Nickelodeon Global

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{{Infobox television channel

| name = Nickelodeon

| logo = Nickelodeon 2023 logo (alternative).svg

| logo_size = 250px

| logo_caption = Logo used since 1 August 2023{{efn|The logo's wordmark has been in use since 10 February 2010. Additionally, this logo is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.}}

| launch_date = {{start date and age|1998|11|15|df=y}}

| website = {{URL|nick.tv}} (redirects to nick.com/global)

| owner = Paramount Networks EMEAA

| country = United Kingdom

| picture_format = {{ubl|16:9 576i (SDTV)|16:9 1080i (HDTV)}}

| headquarters = London, UK

| language = {{ubl|English | Romanian |Croatian |Bulgarian |Serbian |German |Czech |Greek |Hungarian |Slovene |Russian |Estonian |Lithuanian |Latvian |Turkish |Ukrainian |Arabic |Kazakh}}

| area = {{Plainlist|

Baltic states
Eastern Europe and CIS (except Russia and Belarus)
Yugoslavia (former)
Georgia
Romania

}}

| terr_serv_1 = GO (Malta)

| terr_chan_1 = Channel 331

| sister names =

}}

Nickelodeon Global (formerly Nickelodeon Europe and Nickelodeon Commercial Light) is a specialized children's TV channel and the international version of the American Nickelodeon channel. It is operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and by Paramount Networks Americas in Latin America and Brazil.

History

=Nickelodeon Export=

Since the late 1980s, many European countries, including the USSR in 1988,{{cite web |date=18 December 1988 |title=MTV Goes Global : The pioneering American cable music video network is bringing its distinctive brand of entertainment to 24 countries worldwide—and the Soviet Union may be next |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-18-fi-646-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115153915/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-18-fi-646-story.html |archive-date=2021-11-15 |access-date=2021-04-02 |work=Los Angeles Times}} have hosted the American version of the channel, where Nickelodeon became available without translation.{{cite web |title=Nick Rewind Россия – YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/@nickrewind3129/about |website=YouTube}}{{cite web |date=April 1997 |title="До 16 и старше..." |url=https://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/18/article/24.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202083311/https://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/18/article/24.html |archive-date=2021-02-02 |access-date=2021-01-28 |publisher=Теле-Спутник}} This expansion followed the strategy used in 1987 for launching MTV Networks Europe.{{Cite web |url=https://onlinepatent.ru/trademarks/085639 |title=Товарный знак №085639 » Правообладатель Виаком Интернешнл Инк., корпорация штата Делавэр, 1515 Бродвей, Нью-Йорк, Нью-Йорк 10036, Соединенные Штаты Америки (US)|access-date=2023-01-17 |archive-date=2023-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117180710/https://onlinepatent.ru/trademarks/085639/ |url-status=live }} Viacom (now Paramount) decided against establishing an independent Nickelodeon channel in Europe to minimize risks.{{Cite web |url=https://rm.coe.int/media-ownership-children-s-tv-channels-in-europe-july-2017-l-ene-/1680788fd1%26ved%3D2ahUKEwj164KWn9_6AhUMhP0HHTQCB14QFnoECDIQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw0L15zqoFaZnwjdXqfXUvx4 |title=Источник |access-date=2022-12-19 |archive-date=2022-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014081825/https://rm.coe.int/media-ownership-children-s-tv-channels-in-europe-july-2017-l-ene-/1680788fd1%26ved%3D2ahUKEwj164KWn9_6AhUMhP0HHTQCB14QFnoECDIQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw0L15zqoFaZnwjdXqfXUvx4 |url-status=live }} On 1 September 1993, Nickelodeon UK was launched in partnership with BSkyB, (now Sky UK), and this version was subsequently distributed throughout the rest of Europe[https://web.archive.org/web/20031221200032/http://nick.co.uk/stunt/10birthday/y1993.aspx nick.co.uk]{{cite book|last1=Chalaby|first1=Jean K.|title=Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks |date=2009 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=9780857717474 |page=129 |language=en}}

=Nickelodeon Global=

The pan-European channel was officially launched on 15 November 1998, under the name Nickelodeon Europe, broadcasting around the clock. Between 1998 and 2000, Nickelodeon Europe expanded to Malta, Romania, and Hungary.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014081825/https://rm.coe.int/media-ownership-children-s-tv-channels-in-europe-july-2017-l-ene-/1680788fd1%26ved%3D2ahUKEwj164KWn9_6AhUMhP0HHTQCB14QFnoECDIQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw0L15zqoFaZnwjdXqfXUvx4|archive-date=14 October 2022|title=Media Ownership: Children's TV channels in Europe – Who are the key players?|publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory|date=July 2017|url=https://rm.coe.int/media-ownership-children-s-tv-channels-in-europe-july-2017-l-ene-/1680788fd1&ved%3D2ahUKEwj164KWn9_6AhUMhP0HHTQCB14QFnoECDIQAQ&usg%3DAOvVaw0L15zqoFaZnwjdXqfXUvx4}}

In the early 2000s, the channel introduced four programming blocks, Nick Movies, Toons on Toast, Nick Zone, and Nick Double. In 2004, Nickelodeon Europe expanded to the rest of Eastern Europe, including broadcasting in Russian. From May 2004 to September 2012, Nickelodeon Europe served as the main TV channel in the CIS and Baltic countries.[https://web.archive.org/web/20201023092043/https://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/103/article/36.html Журнал Теле-Спутник]{{cite web|url=https://vk.com/wall-27078945_21147?reply=21184|title="Наш Nickelodeon отделился от Польского уже как месяц..."|publisher=vk.com}} {{user-generated source|date=August 2023}}

From 2008 to 2012, the channel experienced periodic technical issues, including audio track problems, which led to the broadcast of animated series in English for some time. During this period, promotional texts were also removed.

