Nickelodeon (Dutch TV channel)
![]() The current Nickelodeon logo, used in Belgium & the Netherlands since 31 March 2010 | |
Country | Netherlands |
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Broadcast area | Netherlands Belgium (satellite only) |
Network | Nickelodeon |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Dutch English (subtitled in Dutch) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Paramount Networks EMEAA |
Sister channels | Spike Nick Jr. Nicktoons NickMusic MTV MTV 80s MTV 90s MTV 00s MTV Hits MTV Live Comedy Central Comedy Central Extra |
History | |
Launched | February 2002Kindernet) 14 July 2003 (as channel) | (as block on
Replaced | Kindernet |
Replaced by | Nickelodeon Flanders (Belgium) |
Links | |
Website | www.nickelodeon.nl |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digitenne | Channel 12 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Canal Digitaal | Watch live (Netherlands only) |
TV Vlaanderen (Flanders) | Watch live (Belgium only) |
The Dutch version of Nickelodeon, broadcasting in the Netherlands and through satellite in Belgium, and launched on 14 July 2003.[1][2] In addition to the general Nickelodeon programmes, original productions such as ZOOP, Het Huis Anubis, and SuperNick are also broadcast. The Dutch Kids' Choice Awards were presented in three years (2004, 2005 and 2007), featuring nominees that are relevant to Dutch audiences. In 2010, the US Kids' Choice Awards aired, which included categories for the Netherlands and Belgium inserted into the broadcast.
Nickelodeon has a separate version in Belgium with advertising and programming variations for Belgian viewers. All Belgian cable and ISP providers carry the Belgian version, with the satellite provider TV Vlaanderen offering only the Dutch version, as it uses the feed of the Dutch CanalDigitaal.
In recent years, with the increase of on-demand services, the market share of the Nickelodeon channel has declined in the Netherlands. In 2019, the channel recorded an average daily market share of 0.7%, which reduced to 0.4% in 2020.[3] In comparison, Nickelodeon had a market share of 2.1% in 2009.[4]
History[edit]
Nickelodeon replaced a similarly-themed channel, Kindernet, in 2003 after it was acquired by Viacom at the end of 2001.[5] Before this, Nickelodeon aired as a programming block on Kindernet from 1.00 to 3.00 PM, starting in February 2002.[6][7] Throughout the course of 2003, Nickelodeon programming began to gain more prominence on Kindernet outside of the block, before expanding into a 24-hour channel on 14 July.[8] As a result, Kindernet was degraded into a morning block, which later became Nick Jr.[9][1]
On 1 August 2005, Nickelodeon began time-sharing with Talpa, now airing between 6.00 AM and 6.00 PM.[10] By the end of 2006, MTV's deal with Talpa ended and Nickelodeon began sharing channel space with The Box Comedy on 1 December.[11] Nickelodeon extended its airtime up until 8.00 PM and The Box Comedy changed into Comedy Central on 30 April 2007.[12]
Comedy Central switched to TMF on 1 January 2011, and Nickelodeon resumed its 24-hour broadcast on 14 February.[13] Sometime after, a TeenNick block was added to the channel's schedule during the overnight hours, airing between 9.00 PM and 6.00 AM. All programming on Nickelodeon's regular schedule is available in Dutch, with the exception of Dutch-Belgian productions.
A high-definition simulcast of Nickelodeon was slated to launch through UPC Netherlands on 3 April 2012, but ended up being delayed due to technical issues.[14] Nickelodeon HD eventually launched on 13 September 2012, the time through KPN Interactive TV.[15]
On 1 October 2015, sister channel Spike was launched and initially aired during Nickelodeon's overnight hours.[16][17] On 12 December 2016, Spike became its own 24-hour channel on Ziggo, before launching on other providers (such as KPN, Telfort, XS4ALL, Caiway and T-Mobile Thuis) three months later.
Nickelodeon continues to air 24/7 in the Netherlands, broadcasting TeenNick programming at night and also introducing a version of The Splat. In Belgium, Spike and Nickelodeon continue to time-sharing.[18][19][20]
Programming (currently and formerly)[edit]
Original[edit]
Animated[edit]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- The Legend of Korra
- The Loud House
- It's Pony
- Back at the Barnyard
- The Penguins of Madagascar
- Monsters vs Aliens
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
- ChalkZone
- Breadwinners
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- KaBlam!
- Tak and the Power of Juju
- Trolls: Trollstopia
- Rugrats
- All Grown Up!
- CatDog
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Danny Phantom
- Harvey Beaks
- Pig Goat Banana Cricket
- Catscratch
- The Angry Beavers
- Hey Arnold!
- Invader Zim
- As Told by Ginger
- Bunsen Is a Beast
- The Adventures of Kid Danger
- Kappa Mikey
- The Fairly OddParents
- Rise of the TMNT
- The Casagrandes
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- T.U.F.F. Puppy
- Planet Sheen
- Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty
- Fanboy & Chum Chum
- Sanjay and Craig
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Rocko's Modern Life
- The Wild Thornberrys
- Rocket Power
- The X's
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- The Mighty B!
- Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
Live-action[edit]
- Big Time Rush
- Drake & Josh
- True Jackson, VP
- Victorious
- Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures
- Power Rangers
- Supah Ninjas
- You Gotta See This
- Sam & Cat
- The Haunted Hathaways
- The Thundermans
- iCarly
- The Amanda Show
- Kenan & Kel
- Cousin Skeeter
- Journey of Allen Strange
- Hotel 13
- Summer in Transylvania
- Genie in the House
- Renford Rejects
- Noah Knows Best
- The Brothers Garcia
- Clarissa Explains It All
- Marvin Marvin
- ZOOP
- Het Huis Anubis
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
- Bad Candy Was Here
- The Naked Brothers Band
- The Troop
- The Brady Bunch
- Unfabulous
- Zoey 101
- Henry Danger
- Game Shakers
- Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
- 100 Things to Do Before High School
- De Ludwigs
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? (revival)
- Every Witch Way
- I Am Frankie
- Bella and the Bulldogs
- Knight Squad
- Nickelodeon: Unleashed
- The Substitute
- Danger Force
- Side Hustle
- Drama Club
- Creative Camp
- Noobeez
- Spyders
Short interstitials[edit]
- Cool Factor
- Nick Extra
- De klas uit!
- Shake It!
- Nick's Flix
- Special Me
- Max Adventures
- SuperNick
- Nick Battle
- HiHi met SiSi
- Nick At
- Puppy Patrol
- So Nick
- De Ballen
- Sportlets
- ANWB Explorers
- Gefopt!
Acquired[edit]
Animated[edit]
- I.N.K.: Invisible Network Of Kids
- Mr. Bean
- Johnny Test
- 3-2-1 Penguins!
- Animaniacs
- Pinky & the Brain
- Bratz
- PopPixie
- Totally Spies!
- Four Eyes
- Lucky Luke
- Cosmic Quantum Ray
- Rabbids Invasion
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks
- Corneil & Bernie
- Dragon Hunters
- Flatmania
- Edgar & Ellen
- Frankenstein's Cat
- Geronimo Stilton
- Delilah & Julius
- Grossology
- Fat Dog Mendoza
- Growing Up Creepie
- League of Super Evil
- My Dad the Rock Star
- Lola & Virginia
- Martin Mystery
- Argai
- Monster Allergy
- Potatoes & Dragons
- Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy
- Yakkity Yak
- Sabrina: The Animated Series
- Wayside
- Speed Racer: The Next Generation
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Trollz
- Spliced
- Viva Piñata
- Skyland
- LEGO City Adventures
- Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures
- Pokémon
- The Boss Baby: Back in Business
- Ollie's Pack
- Dorg van Dango
- Auto-B-Good
- Bigfoot Presents: Meteor And The Mighty Monster Trucks
Live-action[edit]
- Wingin' It
- Chica Vampiro
- Make It Pop
- The Other Kingdom
- Star Falls
- Just Add Magic
- Sweet Valley High
- My Parents Are Aliens
- The Saddle Club
- Naturally, Sadie
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Life with Boys
- Saved by the Bell
Nick Jr.[edit]
- 44 Cats
- The Adventures of Paddington
- The Backyardigans
- Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
- Blaze and the Monster Machines
- Blue's Clues
- Boobah
- Bruno and the Banana Bunch
- Bubble Guppies
- Caillou
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Domo
- Dora and Friends: Into the City!
- Dora the Explorer
- Fifi and the Flowertots
- Go, Diego, Go!
- Jay Jay The Jet Plane
- Jellabies
- Lunar Jim
- Max & Ruby
- The Magic School Bus
- Make Way for Noddy
- Mr. Men and Little Miss
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
- Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
- Oswald
- PAW Patrol
- Paz
- Peppa Pig
- Rolie Polie Olie
- Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic...
- Rusty Rivets
- Shaun the Sheep
- Thomas & Friends
- Timmy Time
- Team Umizoomi
- Tots TV
- Wallykazam!
