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Nickelodeon Asia is an pan-Asian feed of the children and teenagers' channel Nickelodeon launched on 1998-11-05.
History[]
The channel was launched on Showtime Arabia in the in the Middle East on 16 July 1996 as a 24-hour English-language TV channel. Then, the network expanded into the Far East 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 MTV Networks Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage a feed based in Singapore.[1] Nickelodeon was launched in Singapore and expanded its services in Southeast Asia and Polynesia. Nickelodeon Philippines, Nickelodeon Pakistan, and Nickelodeon India 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. 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.
In 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.
On February 1, 2022, Nickelodeon Asia was launched in Japan, with Japanese and English audio tracks, after the revival version was shutdown. The channel originally launched on Japanese cable providers BB Cable, Cable Networks Akita, NNS, StarCat Cable Network Co. and Tokai Cable, and on satelite providers Sky PerfecTV! and Wowow at launch before slowly being added to more Japanese cable and IPTV providers as time went by. On June 21, 2024, Nickelodeon was added to Japanese cable company Cyubu Cable on channel 142, marking the channel officially available on all cable, satelite and IPTV providers across Japan.
On July 1, 2022, Nickelodeon Asia was re-launched in South Korea after the Korean version of the feed was shutdown. It is available in Korean and English. The channel was originally available on South Korean cable provider Olleh TV, various IPTV services and on satelite provider KT SKyLife at launch, but was later added to SK Broadband on June 30, 2023 and on LG U+ on January 1, 2024. It has also been added to other IPTV services in South Korea as time went by.
On August 29, 2022, Nickelodeon merged the Singapore/Thailand/Hong Kong/South Korea feed with the Malaysia/Indonesia/Philippines/Japan feed, making Nickelodeon Asia a single feed. A new voice is used for the next bumpers and promos, though it was already introduced on the Malaysia/Indonesia/Philippines/Japan feed since 2020. Some promos use the same endboard from the South African feed of Nickelodeon, but there is a chance where the CEE voice is used, such as the next bumpers for Sanjay & Craig and Middlemost Post. This is also coincidentally the same day the Nickelodeon brand in France delocalised and merged Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon Junior to their Commercial Light feeds respectively.
Feeds[]
Nickelodeon Asia had 15 unique feeds that were broadcasted across all of Southeast Asia.
Middle East[]
In the Middle East, Nickelodeon Asia was made available to the Middle Eastern viewers in the region via the ABS-2 satellite and it was broadcast in English. Previously, the channel was made available to the Middle Eastern viewers in the region via the Palapa C2 and D satellites until 2010, when Nickelodeon Asia left Palapa D.
Singapore[]
In Singapore, Nickelodeon Asia is available in English the channel was launched in September, 2001 both Available on Starhub TV & Singtel TV
Indonesia[]
In Indonesia, 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), Transvision, Indihome UseeTV, Nex Parabola
Japan[]
Nickelodeon Asia is available in Japanese and English in Japan, and was launched on February 1, 2022. Currently available on BB Cable, Cable Networks Akita, NNS, StarCat Cable Network Company, Tokai Cable, Bay Communication, Sky PerfecTV!, NNS, K-CAT, Cyubu Cable, Usen Corporation, ITSCOM, Wowow, JCOM and Japan Cable Net.
Malaysia & Brunei[]
In Malaysia & Brunei, Nickelodeon Asia is available on providers such as Astro & Unifi TV since its launch on 21 May 1999, Nickelodeon is available in English, Malay and Mandarin.
Thailand[]
In Thailand, Nickelodeon Asia is available as channel 452 on TrueVisions 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[]
In Taiwan, Nickelodeon Asia is available in Taiwanese Mandarin.
Hong Kong & Macau[]
In Hong Kong, Nickelodeon Asia is available in Cantonese and in Macau, 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, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Asia were made available on Medianet in June 2018.[2]
Myanmar[]
In Myanmar, 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 Dialog TV replacing Nick India. However, Nick India continues to broadcast on PEO TV.
South Korea[]
In South Korea, Nickelodeon Asia was launched in 2003 in South Korea airing in English with subtitles in Korean and was available through SkyLife the channel replaced Tooniverse but was later removed in 2006, SkyLife did not carry the South Korean Nickelodeon until 2014.
After the Korean version of Nickelodeon shut down, Nickelodeon Asia was re-launched in South Korea with Korean and English audio tracks on July 1, 2022. The channel is available on Olleh TV, LG U+, KT Skylife and SK Broadband.
Branded Programming Blocks across Asia[]
Vietnam[]
In Vietnam, Nickelodeon is a programming block on YouTV branded as Nick & You first launched in September, 2016.
Mainland China[]
In Mainland China, Nickelodeon was made available to the Chinese viewers via a programming block branded as HaHa Nick based in Shanghai which existed from May 2005-October 2007 broadcasting in Mandarin Chinese, Nickelodeon is currently defunct in China with programs going the channels such as CNTV.
See also[]
- Nickelodeon (Asia) gallery
- List of programs broadcast
- Nick Jr. (Global)
References[]
- ↑ "MTV Networks Asia Pacific Announces A New Structure To Advance Its Localization Strategy" Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore, Viacom, 11 October 2006
- ↑ Zalif, Zunana. Medianet introduces Nick Jr & Nickelodeon merchandise.
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