Nicktoons (European TV channel)

Nicktoons
Broadcast areaBalkans
Baltic states
Central Europe
Ukraine
HeadquartersLondon
Programming
Language(s)Various
Picture format576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerParamount Global
Sister channelsNickelodeon
Nick Jr.
MTV
MTV Live
MTV Hits
History
Launched1 February 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-01)
15 February 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-15) (Middle East and North Africa)
20 February 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-20) (Turkey)
15 February 2018; 6 years ago (2018-02-15) (Poland)
12 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-12) (Russia)
1 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-01) (Hungary and Romania)
5 June 2019; 4 years ago (2019-06-05) (Bulgaria)
30 October 2019; 4 years ago (2019-10-30) (Czech Republic)
1 December 2019; 4 years ago (2019-12-01) (Moldova) 22 January 2020; 4 years ago (2020-01-22) (Ukraine)
14 July 2020; 3 years ago (2020-07-14) (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania)
April 1, 2023; 12 months ago (2023-04-01) (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
ReplacedNickelodeon HD (on Poland)
MTV+ HD (lansat pe 1 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-01), și închis pe 31 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-31)
ClosedApril 28, 2022 (2022-04-28) (Russia), December 14, 2022 (2022-12-14) (Belarus)
Replaced byMTV+ HD (Launched 1 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-01), and closed on 31 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-31))

Nicktoons (sometimes called Nicktoons Global) is a European international pay television network operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA. Launched on February 1, 2017, international version of the American TV channel Nicktoons, the network serves many of the countries in the European Union, and features several feeds differentiated by time zones and local languages being the primary audio feed offered, with other languages offered through second audio program options. Other networks may display the domestic language as open-access subtitles.

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History[edit]

The channel launched on February 1, 2017. 15 days later, it launched in the Middle East and North Africa on February 16, 2017. The Turkish feed was launched on February 15, 2018 at 10 a.m. (polish time). Nickelodeon HD got replaced by Nicktoons on December 12, 2018. Nicktoons launched in Russia on April 1, 2019. Nicktoons launched Hungarian and Romanian feeds on June 5, 2019, then in Bulgaria on October 30, 2019, then the Czech feed on January 22, 2020, and then the Ukrainian feed on July 14, 2020. Nicktoons launched 4 feeds in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Albania on April 22, 2022. On April 28, 2022, the Russian feed closed due to the Ukraine war. The channel closed in Belarus on December 14, 2022 because of the Ukraine war. On April 1, 2023, Nicktoons launched 3 new feeds in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, a month before Latvia changed the law on language possibilities, unlike Estonian and Lithuanian, content in Latvian uses is also provided with translation with the help of artificial intelligence, mostly at night.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "From May 1, the audio track in Russian will disappear from several foreign TV programs". 1188.lv (in Latvian). 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. ^ "With the changes in the law, 'Tet TV' will have more Latvian language". delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 26 April 2023.

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