Nickelodeon (Latin American TV channel)

The channel was launched on 20 December 1996 in Latin America as a children-oriented channel, being the main competitor of Cartoon Network, which was launched three years before. In 1999, Nickelodeon launched its official website for the region, MundoNick.com. "Nick Radio" was also available, but eventually it was replaced by the Nick Jr. official site.

On 13 February 2006, a programming block named Nick at Nite was launched. It consisted mostly of live-action shows from the 80s and 90s, and aired from 10 pm to 6 am. On May 15 of the same year, it premiered their first sitcom locally produced in Mexico, Skimo.[4]

On 9 June 2008, the channel launched "Nickers", a live-action show with two hosts introducing shows and music. It followed the same line and was very similar to Disney Channel's Zapping Zone. The block was cancelled in all feeds in December 2008. In 2008, two locally produced series premiered, both being soap operas. The first one, Isa TKM premiered on 29 September 2008 and La maga y el camino dorado premiered on 13 October of that same year.

In 2009, a programming block called Nick Hits, which airs classic Nick Toons, replaced Nick at Nite on weekends. On 5 April 2010, Nickelodeon Latin America was rebranded with the new logo already in use in the US and most countries in the world, making it one of the last Nickelodeon international feeds to switch to the new graphics. Due to the rebrand, NickHits was closed down and replaced again by Nick at Nite. In June 2010, Viacom gave the rights for Mexico to release their own Kids Choice Awards.[5] It premiered on 4 September 2010. On 20 July 2010, another original series called Sueña conmigo premiered on the channel.

Through August 2010, Nickelodeon started to rerun the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender to promote the 2010 film adaptation; with this, a new on-air logo was shown when the series was broadcast, an arrow blurring takes on/off in the Nick logo.[6] On 2 May 2011, it was premiered the fifth original production Grachi. In late January 2012, MTV Networks Latin America announced another locally produced soap opera, Miss XV, that was premiered on 16 April 2012.[7]

Since 2012, the Nick at Nite programming block was no longer airing classic programming from the 80s and 90s and, instead, was a mere relay of Nickelodeon's 2000s and 2010s TV series that were not aired in the main slot anymore.

On 1 January 2015 the Nick at Nite programming block went off the air.

On 29 August 2023, nearly 6 months after its rebrand in the US, Nickelodeon rebranded to the splat era during the 2023 Mexican Kids Choice Awards.

On October 17, 2023, Nickelodeon (Feeds 2 and 3 only) delocalised and started to use some assets from EMEAA,[8][9][10]except for the Mexico feed (Feed 1).[11] Trailers are now textless and end credits on Feed 2 are replaced with short credits, indicating the show's name, production company and year, while end credits on Feed 3 are replaced with short credits along with dubbing credits, which is different from EMEAA and Feed 2, similar to the Nickelodeon channels in EMEAA.[12] However, it is still retaining some localization, such as advertisements, localised text on selected trailers, and opt-outs for local programming, such as Marcelo Martelo Marshmellow on all feeds. This is a result of Nick Jr.'s delocalisation on September 19, 2023.[13]

Nickelodeon Latin America is divided into three different feeds for its broadcast in the Latin American region.

• Feed 1: Mexico
• Feed 2: Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Central America, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia
• Feed 3: Brazil with Brazilian Portuguese audio

• Official website