Nickelodeon is a Latin American
pay television
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channel, counterpart of the American
network
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of the same name. It is owned by
Paramount Networks Americas
Paramount Networks Americas (PNA) (formerly MTV Networks Latin America, Viacom International Media Networks The Americas, then ViacomCBS Networks Americas) is a subsidiary of Paramount Global. PNA's operational headquarters is located in Miami, Fl ...
and was launched on 20 November 1995. Aside from airing Nick and
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...
content, it has produced original programming for the channel and has been sold to local distributors worldwide except for Cuba as
cable television
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is banned in that country.
History
The channel was launched on 20 December 1996 in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
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.
Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...
official site.
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 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's ''
Zapping Zone
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''. 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
''Isa TKM'' (Isa Te Quiero Mucho) is an original telenovela-like teen program from Nickelodeon Latin America in co-production with Sony Pictures Television, Made in Venezuela being the second from three Latin American Nickelodeon programs (The f ...
'' 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 the last Nickelodeon channel worldwide 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
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (also known as the KCAs or Kids' Choice) is an annual American children's awards ceremony show that is produced by Nickelodeon. Usually held on a Saturday night in late March or early April, the show honors ...
. It premiered on 4 September 2010. On 20 July 2010, another original series called ''
Sueña conmigo'' premiered on the channel.
Through August 2010, Nickelodeon started to rerun the animated series ''
Avatar: The Last Airbender
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'' 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. 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.
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.
Feeds
Nickelodeon Latin America is divided into three different feeds for its broadcast in the Latin American region.
* Feed 1: Mexico
* Feed 2: Colombia, Chile, Peru, Central America, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.
* Feed 3: Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
Programming
Events and media
Verano Nick
Verano Nick (Nick Summer) is a limited summer event, that holds in different places, such on beaches and hotels. It holds every year since 2007.
Kids' Choice Awards Mexico
In June 2010,
Viacom gave the rights for Mexico to release their own
Kids' Choice Awards. It was presented on September 4, 2010, in "El Teatro Chino de Six Flags" (The Chinese Theater of Six Flags) on the
Six Flags Mexico park. It was presented by
Omar Chaparro
Omar Chaparro Alvarez (born November 26, 1974) is a Mexican actor, comedian, television host and singer.
Filmography
References
External links
*
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1974 births
Living people
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and
Anahí
Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla (born 14 May 1983), known mononymously as Anahí, is a Mexican actress and singer. In 1986, she started her acting career when she was cast on ''Chiquilladas''. After working on many successful telenovelas produ ...
. The show was not show in TV until October 14, 2010.
Kids Choice Awards Argentina
Kids Choice Awards Colombia
Revista Nick
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
In September 2010, MTV Networks Latin America announced new plans for 2011, one of them, the launching of Nickelodeon HD officially
MTV Live HD
MTV Live (formerly MTVNHD and MTV Live HD) is an international 24-hour high-definition live music pay television network that is operated by Paramount International Networks' subsidiary Paramount Networks EMEAA. The channel is currently avail ...
. In May 2011, MTV Networks Latin America announced more details. Programming would be American and local.
The HD channel launched on June 1, 2011, all over Latin America.
Nickelodeon HD starting simulcasting the main channel on December 17, 2015, and on August 1, 2016, the original HD channel was renamed Nick 2.
Nick Jr.
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.
Nicktoons
On January 29, 2013, it was announced that a Nicktoons channel would launch in Latin America. It started airing on February 4, 2013, on television providers
Cablevisión,
Megacable
Megacable Holdings S. A. B. de C.V., doing business as Megacable Comunicaciones, is a Mexican cable operator and provider of internet and phone service. It has its headquarters in, Guadalajara, Jalisco.[NickMusic
NickMusic is an American pay television network and spin-off of Nickelodeon that mainly carries music video and music-related programming from younger pop artists that appeal to Nickelodeon's target audience, with some videos edited for conten ...]
in many cable providers by the end of 2020 and later was shut down as of December 2020.
NickMusic
NickMusic
NickMusic is an American pay television network and spin-off of Nickelodeon that mainly carries music video and music-related programming from younger pop artists that appeal to Nickelodeon's target audience, with some videos edited for conten ...
starting simulcasting their US feed on September 1, 2020, replacing
VH1 MegaHits and Nicktoons in select Latin America countries. The first music video played on the channel was "
Dynamite" by
BTS
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.
TeenNick
TeenNick
TeenNick is an American 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 sister channel Nic ...
(formerly Nick 2) is a commercial-free secondary channel of Nickelodeon. It replaced Nick 2 on September 14, 2020.
References
External links
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Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
Television channels and stations established in 1996
Spanish-language television stations
1996 establishments in South America