Nickelodeon (Flanders)
Nickelodeon is a Flemish television channel timesharing between 5am to 9pm with Spike.
| Nickelodeon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 1 April 2003 (as block on TMF) 16 February 2004 (as channel) |
| Owned by | ViacomCBS Networks Benelux |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | Dutch |
| Sister channel(s) | Spike Nick Jr. Nicktoons Nick Music MTV French MTV MTV Hits MTV Live HD VH1 VH1 Classic Comedy Central French-language Nickelodeon |
| Website | www.nickelodeon.be |
Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Telenet (Flanders) | Channel 31 (HD) |
| Telenet (Brussels) | Channel 121 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Scarlet | Channel 134 |
| Proximus TV (Flanders) | Channel 32 (HD) |
| Proximus TV (Brussels & Wallonia) | Channel 282 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Yelo TV | Watch live |
| Pickx | Watch live |
Originally, it had the Dutch Nickelodeon programming, but it have it own programming since automn 2009.
In satellite, the Dutch version is broadcast.
History
Launch in the Netherlands (2002)
Shortly after Kindernet was taken over by MTV Networks Benelux in 2002, the station was renamed Nickelodeon. Kindernet was then still temporarily the name of a toddler block in the morning, but after a while it was renamed Nick Jr. The channel also moved from Net5 to a new channel, Veronica.
Initially Nickelodeon took care of the daytime programming, while Veronica was responsible for the evening programmes. However, due to Veronica's low viewing figures, the station started broadcasting a lot of sex-related programmes, with the result that the programme Councils of Groningen/Drenthe and Amsterdam, among others, decided to take the station off cable.
As of 14 July 2003, Veronica stopped broadcasting in this form and Nickelodeon started broadcasting 24 hours a day. In these extra hours a limited number of but popular cartoons were broadcast: SpongeBob SquarePants, Rocket Power and The Wild Thornberrys. From 2004 Nickelodeon started to gain popularity, with series like Zoop and SpongeBob SquarePants, but also Bassie and Adriaan scored tremendously well.
April 1, 2003: The start of Nickelodeon in Flanders
On 1 April 2003, Nickelodeon started broadcasting in Flanders from 06.00 to 11.00 on TMF's channel under the name Nickelodeon on TMF.[1] Because of Belgian legislation prohibiting TV stations from advertising five minutes before and after a children's programme, the station broadcast video clips between programmes. Incidentally, this legislation is no longer in force.
On 16 February 2004, Nickelodeon moved from TMF to the MTV Europe channel and extended its broadcasting hours from 06.00 to 18.00, timesharing with the new MTV Vlaanderen.[2]
December 2005: Nick Jr. channel
In December 2005 Nickelodeon got its first digital sister channel for the Netherlands: Nick Jr.. The channel focuses on the very youngest and broadcasts day and night. The Belgium feed was launched on 4 October 2011.
December 2006: extension of transmission time until 20.00 hours
Because Nickelodeon moved to another channel in the Netherlands, the broadcasting time was extended by 3 hours. Since then Nickelodeon has been broadcast from 05.00 to 20.00 in both the Netherlands and Flanders. In Flanders, the remaining broadcast time was taken up by MTV Vlaanderen (then still the Dutch version with Flemish advertising).
1 August 2007: launch of two new digital channels
On 1 August 2007, due to the success of MTV Networks, two new Nickelodeon channels were launched: NickToons and Nick Hits.
Autumn 2009: Nickelodeon Flanders became independant
Since mid-summer 2009 Flanders got its own version of Nickelodeon. It started with some programs to change from the original Dutch version. After the summer this was undone, but here and there some changes were made.
Since 1 October 2009 the programmes are announced in Flemish, also the advertising time is completely Flemish since then. Nick Jr. is still announced in Dutch. Nowadays the Flemish programming differs enormously from the Dutch.
On 31 March 2010, Nickelodeon got a new look. The new Nickelodeon logo was introduced in the United States at the end of September 2009. In France and Wallonia, the new style was inaugurated on 16 January. Nick Jr. and NickToons had also adopted the logos of their American version. The Nick Hits logo consists of an orange Nick and a purple Hits, where the i differs from those used in Nick.
October 4, 2011: Nickelodeon Flanders all day and TeenNick Flanders
From 4 October 2011, MTV Flanders obtained its own channel, and Nickelodeon will fill in the hours throughout the day. It was replaced by TeenNick, broadcast from 20:00, in contrast to the Netherlands where the block only starts at 21:00. Again, the teen block will offer programs in English with Dutch subtitles. Nick Jr. will be part of the basic offer at Telenet.
1 January 2012: partnership with SBS Belgium
On 23 August 2011, MTV Networks announced that it had entered into a commercial partnership with SBS Belgium. Since 1 January 2012, SBS Belgium is responsible for the commercialization of MTV, TMF, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. in Flanders.
5 November 2012: TeenNick starts later in the evening
Nickelodeon has chosen to change the programming a little. The most important decision is that TeenNick will start at 21 instead of 20 hours. From then on Nickelodeon will broadcast the international version of The House of Anubis: House of Anubis.
September 2015: Nickelodeon in HD
Since the beginning of September 2015 the SD version of Nickelodeon has been replaced by the HD version at Telenet. Nickelodeon was broadcasting in HD in Flanders for the first time.
1 October 2015: TeenNick stops, replaced by Spike.
In August 2015, it was announced that TeenNick would be discontinued as of 1 October 2015. Since 1 October 2015, Viacom channel Spike is broadcast on the Nickelodeon channel between 9pm and 2.30am.[3][4] From 19 to 30 September 2015, TeenNick's hours were reduced to 2.30am The hours between 2.30am and 5am have since been taken by Nickelodeon.
12 December 2016: Spike expanded its time
Since 12 December 2016 there are changed hours for Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon starts at 5.00am instead of 2.30am and in the evening Nickelodeon ends a little later, at 9.05pm instead of 9.00pm.
Timeshare
| 05:00 | 06:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 02:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2003 to 15 February 2004 | TMF | Nickelodeon | TMF | ||||
| 16 February 2004 to 15 december 2006 | MTV | Nickelodeon | MTV | ||||
| 16 December 2006 to 3 October 2011 | Nickelodeon | MTV | |||||
| 4 October 2011 to 4 November 2012 | Nickelodeon | TeenNick | |||||
| 5 November 2012 to 18 September 2015 | Nickelodeon | TeenNick | |||||
| 19 September 2015 to 30 September 2015 | Nickelodeon | TeenNick | Nickelodeon | ||||
| 1 October 2015 to 11 December 2016 | Nickelodeon | Spike | Nickelodeon | ||||
| Since 12 December 2016 | Nickelodeon | Spike | |||||
Sister channels
- Nick Jr.: For preschoolers. Available in Flanders via Proximus TV, and in the basic offer of Telenet.
- Nick Toons: Transmits 24h/24 Nickelodeon cartoons. The channel is available in Flanders via Proximus TV and Telenet TV.
- Nick Music (formerly Nick Hits): Music channel aimed at teenagers, with music for children aged 8 to 15. The channel was available in Flanders on Belgacom TV until 1 October 2013. The channel is currently available via Telenet TV.
References
- "The Wild Thornberry's Movie (standaard.be))".
- "TMF en MTV herschikken aanbod". De Standaard (in Dutch). 3 February 2004. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ndl (19 August 2015). "Nieuwe televisiezender Spike vanaf oktober in Vlaanderen". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- "Nickelodeon". www.facebook.com. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2020-05-20.