Nickelodeon (Asia)
Nickelodeon is a pan-Asian pay television channel operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA and owned by Paramount International Networks, based in Singapore and broadcast to audiences in Southeast Asia and certain regions in Oceania like Polynesia and Papua New Guinea. The channel was launched on 1998 and mainly broadcasts original series from Nickelodeon's namesake television channel in the United States.
History
The channel was first launched in the Middle East and North Africa in June 1996 as a 24-hour English-language TV channel.Since 1996, Nickelodeon decided to reach the popular channel to the Philippines, Japan, Russia & the CIS, and Asia. One of their shorts were Right Here, Right Now and their ID's were by FRONT. Broadcasts in Singapore started on 9 March 2001. In 2003, it became a part of NickSplat.
On October 11, 2006, Viacom's subsidiary MTV Networks Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage a feed based in Singapore. Nickelodeon was launched in Singapore and expanded its services in Southeast Asia and Polynesia. Nickelodeon Philippines, Nickelodeon Pakistan, and Nickelodeon India started working independently. They started their new website in 2003.
In 2018, the channel launched in both Sri Lanka and Maldives, replacing Nickelodeon India due to the said feed's heavy localization.
On August 1, 2023, the channel started to utilize the Splat 2023 branding used internationally.
Availability
Middle East
In the Middle East, Nickelodeon Asia was made available to Middle Eastern viewers in the region via the ABS-2 satellite and it was broadcast in English. Previously, the channel was made available to Middle Eastern viewers in the region via the Palapa C2 and D satellites until 2010, when Nickelodeon Asia left Palapa D.Philippines
Available in English, Nickelodeon Asia was launched in the Philippines on April 1, 2011 as a dedicated Filipino Nickelodeon channel.Singapore
In Singapore, Nickelodeon Asia is available in English. The channel was launched on March 9, 2001.Indonesia
In Indonesia, Nickelodeon Asia is available in both Indonesian and English and it was launched in February 1999.Malaysia
Available since October 1999; currently broadcasting in English, Malaysian, Mandarin Chinese.Thailand
In Thailand, Nickelodeon Asia is available via TrueVisions and it was broadcast in Thai. In 2020, Nickelodeon was extended to AIS Play & 3BB Giga TV for Major Pay Television Networks in Thailand along with Nick Jr..Taiwan
In Taiwan, Nickelodeon Asia is available in Mandarin Chinese.Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, Nickelodeon Asia is currently broadcasting in Cantonese, made available since February 2002.Maldives
In the Maldives, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Asia were launched available on Medianet in June 2018.Myanmar
In Myanmar, Nickelodeon Asia is available on Channel 15 on Sky Net and Canal+ Myanmar Channel 114 and is also on OTT Platform Cookie TV.Sri Lanka
in Sri Lanka, Nickelodeon Asia launched in August 2018 on Dialog TV, replacing Nick India. However, Nick India continues to broadcast on PEO TV.South Korea
In South Korea, Nickelodeon Asia was launched in 2003 in South Korea airing in English with subtitles in Korean and was available through SkyLife. the channel replaced Tooniverse but was later removed in 2006, SkyLife did not carry Nickelodeon until 2014.On July 1, 2022, Nickelodeon was replaced with KiZmom, and relaunched as a programming block on Tooniverse.