Nickelodeon is a pan-Asian

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channel operated by

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, based in Singapore and broadcast to audiences in Southeast Asia and certain regions in Oceania like Polynesia and Papua New Guinea. The channel was launched on 16 July 1996 and mainly broadcasts original series from Nickelodeon's namesake television channel in the United States. The programs are broadcast in English.

History

The channel was launched on

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in the

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on 16 July 1996 as a 24-hour English-language TV channel. Then, the network expanded into the

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via pan-regional feed broadcast from Singapore on 5 November 1996. In October 1998, Nickelodeon decided to reach the popular channel to the Philippines, Japan and Russia & The CIS as an attempt to bring the popular channel to Asia. One of their shorts were Right Here, Right Now (based on the 1993 Nick USA shorts) and their ID's were by FRONT. In 2003, it became a part of Nicksplat (Nickelodeon's headquarters in Asia). On October 11, 2006, Viacom's subsidiary

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Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage a feed based in Singapore. Nickelodeon was launched in Singapore and expanded its services in Southeast

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

and

Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...

Nickelodeon Philippines Nickelodeon is a Philippine pay television channel that was launched on April 1, 2011, as a localised variant of American channel Nickelodeon, with programming aimed at children and teenagers. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA in partners ...

Nickelodeon Pakistan Nickelodeon Pakistan or Nick Pakistan, is a pay Pakistani television channel. It is the Pakistani feed of Nickelodeon, which is operated by domestic media company ARY Group's Digital Network subsidiary under a brand licensing and programming agr ...

, and

Nickelodeon India Nickelodeon (abbreviated as Nick) is an Indian children's pay television network based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is the Indian equivalent to the original American Network and is owned by Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount Globa ...

started working independently. They started their new website in 2003. On 15 March 2010 it got a new logo and new programs from the United States. On 11 April 2011, a new schedule was launched to put live-action programs in the primetime slot and doubled 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 ...

block. On 1 July 2011 the Nick Jr. block was removed. In February 2013, The Nicktoons block launched. In 2012, Nickelodeon used new graphics used in the US and UK, but only applied to selected programs' promos and station IDs. The former Nick-Asia graphics is still used. In November 2012, a 60-second ad called Nickelodeon Style aired. On 18 August 2014, a new feed with a new schedule was launched to replace this feed in the rest of Asia (excluding Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines), Hong Kong, and Taiwan while this feed continues its broadcast and schedule in Indonesia and Malaysia. On July 17, 2017, the channel was rebranded into the US version. It was made by Superestudio, an Argentinian branding agency.

Availability

Middle East

In the

, Nickelodeon Asia was made available to the Middle Eastern viewers in the region via the

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satellite and it was broadcast in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

. Previously, the channel was made available to the Middle Eastern viewers in the region via the

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and D satellites until 2010, when Nickelodeon Asia left

Palapa D Palapa-D was an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite which was operated by Indosat Ooredoo. It was built by Thales Alenia Space, based on the Spacebus-4000B3 satellite bus, and carries 35 C-band and 5 Ku-band transponders. It was ...

Singapore

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

, Nickelodeon Asia is available in

the channel was launched in September, 2001 both Available on

Starhub TV StarHub TV is a pay television service provided by StarHub in Singapore. It has been a subsidiary of StarHub Limited since StarHub acquired Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) in 2001, and was the sole pay-TV operator in the country until 2007 when m ...

Singtel TV Singtel TV (formerly known as Singtel IPTV and mio TV) is a pay television service provided by Singtel in Singapore. It is transmitted through Singtel's broadband network via an IPTV platform which uses Ericsson Mediaroom (originally develope ...

Indonesia

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

, Nickelodeon Asia is available in Indonesian and it was launched sometime in 2000, Currently Available on First Media, MNC Vision (Also on Same Group Brands MNC Play & Acquired on Same Group K-VISION), CBN Fiber TV, Indihome UseeTV, Nex Parabola

Malaysia & Brunei

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

, Nickelodeon Asia is available on providers such as Astro & Unifi TV since its launch on 21 May 1999, Nickelodeon is available in

, Malay and Mandarin.

Thailand

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

, Nickelodeon Asia is available as channel 452 on

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and it was broadcast in Thai. In 2020, Nickelodeon Is Extended to AIS Play, TOTipTV & 3BB Giga TV for Major Pay Television Networks in Thailand along with Nick Jr.

Taiwan

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, Nickelodeon Asia is available in

Taiwanese Mandarin Taiwanese Mandarin, ''Guoyu'' ( zh, s=, t=國語, p=Guóyǔ, l=National Language, first=t) or ''Huayu'' ( zh, s=, t=華語, p=Huáyǔ, first=t, l=Mandarin Language, labels=no) refers to Mandarin Chinese spoken in Taiwan. A large majority of the T ...

