Nickelodeon Scandinavia is a satellite and cable television channel available in Denmark, Norway & Sweden and operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA. The channel is aimed at children and teenagers.
History[]
The channel started broadcasting in 1996 as a part of the analogue Viasat package, only broadcasting in the morning, sharing one transponder on Sirius 1 (previously Marcopolo 1) with ZTV and one on TV Sat 2 shared with 3+ and other Danish channels.[1] The official launch was 1997-02-01.[2] Initially it was only broadcasting for six hours between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. A few years later, it switched to another transponder, allowing it to broadcast between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. During this time, Nickelodeon was only available in Swedish as well as in English until a few years later.
Nickelodeon joined the Swedish terrestrial network in 2001 and the Finnish terrestrial network on 2007-09-01.
On 2006-09-08, Nickelodeon refreshed it's look with the Oddball bumpers
On 2008-06-18, a separate channel for Sweden was launched. Nickelodeon Sweden replaced the pan-Nordic channel in all of Sweden. The pan-Nordic does however continue to be available in Denmark, Finland and Norway.
A Danish version, Nickelodeon Denmark, was launched in 2008-03.[3][4] It was launched with VH1 Denmark, which aired Nickelodeon for six hours in the morning. The Pan-Nordic version is still available to Danish satellite viewers.
In 2011, the channel started broadcasting commercials in Norwegian, despite also being available in Denmark and Finland at the time.[5]
On 2013-01-07, Viacom launched a Finnish version of Nick Jr. which replaced Nickelodeon Scandinavia on cable and in the terrestrial network.[6][7] Nickelodeon Scandinavia continues to be available on satellite in Finland.
On 2021-02-01, Nickelodeon Scandinavia merged with Iberian & Belgian feed.[8]
On 2021-12-25, Nickelodeon Scandinavia left the Iberian & Belgian feed, merged with CEE feed.
Since 2022-03-22, the broadcasting center is now located in Czech Republic.
On 2022-08-29, Nickelodeon Scandinavia left the CEE feed.
Eras[]
When the channel launched in 1996/1997, it used Nickelodeon USA's then-current era for years until June 1, 2001, in which it then refreshed into the Abstract era and it started broadcasting in Denmark and Norway.
On September 8, 2006, the Oddball Creatures (which fans call them "Monster & Cupcake") showed up on the channel as idents and bumpers, the website wouldn't refresh until August 25, 2007.
Content[]
As with many international Nickelodeon channels, it aired mostly original programs from US, such as Rugrats, Aaahh! Real Monsters, As Told by Ginger, Rocket Power, The Wild Thornberrys, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Rocko's Modern Life, The Angry Beavers, CatDog, Hey Arnold!, The Fairly OddParents, SpongeBob SquarePants and Danny Phantom. The network also aired live action shows, such as Kenan & Kel, Drake & Josh, Clarissa Explains It All, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and others.
In 2006, after the success of Onion Mastori, Doraemon, Crayon Shin-chan, Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger, Mirmo Zibang! and Yu-Gi-Oh! airing on the channel, Nickelodeon Scandinavia started acquiring Japanese animated shows such as Zatch Bell!, Mew Mew Power, Fruits Basket, Galaxy Angel and Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. Lost Universe however was originally broadcasted on the network prior to this.
Many of it's animated programming are dubbed into local languages, and separate audio tracks are available on satellite. Live-action series aimed an older audience is broadcast in English with local subtitles.
The limited broadcasting hours meant that the channel usually shared bandwidth with other channels who would broadcast in the evening and the night. On Viasat, it used to broadcast on the same channel as Viasat Nature, Viasat Crime and Playboy TV, but this was changed in 2007 when Viasat Nature started broadcasting in the day and Nickelodeon would timeshare with VH1 instead. Many cable systems took the Viasat feed.
On Canal Digital, the European version of VH1 Classic is broadcast in the downtime, and on Swedish DTT (Boxer). Star! was once shown during the same time.
The channel was previously broadcast from the United Kingdom, but in 2008 it handed back its UK license and started broadcasting from the Netherlands instead.
See also[]
- Gallery
- List of programs broadcast
References[]
- ↑ SS News vol. 01 96.09.27
- ↑ Nick International. Retrieved on 2008 July 15.
- ↑ https://seekingalpha.com/article/75411-viacom-q1-2008-earnings-call-transcript
- ↑ PULSE First Quarter. Viacom.
- ↑ Norwegian commercials on Nickelodeon. LumoTV (2011-09-16).
- ↑ Helmikuun bonuskatselussa Nick Jr.. PlusTV (2013-01-01).
- ↑ Nickelodeon changed name into Nick Jr.. LumoTV (2013-01-09).
- ↑ https://www.cvdm.nl/besluiten/toestemming-nickelodeon-commercial-light-zweden-noorwegen-denemarken
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