Nickelodeon Germany
| Nickelodeon (Germany) | |
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| Launched | 5 July 1995 (original) 12 September 2005 |
| Closed | 31 May 1998 (original) |
| Network | Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe |
| Owned by | Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe (Viacom) |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audience share | 0.6% (2014, ) |
| Slogan | Mach mal Nickelodeon |
| Country |
Germany Austria Switzerland |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| Formerly called | NICK |
| Sister channel(s) |
Nicktoons Nick Jr. |
| Website | Official website |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Astra 1M | 11.973 GHz V / 27.5 |
| Astra 1N | 12.148 GHz H / 27.5 (Austria) |
| Sky Deutschland | Channel 550 (HD) Channel 1351 (Austria) |
| Cable | |
| Cablecom | Channel 30 (Germany) Channel 27 (Switzerland) |
Nickelodeon Germany (German: Nickelodeon Deutschland), known on-air only as Nickelodeon, is a children's cable television network in Germany, part of the international Nickelodeon franchise. Launched on 2005, Nickelodeon Germany is based in Berlin. The channel is available on cable and an unscrambled, free-to-air (FTA) satellite signal. On 31 March 2010, the channel adopted the name Nickelodeon on-air and online, in addition to the new Nickelodeon logo being rolled out internationally at the time.
The original version of Nickelodeon was launched on 5 July 1995 and aired the first time 6 hours per day. Finally, Nickelodeon was on the air from 6:00am until 8:00pm, when VH-1 Germany took over. The channel was a failure and continually lost money, this being a result of weak advertising sales and the inability to compete against its more successful rival, Der Kinderkanal. As a result, Nickelodeon closed on 31 May 1998 and VH-1 took over the entire channel space. Nickelodeon soon thereafter struck a deal with RTL's owner the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion to broadcast their programming on RTL's own children's channel, Super RTL (which, ironically, was a joint venture between RTL and Disney) in addition to a weekend morning Nicktoons block on the main RTL channel. After VH-1 Germany shut down in 2001 (and was replaced by a pan-European feed on a separate channel), it was replaced with MTV2 Pop.
On 7 April 2005 it was announced that on 12 September 2005 Nickelodeon Germany will be reactivate under the name Nick (On air as NICK) as a new channel. Nick started with a Prime-Time programme called Nick Comedy that aired sitcoms and other comedy shows. Nickelodeon took over the frequencies of music channel MTV2 Pop, which was one of four channels that were operated by Viacom in Germany. Since February 2006, in addition to international shows, own produced shows went on air. In October 2007 a special German version of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards took place.
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