Nickelodeon (Latin America)

Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon
Launched December 20, 1996
Network Nickelodeon
Owned by Viacom International Media Networks The Americas
(Viacom)
Picture format 480i (in north and central feeds) (SDTV)
576i (in south feed) (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Country Latin America
Language Spanish
English (only available as SAP)
Broadcast area Latin America
Headquarters Quito, Ecuador
Sister channel(s) MTV
VH1
Nick Jr.
Nicktoons
Comedy Central
Paramount Channel (International)
Website MundoNick.com
Availability
Satellite
Dish Network Mexico Channel 305 (North Feed)
SKY México Channel 307 (North Feed), Channel 1307 (HD)
DirecTV Channel 308 (Central Feed), Channel 1308 (HD)
Cable
Cablemas Channel 408 (Digital), Channel 409 (HD), Channel 316 (North Feed)
Megacable Channel 156 (Digital), Channel 1156 (HD)
Flow Trinidad Channel 278
Streaming media
Nick Turbo Available on channel's website

Nickelodeon Latin America is a cable and satellite television channel, counterpart of the American network Nickelodeon. It is oriented to the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin American and the Caribbean, mainly for children and teens. It is owned by Viacom International Media Networks The Americas. The channel was launched on December 20, 1996. It includes shows like Skimo and the hit teen drama Isa TKM and its successor Isa TK+.

The channel has a broadband channel called Nick Turbo (being the Latin American version of TurboNick).

Nickelodeon Latin America is divided into three feeds: North, Central and South. Brazil has its own dedicated Portuguese language channel, Nickelodeon Brazil.

History

The channel was launched on December 20, 1996 in Latin America as a cartoon-oriented channel, being the main competitor of Cartoon Network, which was launched three years before. In 1999, Nickelodeon launched its official website for the region, MundoNick.com. "Nick Radio" was also available, but eventually it was replaced by the Nick Jr. official site.

On February 13, 2006, Nick at Nite was launched in Latin America, and aired on weeknights from 10 pm to 6 am, and on May 15 of the same year, it debuted the first original sitcom produced in Mexico, Skimo.

On June 9, 2008, the channel launched "Nickers", a live-action show with two hosts introducing shows and music. It followed the same line and was very similar to Disney Channel's Zapping Zone. The block was retired in all feeds in December 2008. In 2008, two new original productions premiered, both being telenovelas. The first one, Isa TKM premiered on September 29, 2008 and La Maga y el Camino Dorado premiered on October 13 of the same year.

In 2009, a new segment called Nick Hits, which airs classic Nick Toons, replaced Nick at Nite on weekends. On April 5, 2010, Nickelodeon Latin America started carrying the new logo already in use on many Nickelodeon networks around the world. Also, classic Nicktoons seen on Nick Hits became part of Nick at Nite. In June 2010, Viacom gave the rights for Mexico to release their own Kids Choice Awards.[1] It premiered on September 4, 2010. On July 20, 2010, another original series called Sueña conmigo premiered.

Through August 2010, Nickelodeon started to rerun the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender to promote the film The Last Airbender, with this, a new on-air logo showed when the series is airing, an arrow blurring takes on/off in the Nick logo.[2] On May 2, 2011 premiered the fifth original production called Grachi. In late January 2012, MTV Networks Latin America announced another telenovela, Miss XV, that was premiered on April 16, 2012.[3]

On January 1, 2015, the block Nick at Nite went off the air and got replaced by the new block, Nick Clásicos.

Feeds

Nickelodeon Latin America is divided into three different feeds for its transmission in the Latin American region.

Programming

Events and Media

Verano Nick

Verano Nick (Nick Summer). Is a limited summer event, that holds in different places, such on beaches and hotels. It holds every year since 2007.

Kids' Choice Awards Mexico

In June 2010, Viacom gave the rights for Mexico to release their own Kids' Choice Awards. It was presented on September 4, 2010 in "El Teatro Chino de Six Flags" (The Chinese Theater of Six Flags) on the Six Flags Mexico park. It was presented by Omar Chaparro and Anahí.[4] The show was not show in TV until October 14, 2010.

Kids Choice Awards Argentina

Kids Choice Awards Colombia

Revista Nick

Main article: Nickelodeon Magazine

Revista Nick (Nick Magazine) was launched on 27 November 2004 in Mexico, ending in April 2010, five months after the American version was ended due to the continued migration of network content to the Internet.

MundoNick.com

MundoNick is the network's official website which launched in 1999.

Sister channels

Nick HD

Main article: MTV Live HD
Nickelodeon HD logo

In September 2010, MTV Networks Latin America announced new plans for 2011, one of them, the launching of Nickelodeon HD officially MTV Live HD.[5] In May 2011, MTV Networks Latin America announced more details. The programming will be American and local.[6] The release was June 1, 2011, all over Latin America.[6] The channel is available in Portuguese (for Brazil), Spanish and English (SAP).

In August 1, 2016, the Nick HD feed was rebranded as Nick 2, and also, the Central feed is broadcasting in an simulcast HD feed of the main channel in some providers since late 2015.

Nick Jr.

Nick Jr. is a cable television channel in Latin America owned by Viacom subsidiary MTV Networks Latin America and aimed. At first, it was a block from 1997 to 2007. In 2008, it became a 24-hour channel.

Nicktoons

On January 29, 2013, it was announced that there would be a launch for a Nicktoons channel in Mexico. It was launched on February 4, 2013, only on television providers Cablevisión, Megacable and Cablecom.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100918051022/http://www.mundonick.com/?[]
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100918051022/http://www.mundonick.com/?[]
  3. ↑ Por Nielsen Souza. "Nickelodeon América Latina: 15 años y muchos estrenos en 2012 - Anime, Manga y TV". Anmtvla.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  4. ↑ Por Kisuke Urahara. "Ya estan los ganadores del Kids Choice Awards México 2010 - Anime, Manga y TV". Anmtvla.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  5. ↑ Por Lee Shenshun. "Nickelodeon HD: Proximamente - Anime, Manga y TV". Anmtvla.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  6. 1 2 Por Admin. "MTV Networks anuncia el lanzamiento de Nickelodeon HD - Anime, Manga y TV". Anmtvla.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  7. ↑ "Nicktoons moves into Mexico | News". C21Media. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  8. ↑ "Viacom Int'l Launches NICKTOONS in Mexico on Cablevision, Megacable & Cablemas - BWWTVWorld". Tv.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
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