was launched in Spain on 27 March 1999 as a localised variant of American kids channel Nickelodeon.
On 1 June 2005, a feed of the Central European Nickelodeon channel was launched in Portugal with Portuguese audio with partial local ad breaks.
On 1 September 2009, the Portuguese channel changed its source feed to Nickelodeon Spain. On 1 April 2010, Nickelodeon rebranded its graphical package with a new logo and new bumpers. On 22 November 2012, it changed its aspect ratio from
4:3 to
16:9.
On 15 January 2015, an HD version of the Spanish feed of the channel was launched exclusively on satellite provider Canal+ (currently Movistar+) (available only in Spain).
On 1 December 2017, Nickelodeon started to be carried by Portuguese TV provider
Nowo
NOWO (“novo”) is a Portuguese telecommunications company. It is one of the four Triple play (telecommunications), triple play operators in Portugal.
Apax Partners, Apax France and Fortino Capital have been NOWO's shareholders since Septemb ...
. On August 2019, Nickelodeon started with the CEE promos, removing end credits and now bumpers. On 31 March 2020, Nickelodeon began to be carried by Portuguese TV provider
Meo.
Later, on 14 April 2020, Nickelodeon was launched in another Portuguese TV provider,
Vodafone Portugal
Vodafone Portugal – Comunicações Pessoais, S.A., a full subsidiary of the Vodafone Group, is the second mobile operator in Portugal, both chronologically and in market share (34% in 2006). Its competitors are NOS and Meo.
History
As Tel ...
. On the morning of 15 February 2021, Nickelodeon became unavailable on Nowo.
Programming blocks
Former programming blocks
Noches Nick
Noches Nick was a night time programming block on Nickelodeon Iberia and was a localized variant of the American version of the block
Nick@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 ...
, Not much is currently known about this block.
TeenNick
TeenNick was a Daytime programming block on Nickelodeon Iberia and was a localized variant of the American version of the
TeenNick
TeenNick is an American Pay television, pay-TV channel that is operated by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Aimed primarily at teens and tweens, its programming includes a variety of live-action series inherited from si ...
block. It was available in Spain in March 21, 2004 to 2014, and in Portugal in 2008 to 2016. The running time was 11h to 12h in Spain from 2004 to 2008. In 2009, it became a 24hour block. In Portugal, the running time was 5h to 6h, then 10h to 14h. In 2013, it became a 24hour block. It airs Nickelodeon programming in Spain from 11h to 12h, and in Portugal from 5h to 6h, and 10h to 13h. In Saturdays and Sundays, it's instead 10h to 14h.
References
External links
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1999 establishments in Spain
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