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Nicktoons (American TV channel)
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| Country | United States |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | One Astor Plaza New York, New York, U.S. |
| Programming | |
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| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Global |
| Parent | Paramount Media Networks |
| Sister channels | List |
| History | |
| Launched | May 1, 2002 |
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| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Affiliated Streaming Service | Paramount+ |
| YouTube TV, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, Philo, Hulu + Live TV, Vidgo | |
Nicktoons[a] is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. The channel is geared towards children aged 7 to 11.[1]
As of December 2023[update], Nicktoons is available to approximately 43,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2013 peak of 69,000,000 households.[2]
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| 1977 | Pinwheel broadcasts on Qube |
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| 1979 | Nickelodeon is launched by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment |
| 1984 | Nickelodeon introduces its Balloon font logo |
| 1985 | Nick at Nite is launched |
| 1986 | Double Dare premieres; Viacom gains full ownership of the network |
| 1987 | The Big Ballot (later known as the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards) premieres |
| 1988 | The programming block Nick Jr. is launched |
| 1991 | Nickelodeon debuted their "Nicktoons" brand with Doug, Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy premiering |
| 1992 | The programming block SNICK was launched |
| 1994 | Nickelodeon launches The Big Help |
| 1996 | Nickelodeon released its first feature-length film in theaters, Harriet the Spy |
| 1996 | Blue's Clues premieres on Nick Jr. |
| 1999 | Noggin, a joint venture with Sesame Workshop, is launched |
| 1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants premieres |
| 2000 | Dora the Explorer premieres on Nick Jr. |
| 2001 | TEENick is launched |
| 2002 | The N is launched on Noggin and the Nicktoons channel is launched |
| 2005 | Nickelodeon premieres Avatar: The Last Airbender |
| 2009 | Nickelodeon goes through a major rebrand: TEENick and The N merged to form TeenNick, Noggin was replaced by the Nick Jr. Channel, and Nicktoons Network became Nicktoons |
| 2009 | Nickelodeon acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise |
| 2010 | Nickelodeon began co-producing the Winx Club franchise |
| 2012 | Viacom and DirecTV have a contract dispute, causing Nickelodeon to be taken off the service for several days while an agreement was reached. |
| 2015 | Nickelodeon revived Noggin as a streaming service |
| 2019 | Nickelodeon acquires Paws, Inc. & the rights to Garfield (except for the first three shows and the movies.) |
| 2023 | Nickelodeon introduced a new take on their classic splat branding |
| 2024 | Noggin shut down |
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- ^ "Viacom". Viacom. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013.
- ^ "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
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