- Wanda and the Alien
- The Wonder Pets
Carriage history[edit]
Date | Shared channel with | Closedown time |
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2002–2003 | Veronica, Kindernet folded into Nickelodeon | 7.00 pm |
14 July 2003 – 31 July 2005 | 24-hour service | N/A |
1 August 2005 – 15 December 2006 | Talpa | 6.00 pm |
1 December 2006 – 29 April 2007 | The Box Comedy | 8.00 pm |
30 April 2007 – 31 December 2010 | Comedy Central | 8.00 pm |
1 January 2011 - 13 February 2011 | Comedy Central moved to the channel used by TMF, and began sharing with that channel. | 8.00 pm |
14 February 2011 – 1 October 2015 | 24-hour service | N/A |
1 October 2015 – 12 December 2016 | Spike | 9.00 pm |
12 December 2016 – present | 24-hour service | N/A |
Most-watched broadcasts per year[edit]
Since 2002, Stichting Kijkonderzoek (SKO) has been monitoring the viewer ratings for Nickelodeon programmes in the Netherlands. Between 2003 and 2017, SKO published an annual list of the most-watched broadcasts of the channel. From 2018 onwards, it publishes a list of the most-watched programmes within the Viacom-owned network.[21]
Year | Broadcast | Viewers |
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2003 | Bassie & Adriaan & De reis vol verassingen (repetition) | 279,000 |
2004 | Zoop | 468,000 |
2005 | Zoop | 320,000 |
2006 | SpongeBob SquarePants | 292,000 |
2007 | Het Huis Anubis | 421,000 |
2008 | Avatar | 507,000 |
2009 | Het Huis Anubis | 477,000 |
2010 | Avatar | 333,000 |
2011 | iCarly | 322,000 |
2012 | Avatar: The Legend of Korra | 340,000 |
2013 | Kids Choice Awards 2013 | 265,000 |
2014 | Avatar | 356,000 |
2015 | SpongeBob SquarePants | 155,000 |
2016 | Kids Choice Awards 2016 | 219,000 |
2017 | Kids Choice Awards 2017 | 179,000 |
2018 | Thundermans | 124,000 |
2019 | N/A | N/A |
2020 | N/A | N/A |
Sister channels[edit]
Nicktoons[edit]
Nicktoons is a Dutch TV channel broadcasting in the Netherlands and Belgium, which mostly airs cartoons. It launched together with NickMusic on 2 August 2007. At daytime the cartoons are dubbed in Dutch and at night the cartoons are spoken in English, but subtitled in Dutch.[22]
Nick Jr.[edit]
Nick Jr. is a preschooler's channel and is the sister channel to Nickelodeon. After the transition of Kindernet to Nickelodeon in 2003[23] Nick Jr. became a programme block on Nickelodeon in the morning.[1] Nick Jr. would launch as a separate 24-hour channel on 1 January 2005 but due to some capacity issues it eventually launched a few months later on 1 May.[24]
NickMusic[edit]
NickMusic (formerly Nick Hits) is a digital music video channel for children. It launched together with Nicktoons on 2 August 2007.[22]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Nickelodeon-telvisievormgeving". Beeld en Geluid wiki. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Kindernet Change Log". Kingofsat.net. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ Stichting Kijkonderzoek. "JAARPERSBERICHT TV KIJKCIJFERS (01-01-2020 T/M 31-12-2020)" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Onderwerp: Persbericht kijkcijfers 2009" (PDF). Stichting Kijkonderzoek. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "MTV neemt Kindernet over". Radio.nl. 17 October 2001.
- ^ "Nickelodeon-telvisievormgeving". Beeld en Geluid wiki. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ Chalaby, Jean K. (2009). Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks. I.B.Tauris. p. 121. ISBN 9780857717474.
- ^ "Samenwerking Nickelodeon (Kindernet) en Veronica stopt per 1 september 2003". Kabelraden.nl. 6 May 2003. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Games, Volledige afleveringen Nick Jr, Videoclips op Nick Jr".
- ^ "Talpa start op Nickelodeon". Nieuwsbank. 1 August 2005.
- ^ David de Jong (20 October 2006). "Talpa 24 uur per dag; Nickelodeon op kanaal The Box, The Box ingeperkt". DutchMedia Weblog.
- ^ David de Jong (22 March 2007). "Comedy Central neemt 30 april de plek van The Box (Comedy) in". DutchMedia Weblog.
- ^ "TMF maakt plaats voor Comedy Central en KinderNet". Mediacourant.nl. 4 November 2010.
- ^ Piet Boon (19 September 2012). "Wat doet UPC met Nickelodeon HD?". Piet Boon's Blog.
- ^ Jarco Kriek (5 September 2012). "Meer HD-kanalen bij KPN". Totaal TV.
- ^ "Dutch launch for Spike in October". BroadbandTVNews.com. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Spike TV begonnen in Nederland en België". TotaalTV.nl. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Robert Briel (1 November 2016). "Spike goes 24/7 exclusively on Ziggo". BroadbandTVNews.com. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Verschuiving zender Nickelodeon". Ziggo.nl. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Jarco Kriek & Jan-Hein Visser (21 February 2017). "Spike 24/7 na Ziggo ook bij KPN, Caiway en T-Mobile Thuis". TotaalTV. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Jaarrapporten". Stichting Kijkonderzoek. Stichting Kijkonderzoek. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ a b David de Jong (2 August 2007). "MTV Networks gestart met TMF Pure, Nick Hits en Nick Toons". Dutchmedia Weblog.
- ^ "Samenwerking Nickelodeon (Kindernet) en Veronica stopt per 1 september 2003". Kabelraden.nl. 6 May 2003. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
- ^ David de Jong (26 April 2005). "TMF-themakanalen eerst bij Unet". Dutchmedia Weblog.