Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand)

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Nickelodeon Australia & New Zealand
Nickelodeon NZ (in New Zealand)
Links
Websitenick.com.au
Availability
Streaming media
Fetch MobiChannel 252
Sky Go
(NZ)
skygo.co.nz

Nick/Nickelodeon is an Australian and New Zealand children's pay television channel owned by Paramount Networks UK & Australia. It is based on the namesake American television channel.

Since 1 December 2010 the Australian and New Zealand versions of the subscription channel have been the same. The

New Zealand-specific version of Nickelodeon
ceased broadcasting the day before.

The channel ceased broadcasting on Foxtel on 1 August 2023 as a result of free-to-air channel

10 Shake rebranding as "Nickelodeon" (while retaining the same schedule) and was replaced by Nickelodeon Global. The existing pay television channel continues to broadcast through Fetch in Australia, and on Sky in New Zealand. The Fetch feed was renamed "Nick", to differentiate it from the free-to-air channel.[2]

History

Nickelodeon Australia was launched on 23 October 1995, replacing the Max and ClassicMax channels, offering live action shows and

TV1. Nickelodeon was also added to the Optus Television
service in December 2002.

On 14 March 2004,

Nick Jr. launched as the first full, 24-hour TV channel designed for pre-school audiences in Australia. Before this, Nick Jr. was a morning and afternoon programming block on Nickelodeon, including shows that now get much more airtime on the full channel, such as Dora the Explorer and PAW Patrol
. For a few months after Nick Jr. became a full channel, it kept a 2-hour-long time slot on Nickelodeon, but it was drastically shorter than it was before it became a full channel. Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. began broadcasting in Widescreen on 2 March 2009.

During Kids Choice Awards 2010 Nickelodeon Australia rebranded the network with the new one using completely different bumpers than America's channel however the iCarly bumper with slime has been used in most advertisement breaks. The Nick Shack rebranded much earlier before the channel itself.[8]

On 1 December 2010, Nickelodeon Australia launched in New Zealand, replacing

the New Zealand version of Nickelodeon.[9]

On 30 July 2013, Nickelodeon Australia became available on the newly launched Australian IPTV service Foxtel Play, making it one of the first channels to be available via the service.[10]

On 3 December 2013, Nickelodeon Australia became available on

Fetch TV.[12][13]

From 27 September 2020, a 12-hour block of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. programming was broadcast on the new

10 Shake
free-to-air channel.

On 22 June 2023, it was announced that 10 Shake itself would rebrand as Nickelodeon on 1 August.[14] Foxtel chose to discontinue the pay-TV channel then using that name at this time,[15] along with Nick Jr. The channel continues to air on Fetch in Australia[16] and on Sky in New Zealand.

Programming

Nickelodeon Australia mainly airs shows from its US counterpart such as

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
. Although the show was originally hosted, it no longer features a host.

Kids' Choice Awards

The annual awards show commenced in 2003, celebrating kids' favourite choices in music, movies, books and more.

Programming blocks

  • Nick at Nite – From Nickelodeon's opening date until July/August 2000, Nickelodeon shared its channel with an Australian version of
    Sci Fi Channel.[18]

Other projects

Nick Takes Over Your Beach

Over the summers of 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004, Nickelodeon toured Australian beaches, setting up games and activities.[19][20][21]

Nickelodeon Magazine Australia

The Australian

Australian Consolidated Press. It was edited by former Australian Disney Adventures contributor, Santi Pintado. The Australian Nickelodeon Magazine content was borrowed heavily from its US counterpart, Nickelodeon Magazine. The first copy of the magazine was handed out free at the 2005 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards
.

You're on Nick

To support Nickelodeon Australia's new format, the network launched Moby Nick, a bus that would tour around Australia in places such as Sydney Olympic Park. Part of the bus was a small recording studio, where kids could say a sentence or two about what they could do, or who they were. The ten-second clips would be shown during the ads on Nickelodeon Australia shows.

