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Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | One Astor Plaza New York, New York, U.S. |
Programming | |
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Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Paramount Media Networks |
Parent | Nickelodeon Group |
Sister channels | List |
History | |
Launched | May 1, 2002 |
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Links | |
Website | nicktoonsnetwork.nick.com/home.html |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Affiliated streaming service | Paramount+ |
YouTube TV, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, Philo, Hulu + Live TV |
Nicktoons (formerly Nicktoons TV and Nicktoons Network, currently on air as NickSpongeBob) is an American pay television channel and sister service to Nickelodeon. It was launched in 2002, and is named after Nicktoons, which is the brand used for Nick’s original animated programming. Both Nicktoons and Nickelodeon are owned by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global through the Nickelodeon Group. The channel is geared towards children aged 7 to 11.[1]
As of December 2023[update], Nicktoons is available to approximately 43,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2013 peak of 69,000,000 households.[2]
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1977 | First Pinwheel broadcast on Qube |
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1979 | Nickelodeon is launched by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment |
1984 | A&E merges two networks onto Nickelodeon's prime time schedule |
1985 | Launch of prime time and overnight programming through Nick at Nite with A&E's spin-off to 24-hour operation |
1986 | Viacom acquires network parent MTV Networks |
1987 | The first Big Ballot, which would became the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards |
1988 | Nick Jr. launches in mornings |
1990 | Opening of Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida |
1991 | The first Nicktoons premiere |
1992 | SNICK, the network's Saturday night block, begins Nickelodeon Animation Studio is founded |
1993 | Nickelodeon UK debuts |
1994 | Nickelodeon launches The Big Help |
1995 | Nick.com is launched |
1996 | First theatrical release by Nickelodeon Movies |
1999 | Noggin, a joint venture with CTW launches SpongeBob SquarePants premieres |
2000 | Nickelodeon on CBS airs from 2000–2006 |
2001 | TEENick is launched |
2002 | The N is launched on Noggin and the Nicktoons channel is launched Sesame Workshop sells their stake in Noggin to Viacom |
2005 | SNICK shuts down Nickelodeon Studios closes |
2007 | Nick GAS shuts down, The N takes over its channel space |
2009 | Nickelodeon acquires the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise TEENick and The N merged to create TeenNick, Noggin is replaced by the Nick Jr. Channel |
2010 | Nickelodeon begins co-producing the Winx Club franchise |
2012 | NickMom is launched overnights on the Nick Jr. Channel |
2015 | NickMom closes Noggin relaunches as a streaming service |
2016 | NickMusic launches |
2021 | NFL on Nickelodeon premieres in partnership with CBS Sports |
2024 | Noggin streaming service is shut down |
2025 | Closure of international Nickelodeon websites |
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