Hong Kong & Macau

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

, Nickelodeon Asia is available in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...

and in

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...

, Nickelodeon is available on Macau Cable TV, Nickelodeon was launched in Hong Kong in February, 2002 on Now TV & Cable TV, Lastly on Hong Kong's TVB.

Maldives

In the

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Asia were made available on

Medianet Medianet is the largest Pay TV and cable TV operator in the Maldives. The company was established as a subsidiary of the Maldives Electronic Services Company in 2001 as CableNET. Today the company is the leading Pay TV provider in all the atolls ...

in June 2018.

Myanmar

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, Nickelodeon Asia is available on channel 15 on Sky Net and Canal+ Myanmar Channel 114, also on OTT Platform Cookie TV.

Sri Lanka

in Sri Lanka, Nickelodeon Asia started airing in August 2018 on

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replacing Nick India. However, Nick India continues to broadcast on

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South Korea

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

, Nickelodeon Asia was launched in 2003 in South Korea airing in English with subtitles in Korean and was available through

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the channel replaced

Tooniverse Tooniverse (; portmanteau short for ''Cartoon Universe'') is a cartoon and anime channel broadcast by CJ ENM E&M Division (formerly On-Media), in South Korea. Tooniverse commenced airing in December 1995 and is currently one of the leading anim ...

but was later removed in 2006, SkyLife did not carry the South Korean Nickelodeon until 2014.

Branded Programming Blocks across Asia

Vietnam

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

, Nickelodeon is a programming block on YouTV branded as Nick & You first launched in September, 2016.

Mainland China

Mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

, Nickelodeon was made available to the Chinese viewers via a programming block branded as HaHa Nick based in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

which existed from May 2005-October 2007 broadcasting in

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language ...

, Nickelodeon is currently defunct in China with programs going the channels such as CNTV.

Kids Choice Awards

Indonesia

The Indonesia Kids Choice Awards is the first Kids Choice Awards set in Asia next to the Philippines. The first show was held since 2008 in Jakarta and was first hosted by

Tora Sudiro Taura Danang Sudiro or better known as Tora Sudiro (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on 10 May 1973) is an Indonesian actor and comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be thro ...

, Tasya Kamila and Ringgo Agus Rahman and some various Indonesian Artist's over the years. The logo of the show is exactly the same as the US version however, it is designed for the Indonesian version of the show and still read Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids Choice Awards.

Philippines

The Philippines Kids Choice Awards is the second setting of the Kids Choice Awards in Asia preceded by Indonesia. The show was first held since 2008 at the

Aliw Theater The Aliw Theater is an events venue in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, adjacent to the Star City amusement park and the Manila Broadcasting Company. History The Aliw Theater was ...

Pasay Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 440,656 people. Due to its location j ...

and was first hosted by

Michael V. Beethoven Del Valle Bunagan (born December 17, 1969), known professionally as Michael V. and also known as Bitoy, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and recording artist, who appears in the GMA Network show ''Bubble Gang'' and '' Pepito Manaloto ...

and some various

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artists. According to Amit Jain, executive vice-president and managing director of

India, China and Southeast Asia, "This is a milestone for Nickelodeon's business in Southeast Asia as it will deliver on Nick's commitment of providing global kids-centric shows and properties which are adapted to reflect local tastes and aspirations."Kids' Choice Awards Set for Indonesia, Philippines
/ref> The Philippines KCA has been inactive all over the years.

Programming

Sister channels

Nick Jr. is the preschool channel which replaced the Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeon's main pan-Asian feed on 1 July 2011. It was launched on 18 May 2011 on

StarHub TV StarHub TV is a pay television service provided by StarHub in Singapore. It has been a subsidiary of StarHub Limited since StarHub acquired Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) in 2001, and was the sole pay-TV operator in the country until 2007 when m ...

Channel 304 in Singapore and on TelkomVision Channel 305 in Indonesia. The channel expanded its broadcast to other parts of Southeast Asia thereafter.

Logo History

File:Nickelodeon 1984.png, 16 July 1996 – 15 March 2010 File:Nickelodeon 2009 logo.svg, 15 March 2010 – present

References

External links

* {{Viacom Children's television channels in the Asia Pacific Mass media in Southeast Asia 1996 establishments in Asia

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...

History

Availability

Middle East

Singapore

Indonesia

Malaysia & Brunei

Thailand

Taiwan

Hong Kong & Macau

Maldives

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

South Korea

Branded Programming Blocks across Asia

Vietnam

Mainland China

Kids Choice Awards

Indonesia

Philippines

Programming

Sister channels

Logo History

See also

References

External links