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Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand)

Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon logo new.svg
Launched 23 October 1995
Owned by Foxtel Networks (35%)
MTV Networks Australia (65%)
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9)
Audience share 0.4% (February 2010, )
Country Australia
Language English
Broadcast area Australia
New Zealand
Replaced Max/Classic Max
Sister channel(s) MTV
MTV Classic
MTV Dance
MTV Hits
MTV Music
Nick Jr.
Website nick.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel Channel 701
SKY Network Television (NZ) Channel 101
PBS TV (Fiji) Channel 205
Cable
Foxtel Channel 701
Optus TV Channel 701
Vodafone TV (NZ) Channel 101
IPTV
Foxtel Play Channel 701
FetchTV Channel 146
Streaming media
Foxtel Go Channel 701

Nickelodeon is the Australian counterpart of the Nickelodeon television network in the United States. It is operated by a joint venture of Foxtel Networks and MTV Networks Australia.

Nickelodeon was launched on 23 October 1995, replacing the Max and ClassicMax channels, offering live action shows and cartoons. Originally the channel timeshared with Nick at Nite which began at 8 on weekdays and 10 pm on weekends, and ended at 6 am. From 1 July 1998, the channel gained an extra half-hour on weekdays, moving Nick at Nite back to. 8:30 pm. On 2 January 2000, the channel introduced "More Nick", extending its broadcast hours to 10 pm every night of the week. Eventually in July/August 2000, Nick at Nite closed and Nickelodeon began broadcasting for 24 hours every day. After that, almost all of Nick at Nite's programming moved to TV1. Nickelodeon was also added to the Optus Television service in December 2002.

On 14 March 2004, Nick Jr. launched as the first full, 24-hour TV channel designed for pre-school audiences in Australia. Before this, Nick Jr. was a morning and afternoon programming block on Nickelodeon, including shows that now get much more airtime on the full channel, such as Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues. For a few months after Nick Jr. became a full channel, it kept a 2-hour-long time slot on Nickelodeon, but it was drastically shorter than it was before it became a full channel. Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. began broadcasting in Widescreen on 2 March 2009.

During Kids Choice Awards 2010 Nickelodeon Australia rebranded the network with the new one using completey different bumpers than America's channel however the iCarly bumper with slime has been used in most advertisement breaks. The Nick Shack rebranded much earlier before the channel itself. On 1 December 2010, Nickelodeon Australia launched in New Zealand, replacing Nickelodeon New Zealand. On 30 July 2013, Nickelodeon Australia became available on the newly launched Australian IPTV service Foxtel Play, making it one of the first channels to be available via the service.


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