Nickelodeon (South Korea)
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| Owned by | SBS Viacom (joint venture of SBS and Viacom) |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
| Sister channel(s) | SBS MTV |
| Website | www |
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| Available on most South Korean cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
Nickelodeon (a.k.a. Nick) is a South Korean cable TV channel aimed at children and teens. It is the South Korean version of American Nickelodeon. The channel is currently owned by SBS Viacom LLC, a joint venture of SBS Medianet and Viacom International Media Networks.
In South Korea, some original programmes from Nickelodeon, like Rugrats, Rocket Power, The Wild Thornberrys, SpongeBob SquarePants, LazyTown and Dora the Explorer, were shown on EBS (a public broadcaster), except Jimmy Neutron that made début on MBC. A localisation of Nick Jr.'s Blue's Clues was shown on KBS2 (of public broadcaster KBS). The Korean version of those programmes were produced by the broadcasters themselves.
JEI TV (a cable and satellite TV channel owned by JEI Corporation), after making agreement with Viacom, ran a Nickelodeon programming block for years. It started with TV programmes that were not shown on the generalist terrestrial channels. But later, they aired their own Korean dub of what were shown on EBS. Those another dubs were produced by Arirang TV. This caused a nationwide criticisms in South Korea, as it wasted dollars and made viewers confused with different dubs and localisations.
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