Nickelodeon (Turkish TV channel)
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 The current logo used since 31 March 2010 | |
| Country | Turkey |
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| Broadcast area | Turkey Northern Cyprus |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Turkish English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA |
| Sister channels | Nick Jr. MTV Europe Nickelodeon HD VH1 Europe Nicktoons MTV Hits (Europe) |
| History | |
| Launched | 10 December 1997 |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Digiturk | Channel 172 (SD) Channel 173 and Channel 355 (HD) |
Nickelodeon is a children's cable/satellite television channel which launched on 10 December 1997.
History[]
Nickelodeon was launched on 10 December 1997 on cable by Turkish company RTV and timeshared with .
In 2001, Multi Channel Developers took over Nickelodeon's license, thus making it a 24-hour channel.
On 31 March 2010, Nickelodeon had a major rebrand with new idents and a new logo.
On 22 May 2010, Nickelodeon and MTV Turkey were taken off of Digiturk, most likely due to disagreement issues.
On 2 June 2010, Nickelodeon and MTV Turkey's websites were shut down, due to an argument between MCD and Viacom.
On 31 August 2011, Viacom ended MCD's license of the two channels, thus getting the local channels shut down. Nickelodeon and MTV Europe later started broadcasting in English on D-Smart.
In February 2012, Viacom reached an agreement with Digiturk and brought back Nickelodeon and MTV to Turkey. Starting on 1 March 2012, Nickelodeon still broadcasts in Turkish today, while MTV has Turkish subtitles over the European feed.
On 1 May 2012, the Nick Jr. channel came to Turkey and mainly broadcasts preschooler shows for young kids aged 2–8 and is a 24-hour kid's channel much like Nickelodeon.
On 1 July 2012, Nickelodeon HD launched. It became Turkey's first and, as of now, only HD kids channel.
In 2017, The Loud House was banned by the Turkish government due to Luna Loud being a Lesbian. This happened after L Is for Love. Although The website still has services to stream.
External links[]
 Television in Turkey | |
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| Turkish Radio and Television | |
| Demirören Group |
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| Turkuvaz Media Group | |
| Doğuş Media Group | |
| Ciner Media Group |
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| Acun Media | |
| beIN Media Group |
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| The Walt Disney Company Turkey |
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| Discovery, Inc. |
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| ViacomCBS |
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| New World Media Group |
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| Esmedya | |
| İhlas Media Group | |
| BBC Television |
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| Defunct |
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