Slimefest

Slimefest is the world's only slime-filled annual music festival for kids. Introduced in Sydney in September 2012, the first line up included Jessica Mauboy, Stan Walker, Justice Crew, Guy Sebastian, Reece Mastin, Johhny Ruffo and Christina Parie.

The 2013 line-up included headliners Big Time Rush, along with performances by Guy Sebastian, Justice Crew, Samantha Jade, Heffron Drive and Jadagrace.

The year 2014 saw the festival to tour both Sydney and Melbourne, with performances by Cody Simpson, Savage, Justice Crew, Sabrina Carpenter, The Collective, Alli Simpson, Ricki Lee (Sydney) and Dami Im (Melbourne).

Hosts

Current

Past

  • Angus King (1998–1999): Hot Chunks
  • Jamie Croft (2003): sarvo
  • Josh Quong Tart (2003): sarvo
  • Dave "Kambo" Kambouris (2002–2003): sn:tv, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2003)
  • Dave Lawson (2002–2007): sn:tv, Nick Takes Over Your School, Camp Orange, sarvo, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2005 and 2006)
  • Natalie Garonzi (2002–2003): sn:tv, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards, sarvo
  • Tony Brockman (2003–2005): sarvo, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2004)
  • James Kerley (2003–2007): sarvo, Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2004, 2005 and 2006)
  • Emily Perry (2004–2005): sn:tv
  • Jesse Tobin
    (2004–2005): sn:tv
  • Camp Orange: The Curse of the Emerald Eye
    , sarvo
  • Kyle Linahan
    (2007–2009): sarvo
  • Luke & Wyatt (Luke Ryan and Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd) (2010–2015): Camp Orange
  • Kristy (Kristy Best) (2016–present): Slime Cup

Logo History

  • 1995 – 2010
    1995 – 2010
  • 2010 – August 1, 2023 (Concurrently used)
    2010 – August 1, 2023 (Concurrently used)
  • August 1, 2023 - Present[a]
    August 1, 2023 - Present[a]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The logo's wordmark has been in use since 2010. Additionally, his logo is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.

See also

References

  1. The Asian Wall Street Journal
    . 25 September 1995. p. 30.
  2. ^ "What's Hot on Fetch this August". us9.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2. Archived
    from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  4. ^ Nickelodeon (Australia) (1998). Nick Nooze. 1. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Everton, Denise (31 December 1999). "First-footing down memory lane". Illawarra Mercury. Fairfax Media. p. 43. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009. From Sunday, January 2, Nickelodeon Australia will extend viewing hours from 8.30 pm to 10 pm seven days a week, taking its total to 16 hours per day.
  6. ^ Nick Nooze. Autumn. Nickelodeon (Australia). 2000. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ Nick Nooze. Winter. Nickelodeon (Australia). 2000. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Knox, David (23 March 2010). "Nickelodeon logo switch". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  9. MTV Networks Asia Pacific. 28 September 2010. Archived from the original
    on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  10. ^ Knox, David (30 July 2013). "Foxtel Play-offers first-ever internet-only subscriptions". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  11. ^ Knox, David (3 December 2013). "Foxtel Go adds Nickelodeon, MTV, ESPN". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  12. ^ FetchTV (16 December 2013). "Fetch TV". Facebook. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  13. ^ Davidson, Darren (16 December 2013). "Fetch muscles up before a Foxtel grab". The Australian. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  14. ^ Mediaweek (22 June 2023). "Shake It Off: 10 Shake to rebrand to the Nickelodeon channel as the brand goes in-house at Paramount". Mediaweek. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  15. ^ Knox, David (25 June 2023). "10 Shake to rebrand as Nickelodeon Channel | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Fetch". www.fetchtv.com.au. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  17. ^ Brown, Pam (17 February 1998). "Rich Mix To Start The Day". The West Australian. p. 12.
  18. ^ Rugrats Down Under Archived 14 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "Nick Takes Over Your Beach". Nick Nooze. 3. Nickelodeon (Australia): 4. 1998.
  20. ^ Nick Nooze. Summer. Nickelodeon (Australia). 1999. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. Sydney Morning Herald. 9 February 1996. p. 3. Archived
    from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

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