On Valentine's Day 2010, a new corporate logo was introduced, aligning with other Nickelodeon channels worldwide but featuring a new design.{{cite web | url=https://sat.uz/digest/5099-nickelodeon-europe-predstavil-novyjj-logotip-i.html | title=Nickelodeon Europe представил новый логотип и визуальную идентичность » SAT.UZ – Первый спутниковый }}{{cite web |url=https://lugasat.org.ua/news/424-nickelodeon-europe-predstavil-novyj-logotip-i-vizualnuyu-identichnost.html |title=Nickelodeon Europe представил новый логотип и визуальную идентичность – Новости спутникового телевидения Lugasat |date=15 February 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sat-expert.com/news/p2_articleid/12597 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606213126/https://www.sat-expert.com/news/p2_articleid/12597 |archive-date=2021-06-06 |title=Nickelodeon Europe представил новый логотип и визуальную идентичность | Спутниковое телевидение глазами профессионалов}} That same year, although the broadcasting center remained in London, the channel began broadcasting under a Czech license due to the country's minimum broadcasting regulations.

Between 2010 and 2013, Nickelodeon Europe expanded to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Serbia. On 17 September 2011, the channel switched to widescreen broadcasting (16:9), and on 4 October 2011, it switched to HD format. In some countries, including the CIS, it is referred to as Nickelodeon HD.

In 2013, programming of the channel was taken over by Amsterdam.[https://vk.com/wall-27078945_25403?reply=25618 Подключайтесь к #Nickelodeon, чтобы посмотреть.. | Nickelodeon | VK][https://vk.com/wall-27078945_60811?reply=61046 1 июня – твой день! Сделай его идеальным –.. | Nickelodeon | VK]

In October 2017, audio tracks in Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian were added for the Baltic States.

On 31 August 2021, Nickelodeon Europe was renamed Nickelodeon Global, and the channel now serves 85 countries.https://web.archive.org/web/20210415164541/https://www.rrtv.cz/files/lic/l1115936.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}} Nickelodeon Global retains the Czech license (RRTV) to ensure the continuation of legal broadcasting in the European Union in accordance with the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and the Single Market Law after the UK left the European Union.

On 5 April 2022, a Kazakh-language audio track was added for Kazakhstan.[https://www.almatv.kz/news/details/1450974/ Nickelodeon HD арнасын қазақ тілінде қарсы алыңыздар!] Since December 2022, Nickelodeon Global has once again been the main TV channel in the CIS countries (except for Russia and Belarus), replacing the local version, Nickelodeon Russia.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://vk.com/animationnews1?w=wall-112349057_3258|title=Nickelodeon и MTV CIS (ранее Russia) прекратили вещание TV Archive {{!}} ВКонтакте|website=vk.com|access-date=2022-12-14}} {{user-generated source|date=August 2023}}

On 1 June 2023, a Ukrainian-language audio track was added,{{Cite news |date=23 June 2023 |title=В Украине запустили локальную версию телеканала Nickelodeon |language=ru |trans-title=In Ukraine launched a local version of the TV channel Nickelodeon |work=TVnews.by |url=https://tvnews.by/tb/18974-v-ukraine-zapustili-lokalnuju-versiju-telekanala-nickelodeon.html |access-date=2023-06-23}} replacing the Nickelodeon Ukraine Pluto TV channel.{{Cite web |url=https://satkurier.pl/news/229310/nickelodeon-z-ukrainska-wersja-jezykowa.html |title=Nickelodeon z ukraińską wersją językową |date=27 June 2023 |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=satkurier.pl |last=Kaźmierska |first=Anita |publisher=SATkurier |language=pl |trans-title=Nickelodeon with Ukrainian language version}} On 1 August 2023, the channel underwent rebranding, which included an updated logo and new design.[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hodkaGCZhFU&feature=youtu.be Nickelodeon Global – смена логотипа (01.08.2023) – YouTube]

On 25 November 2024, an Arabic-language audio track was added, replacing the Middle East and North Africa feed.{{cite web | url=https://www.nickalive.net/2024/12/nickelodeon-arabia-merges-with-global.html | title=Nickelodeon Arabia Merges with Global Pan-Regional Feed }}{{cite web | url=https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/international-nickelodeon-thread-part-13.5795981/post-87981809 | title=International Nickelodeon Thread Part 13 | date=23 September 2022 }}

=Nickelodeon CEE=

Nickelodeon CEE was launched in early December 2004.{{cite web | url=http://www.nick.com:80/all_nick/everything_nick/intl_home.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014090454/http://www.nick.com:80/all_nick/everything_nick/intl_home.jhtml | archive-date=2004-10-14 | title=Nickelodeon International }}{{cite web | url=http://www.nick.com/all_nick/everything_nick/intl_home.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205101323/http://www.nick.com/all_nick/everything_nick/intl_home.jhtml | archive-date=2004-12-05 | title= Nickelodeon International }}on the official website Nick.com . mention the nick cee channel since December 2004