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Company type | Division |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | 2002 |
Founder | Herb Scannell |
Headquarters | 1515 Broadway, , U.S. |
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Parent | Paramount Media Networks |
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Website | nick (Redirects to country/territory site outside the U.S.) |
Nickelodeon Group, also known as Nickelodeon Networks Inc., is an American children's entertainment company owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks division that oversees cable television channels (including its flagship service Nickelodeon), its in-house animation studio, and Paws, Inc.
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1977 | Pinwheel broadcasts on Qube |
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1979 | Nickelodeon is launched by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment |
1984 | Nickelodeon introduces its Balloon font logo |
1985 | Nick at Nite is launched |
1986 | Double Dare premieres; Viacom gains full ownership of the network |
1987 | The Big Ballot (later known as the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards) premieres |
1988 | The programming block Nick Jr. is launched |
1991 | Nickelodeon debuted their "Nicktoons" brand with Doug, Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy premiering |
1992 | The programming block SNICK was launched |
1994 | Nickelodeon launches The Big Help |
1996 | Nickelodeon released its first feature-length film in theaters, Harriet the Spy |
1996 | Blue's Clues premieres on Nick Jr. |
1999 | Noggin, a joint venture with Sesame Workshop, is launched |
1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants premieres |
2000 | Dora the Explorer premieres on Nick Jr. |
2001 | TEENick is launched |
2002 | The N is launched on Noggin and the Nicktoons channel is launched |
2005 | Nickelodeon premieres Avatar: The Last Airbender |
2009 | Nickelodeon goes through a major rebrand: TEENick and The N merged to form TeenNick, Noggin was replaced by the Nick Jr. Channel, and Nicktoons Network became Nicktoons |
2009 | Nickelodeon acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise |
2015 | Nickelodeon revived Noggin as a streaming service |
2023 | Nickelodeon introduces a new take on their classic splat branding |
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