Nickelodeon Sonic (formerly Sonic Nickelodeon) is an Indian children's pay television channel operated by

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Nickelodeon India Nickelodeon (abbreviated as Nick) is an Indian children's pay television channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is the Indian equivalent of the original American network and is owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Disney India a ...

network. After on the air, Sonic became the fourth most watched channel across all genres with TRP in December 2020.

History

launched the channel in December 2011 in

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, English,

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. When it launched, the channel mostly aired action shows like ''

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'', ''Kung Fu Panda'' and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. On 3 May 2016, the channel was rebranded with the tag line "Destination of high decibel comedy and action", and was given a new logo. Since the rebrand, the channel has shifted its focus to comedy and started producing some original local shows. Sonic Nickelodeon began broadcasting in Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada and Gujarati languages from 2 December 2019.

Programming

References

External links

* {{Nickelodeon

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