Nickelodeon is a Brazilian

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channel focused on kids programming. It was launched in 1996 as an autonomous feed of Nickelodeon Latin America in Portuguese with different programming and series.

History

Nickelodeon Brazil was launched on 20 December 1996 in Brazil as a children-oriented channel, being the main competitor of

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, which was launched 3 years earlier. On 13 February 2006,

Nick at Nite Nick at Nite (stylized as nick@nite since 2009) is an American nighttime programming block on Nickelodeon. List of programs broadcast by Nick at Nite, The block's programming broadcasts from prime time to Late-night television, late night, with ...

was launched in Brazil, and aired on weeknights from 10 pm to 6 am. On 4 June 2007, 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. Also in 2008, a Nick Jr. channel had launched, previously a programming block on Nickelodeon. In 2009, a new segment called Nick Hits, which airs classic Nick Toons, replaced Nick at Nite on weekends. On 5 April 2010, Nickelodeon Brazil 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. 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. On 1 January 2015, the block

went off the air. On October 17, 2023, Nickelodeon Brazil delocalised and started to use some assets from EMEAA. Trailers are now textless and end credits are replaced with short credits along with dubbing credits. However, it is still retaining some localization, such as advertisements, localised text on selected trailers, and opt-outs for local programming, such as Marcelo Martelo Marshmellow.

Programming

Ratings

In 2011,

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pointed that Nickelodeon Brasil ranked seventh among cable channels in total daily viewership, with an average audience of 71,000 viewers in Brazil. In March 2013, IBOPE released a new list of the most watched channels of cable TV, which recorded an increases of position for the channel, but a significant increase in viewers, 95,000.

Logos

File:Nickelodeon (1984 logo).svg, 1996-2010 File:Nickelodeon 2009 logo.svg, 2010-2023

Notes

References

External links

Official website
(closed redirects to nick.com/global)
Nick Jr. Brazil
(same closed an nick redirects to Nickelodeon Global) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nickelodeon

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