Nickelodeon is an Italian children’s television channel launched on 1 November 2004 on

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. From 1997 until 2000, Rai Sat 2 broadcast Nickelodeon cartoons for three hours a day.

History

The channel was launched on 1 November 2004. At first it divided its frequency with

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, which broadcast at night. On 31 July 2009 a +1 timeshift version was launched. The same day Nick Jr. was launched, replacing RaiSat YOYO, which became free and is now named

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. On 9 September 2013, it and the +1 version of the network converted to a 16:9

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aspect ratio.

Related channels

Nick Jr.

Nick Jr. is an Italian children’s' TV channel aimed at pre-school children, It is available on Sky Italia & was launched on 31 July 2009.

TeenNick

TeenNick was an Italian TV channel aimed at Teens & Pre-Teens & aired a wide-variety of Nickelodeons Live-action programming it was launched in 4 December 2015, though was unsuccessful & closed after about 4 years of broadcasting on 2 May 2020, The channel was available though Sky Italia.

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* {{Italian television stations

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