Nicktoons Global
European children's television channel
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Nicktoons (sometimes called Nicktoons Europe) is a European international children's television network operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA. Launched on March 1, 2012, international version of the American television channel Nicktoons, the network serves many of the countries in the European Union, and features several feeds differentiated by time zones and local languages being the primary audio feed offered, with other languages offered through second audio program options. Other networks may display the domestic language as open-access subtitles.[citation needed]
Balkans
Central Europe
Eastern Europe
CIS
 Logo used since 20 May 2024 | |
| Broadcast area | Scandinavia Balkans Central Europe Eastern Europe CIS |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English Polish Czech Danish Hungarian Norwegian Russian Romanian Bulgarian Serbian Croatian Slovenian Swedish Turkish Estonian Latvian Lithuanian Kazakh |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Networks EMEAA |
| Parent | Nickelodeon Group |
| Sister channels | Nickelodeon Nick Jr. MTV Global |
| History | |
| Launched | January 2017 (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) February 2017 (Nordic and Türkiye) 15 February 2018 (Poland) 12 December 2018 (Russia) 1 April 2019 (Hungary and Romania) 5 June 2019 (Bulgaria) 30 October 2019 (Czech Republic) 1 December 2019 (Moldova) 22 January 2020 (Ukraine) 14 July 2020 (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania) |
| Closed | 28 April 2022 (Russia) 14 December 2022 (Belarus) 1 January 2026 (Ukraine) |
History
On March 1, 2012, Nicktoons Global was created by merging Nicktoons Germany and Nicktoons Netherlands. The promo without text.[1][2]
In January 2017, a Russian audio track was added for the Baltics (the channel appeared in the CIS in 2018).[3][4] In February 2017, the channel was expanded by adding audio tracks in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Arabic, and Turkish for the respective countries.[5][6]
The channel launched in Poland on 15 February 2018 at 10 a.m. (Polish time), replacing Nickelodeon HD.[7]
On 12 December 2018, Nicktoons launched in Russia,[8] then in Hungary and Romania on 1 April 2019,[9] in Bulgaria on 5 June 2019,[10] in Czech Republic on 30 October 2019,[11] in Ukraine on 22 January 2020, and in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Albania on 14 July 2020.[12]
The channel closed in Russia on 28 April 2022[13] and in Belarus on 14 December 2022.[14]
On 1 April 2023, Nicktoons launched three new feeds in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, a month before Latvia changed the law on language possibilities.[15][16]
On 1 January 2026, the channel closed in Ukraine along with the Nick Jr. channel and the main Nickelodeon channel in the area.[17]
Logos
1 March 2012 until 1 February 2017
1 February 2017 until 20 May 2024
from 20 May 2024
