Nicktoons (British and Irish TV channel)

Nicktoons (known as Toons in "Next" bumpers) is a British pay television channel launched on Monday 22 July 2002. It is a cartoon-based sister channel to Nickelodeon. The channel airs Nicktoons, as well as acquired programming from outside providers. Unlike the United States version, it has been ad-supported since launch.

This article is about the British version of Nicktoons. For the US version of the channel, see Nicktoons (American TV channel).

Nicktoons
Launched22 July 2002 (2002-07-22)
Owned by(ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia/Sky Group)
Picture format576i 16:9 SDTV
Audience share0.08% (March 2017 (2017-03), BARB)
CountryUnited Kingdom and Ireland
LanguageEnglish
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom and Ireland
Formerly calledNicktoons TV
(22 July 2002 – 11 October 2004)
NickToons
(12 October 2004 – 30 April 2010)
Sister channel(s)Nickelodeon
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. Too
Websitewww.nicktoons.co.uk
Availability
Satellite
SkyChannel 606
Cable
Virgin Media
(UK)		Channel 717
Virgin Media IrelandChannel 606
WightFibreChannel 102
IPTV
TalkTalk Plus TVChannel 485
BTChannel 485
BT (via Now TV)Channel 469
PlusnetChannel 485
Eir VisionChannel 606
Streaming media
Now TVWatch live (UK only)

History

Nicktoons was launched on 22 July 2002 as "Nicktoons TV". On 12 October 2004, the channel was rebranded from Nicktoons TV to NickToons. The channel rebrand featured the Pixel characters as the channel's first mascots, designed by Slomo Productions and directed by Filipe Alcada.[1]

From 17 February 2007 to 30 April 2010, there was another rebrand featuring 4 mascots; Rooftop (a moose), Beat (a mouse/rat), Colin (a brain) and Spoon (a humanlike creature), designed by Studio AKA.[2] The new 'worldwide rebrand' logo for Nicktoons was introduced on 30 April 2010 (along with the full lower-casing of the channel name), with a new imaging campaign introduced on 2 January 2012. On 13 November 2014, there were new idents introduced with the eyes/faces of characters from shows on the channel.

Sister channels

Nicktoonsters
Main article: Nicktoonsters

On 18 August 2008, a new spin-off channel to Nicktoons was launched under the title of Nicktoonsters. The channel was exclusive to Sky. The channel broadcast older programming which was dropped from the main Nicktoons schedule prior to launch. It took up half the time of a channel space shared with Comedy Central Extra +1.[3] The channel closed on 31 July 2009 and was replaced with a 1-hour timeshift of Nicktoons, Nicktoons Replay on 1 August 2009.

Nicktoons Replay

A +1 feed of Nicktoons known as Nicktoons Replay launched in place of Nicktoonsters on 1 August 2009.[4] The channel was discontinued 1 October 2012, with Comedy Central Extra +1 again in full control of the channel slot's airtime. Nicktoons Replay's old EPG position was used to launch a one-hour timeshift of Nick Jr., titled Nick Jr. +1.

Nicktoons Ireland

On 13 September 2012, it was announced that Sky would be launching an Irish feed of NickToons.[5] It launched 16 October 2012.

Programming
Main article: List of programmes broadcast by Nicktoons (UK and Ireland)

Programming blocks

In 2004, when Nicktoons TV extended its hours, the 19:00 – 22:00 slot was called Toonz2Nite (extended further to 23:00 in November 2005). This had a separate, distinct presentation from the main channel, and the programmes shown were generally aimed at older viewers.

The network began airing shows from NickSplat on 9 January 2017 until they stopped for unknown reasons around February 2017.

Logos
  • Used from 2010 to 2014
  • Current logo used since 2014

See also

References
  1. "NickToons – Re-brand". Slomo Productions. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. "NICKTOONS REFACE, Cinema promo (ref: p14)" (PDF). Stash DVD Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  3. Licence Details for Nick Toonsters Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Implementation – Nicktoons ReplayB". AGB Nielsen Media. 8 July 2009.
  5. "Digital marketing integral to SMEs". Irish Independent. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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