Nickelodeon is a Hispanic/Latin American

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channel, counterpart of the American

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of the same name. It is owned by

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and was launched on 20 December 1996. Aside from airing Nick and

Nick Jr. Nick Jr. (sometimes disambiguated as Nick Jr. on Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. on Nick, and sometimes referred to as Nick, Jr.) is an American morning programming block that airs on Nickelodeon every weekday. It was launched on January 4, 1988. Nick ...

content, it has produced original programming for the channel and has been sold to local distributors worldwide except for Cuba as

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is banned in that country.

History

The channel was launched on 20 December 1996 in

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as a children-oriented channel, being the main competitor of

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, which was launched three years before. In 1999, Nickelodeon launched its official website for the region, MundoNick.com. "Nick Radio" was also available, but eventually it was replaced by the

official site. Nick logo 2005

On 13 February 2006, a programming block named Nick at Nite was launched. It consisted mostly of live-action shows from the 80s and 90s, and aired from 10 pm to 6 am. On May 15 of the same year, it premiered their first sitcom locally produced in Mexico, ''

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''. On 9 June 2008, 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 ''

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''. The block was cancelled in all feeds in December 2008. In 2008, two locally produced series premiered, both being

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. The first one, ''

Isa TKM ''Isa TKM'' (''Isa te quiero mucho'') is a 2008 telenovela for teenagers produced by Nickelodeon Latin America and Sony Pictures Television. It was made in Venezuela and was the second of three Latin American Nickelodeon shows at the time of i ...

'' premiered on 29 September 2008 and ''La maga y el camino dorado'' premiered on 13 October of that same year. In 2009, a programming block called Nick Hits, which airs classic Nick Toons, replaced Nick at Nite on weekends. On 5 April 2010, Nickelodeon Latin America was rebranded with the new logo already in use in the US and most countries in the world, making it one of the last Nickelodeon international feeds to switch to the new graphics. Due to the rebrand, NickHits was closed down and replaced again by Nick at Nite. In June 2010,

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gave the rights for Mexico to release their own

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. It premiered on 4 September 2010. On 20 July 2010, another original series called ''

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'' premiered on the channel. Nickelodeon 2009 logo

Through August 2010, Nickelodeon started to rerun the animated series ''

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'' to promote the 2010 film adaptation; with this, a new on-air logo was shown when the series was broadcast, an arrow blurring takes on/off in the Nick logo. On 2 May 2011, it was premiered the fifth original production ''

Grachi ''Grachi'' is a Spanish-language American fantasy television series produced by Nickelodeon Latin America created by Mariela Romero. The series stars Isabella Castillo as Grachi and Andrés Mercado as Daniel; also featuring and Kimberly Do ...

''. In late January 2012, MTV Networks Latin America announced another locally produced soap opera, ''

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'', that was premiered on 16 April 2012. Since 2012, the

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 ...

programming block was no longer airing classic programming from the 80s and 90s and, instead, was a mere relay of Nickelodeon's 2000s and 2010s TV series that were not aired in the main slot anymore. On 1 January 2015 the

programming block went off the air. On 29 August 2023, nearly 6 months after its rebrand in the US, Nickelodeon rebranded to the splat era during the 2023 Mexican Kids Choice Awards. On October 17, 2023, the Panregional feed of Nickelodeon delocalised and started to use some assets from EMEAA, except for the Mexico feed. Trailers are now textless and end credits on Panregional feed are replaced with short credits, indicating the show's name, production company and year, similar to the Nickelodeon channels in EMEAA. However, it is still retaining some localization, such as advertisements, localised text on selected trailers, and opt-outs for local programming. This is a result of Nick Jr.'s delocalisation on September 19, 2023. On November 14, 2023, the Mexico feed migrated to the EMEAA playout, screenbug & banners. However, it still retains the graphics, promos and end credits (however dubbing credits are no longer shown).

Feeds

Nickelodeon Latin America is divided into two different feeds for its broadcast in the Latin American region. * North Feed: Mexico * Panregional Feed: Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Central America, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia

Programming

Events and media

Verano Nick

Verano Nick (Nick Summer) is a limited summer event, that holds in different places, such on beaches and hotels. It holds every year since 2007.

Kids' Choice Awards

In 2010, Nickelodeon began to produce localized versions of the

Kids' Choice Awards The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs or Kids' Choice, is an American annual awards ceremony show produced by Nickelodeon. Usually held on a Saturday night in March or early April, the show honors the year's biggest in te ...

for its Latin American markets; after a one-off event in 2003, the

Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards The Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Mexico is an annual awards show that awards entertainers with a blimp trophy, as voted by children on the Internet. The show is usually held in September and televised days later through Nickelodeon. Hosts ...

were relaunched on 4 September 2010 at

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, hosted by

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and

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. The

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then premiered in 2011, held on 11 October 2011 at

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and hosted by

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. In 2014, the

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debuted.

Revista Nick

Revista Nick (Nick Magazine) was launched on 27 November 2004 in Mexico, ending in April 2010, five months after the American version was ended due to the continued migration of network content to the Internet.

Website

MundoNick.com was the name of the network's official website which launched in 1999. In 2020, MundoNick.com was closed in favor of a new site for the network called Nickelodeon.la.

Sister channels

Nickelodeon HD

In September 2010, MTV Networks Latin America announced new plans for 2011, one of them, the launching of Nickelodeon HD officially MTV Live HD. In May 2011, MTV Networks Latin America announced more details. Programming would be American and local. The HD channel launched on 1 June 2011 all over Latin America. Nickelodeon HD starting simulcasting the main channel on 17 December 2015, and on 1 August 2016, the original HD channel was renamed Nick 2.

Nick Jr.

Nick Jr. is a cable television channel in Latin America owned by Viacom that was launched in July 2008 as a 24-hour channel. Aimed at preschool audience. Originally, it was a block on Nickelodeon from 1997 to 2017.

Nicktoons

On 29 January 2013, it was announced that a Nicktoons channel would launch in Latin America. It started airing on 4 February 2013 on television providers Cablevisión,

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in many cable providers by the end of 2020 and later was shut down as of December 2020.

NickMusic

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started simulcasting their US feed on 1 September 2020, replacing

VH1 MegaHits VH1 MegaHits was a Latin American pay television music channel. It was owned by ViacomCBS Networks Brazil, subsidiary of ViacomCBS Networks Americas and aired music videos throughout its entire day. VH1 MegaHits featured four different blocks ...

and Nicktoons in select Latin American countries. The first music video played on the channel was "

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" by

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TeenNick

TeenNick (formerly Nick 2) is a commercial-free secondary channel of Nickelodeon. It replaced Nick 2 on 14 September 2020.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Viacom

Television channels and stations established in 1996 Spanish-language television stations 1996 establishments in South America