Nicktoons (Sub-Saharan African TV channel)
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Nick Jr. Comedy Central Africa BET Africa | |
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Launched | 30 September 2014 |
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Website | Official website |
Nicktoons is a South African
Unlike other Nicktoons feeds (since October 2021), the end credits on shows are no longer shows and were not replaced with short credits used by its sister channels.
History
In November 2013, it was announced that KidsCo would be discontinued following year during Valentine's Day and MultiChoice mentioned seeking possibly replacements for the channel at the time.[1]
In June 2014, during MultiChoice's financial presentation ended March 31, 2014 the channel was unveiled alongside
In June 2017, the
The channel introduced a
Some-time in 2020, Nicktoons Africa started using the 2014 US branding, making it the first international Nicktoons feed to use it, as other Nicktoons channels like
From May 17, 2021, a new musical program known as NickMusic launched on the channel airing weekdays at 4 PM.
From October 2021, Nicktoons started using the 2014 UK branding again, on the same month,
In the same month, some shows like Munki & Trunk were removed from the channel in favour of new programming. But in July 2022, Munki & Trunk and Zoofari returned to the channel as other shows made specifically for Nicktoons Africa (Such as Moosebox) have not yet returned to the channel.
On July 14, 2022, SpongeBob SquarePants aired on Nicktoons in Zulu-speaking language for the first time.[5] From December of the same year, this will only air in said language at 7 AM and 2PM on weekends.
In December 2022, Nicktoons aired a promo for new episodes of Zulu dubbed SpongeBob. This also used the endboard from the 2020 refresh, which were disbanded by October 2021. No other recent promos have used this endboard, as all of the promos on the channel currently are just used from the Global feed of NickToons.
In March 2023, NickToons suddenly repositioned their screenbug to where the original USA NickToons channel put it, for an unknown reason.
In June 2023, NickToons started reusing it's US branding next bumpers for a lot of shows, which is a sign of the channel soon reverting the change from October 2021.
References
- ^ "TV with Thinus: BREAKING. KidsCo on DSTV and TopTV closing down as a kids channel following relaunch and new programming in 2013". 15 November 2013.
- ^ teeveetee.blogspot.com/2014/06/fascinating-lifetime-and-nicktoons-both.html?m=1
- Quartz. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ^ Insidus (2017-10-13). "Entertainment Inside Us: Its The Moment You've All Been Waiting For NickToons Africa Debuts The New Series From Monday 13 November At 13:30 CAT Along With Breadwinners On Monday 6 November At 15:35 CAT Plus A Nick Jr Block For The Preschoolers So Much Is In Store For The Little Ones In November 2017". Entertainment Inside Us. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Insidus:SpongeBob Learns How To Speaks Zulu With Nicktoons". Insidus. Retrieved 2022-07-12.