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Nickelodeon (Canada)
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| Nickelodeon logo | |
| Launched | November 2, 2009 |
| Owned by | Corus Entertainment (under license from Viacom) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Replaced | Discovery Kids |
| Sister channel(s) | YTV, Treehouse TV Nickelodeon (US) |
| Website | Nickelodeon |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 559 |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 550 |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Check local listings, channels may vary |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant TV | Channel 256 |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 559 |
| MTS | Channel 253 |
| Optik TV | Channel 72 |
| SaskTel | Channel 92 |
Nickelodeon is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel based on the U.S. cable network Nickelodeon. It is wholly owned by Corus Entertainment, with its name licensed from MTV Networks International, a division of Viacom.
As with its counterparts in the U.S. and elsewhere, Nickelodeon airs programs aimed at children, including live-action series and animation. Corus already owns two similar channels, YTV and Treehouse TV, which have carried Nickelodeon programs for many years under output agreements with Viacom. Both channels will continue to air Nickelodeon programs in the future, despite the launch of Nickelodeon Canada, since those channels have near-universal coverage across Canada on basic analogue cable, whereas Nickelodeon is limited to digital distribution.
Citing the Nicktoons digital cable channel in the United States adding shows outside of animation, the Canadian Nickelodeon is very similar to Nicktoons and TeenNick, while YTV has got similarity with the American Nickelodeon and the Treehouse TV airing similarities to Nick Jr.
This marks the second Viacom-branded channel to be owned by Corus; the companies also partner on CMT Canada.
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History
The channel launched on November 2, 2009 using the "YTV OneWorld"[1][2] licence, granted to Corus by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in September 2008. Jacob Two-Two was the first show broadcast. On the day of the channel's launch, Discovery Kids (which Corus also owned) was shut down and replaced by Nickelodeon on most cable and satellite providers.[3] However, cable and satellite companies had to reach new agreements with Corus in order to carry Nickelodeon, as Discovery Kids operated under a different licence.
Programming blocks
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. Canada is a programming block dedicated towards preschoolers. It airs every weekday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. It has the same graphics as Nick's Playdate, which airs on Nickelodeon in the USA. Unlike the US channel of the same name, Moose and Zee are not seen because they don't appear at all in Canada. Also, like Nick's Playdate, it shows traditional commercial breaks between shows and it doesn't have common continuity.
Programming
- Bubble Guppies
- Babar and the Adventures of Badou
- Dora the Explorer
- Blue's Clues
- Toot and Puddle
- The Backyardigans
- Go, Diego, Go!
- The Fresh Beat Band
- Franklin
- Jane and the Dragon
- Max and Ruby
- My Friend Rabbit
- Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
- Team Umizoomi
- Willa's Wild Life
- The Wonder Pets!
Programming
Further information: List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon (Canada)
Every day from 6 a.m. ET to 9 a.m. ET, Nickelodeon Canada usually runs some of YTV's original programs, such as Captain Flamingo, League of Super Evil and Clang Invasion. Like Nickelodeon in the US, it runs the Nick Jr. block, usually on the weekdays from 9 a.m. ET to 3 p.m. ET. Most of Nickelodeon's programming such as iCarly and SpongeBob SquarePants usually starts weekdays from 3 p.m. ET to 6 a.m. ET and weekends from 9 a.m. ET to 6 a.m., with its older animated series starting every day at 3 a.m. ET.
In despite of Nickelodeon, YTV still airs some of Nickelodeon's original series such as Penguins of Madagascar, Victorious, SpongeBob SquarePants, iCarly and The Fairly OddParents.
Because Nickelodeon is 24/7, it does not run Nick@Nite. It also, as of yet, hasn't run any other Nicktoons (especially Nicktoons in the early 2000s) such as ChalkZone, Oh Yeah Cartoons!, Doug, Kablam!, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness and Making Fiends, among others.
Rival channels
See also
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- Teletoon (English)
- Télétoon (French)
- Teletoon Retro (English)
- Télétoon Rétro (French)
- Treehouse TV
- YTV
References
- ^ Nickelodeon Canada set to launch; Media in Canada; 2009-09-29
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-257, September 18, 2008
- ^ "Corus shuttering Discovery Kids, will re-brand Sex TV and Drive-In Classics channels", CARTT.ca, September 29, 2009
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