Nickelodeon (Greek TV channel)

Nickelodeon is a private free-to-air children's and youth entertainment television channel of regional scope that broadcasts in Attica, Argo-Saronic Gulf and Euboea, and by satellite in the rest of Greece through Nova and Cosmote TV, based in Nea Ionia, Attica and launched on 3 September 2010.

Nickelodeon Greece
CountryGreece
Cyprus
Broadcast areaAttica, Argosaronikos, central & southern Evia, northwestern Cyclades, Kythira, Boeotia and parts of Peloponnese
HeadquartersNea Ionia, Attica, Greece
Programming
Language(s)Greek
English (with Greek subtitles)
Picture format1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerTilekinisi (Local TV) S.M.S.A.
Sister channelsNickelodeon Plus
Patra TV
History
Launched19 July 1995 (Local TV)
3 September 2010 (Nickelodeon)
Closed3 September 2010 (Local TV)
Links
Websitewww.nickelodeon.gr
Availability
Terrestrial
DigeaChannel 34 (Ymittos, Parnitha, Aegina, Oktonia, Prasino, Chalcis, Avlonas, Vari, Nea Stira, Lavrio, Anavyssos, Sounion, Nea Makri, Darditsa)

History

The channel started in mid-1995, initially as Local TV with a news nature and emphasis on society, sports and education. It broadcast news bulletins with topics from all the municipalities of Attica, municipal councils and informative broadcasts.

In December 2005 it was replaced by the Social Business Channel enriching its news program with financial broadcasts for the stock market. On May 9, 2006, Telekinisi (Local TV) S.A. had signed a contract with Video and Computer Applications S.A. (now SBC TV S.A.) to outsource the production of the station's program, which exceeded 30% of the monthly running time, which is prohibited by law.[1]

Since the beginning of SBC, it has been illegally broadcasting from its analogue frequencies 22 UHF (from Ymittos) and 50 UHF (from Aegina), which had been granted to ERT to broadcast the Parliament channel. On June 15, 2010, its operation was suspended, as only its broadcast by Ymittos was officially deemed illegal by NCRTV and EETT.[2][3][4]

At that time it changed ownership and on July 12 the channel returned to its old frequencies (35 and 49 UHF) under its old name, as Local TV with a change of style, rebroadcasting Nickelodeon's programs on a trial basis.[5][6][7] On September 3, it got its current name.

Some of the series that the station has aired have previously been broadcast by Alpha TV, its sister stations, Alpha Kids[8][9][10] (from the subscription platform of the TV channel of the same name) and TV Cosmopolis (now One Channel) and sister network Polis NET, from 2001 until 2007, when the Nickelodeon series became more widely known, as well as from Alter Channel and Star Channel.

Programming

Animated

Live-action

TeenNick (23:00-06:00)

Nick Jr.

Former series

References
  1. "NCRTV Decision 606/2008". NCRTV/NDCGR. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  2. Ελευθεροτυπία - Κατασχέθηκε ο πομπός του SBC - Τρίτη 15 Ιουνίου 2010
  3. Antinews - Κατέβασαν την κεραία του SBC - 15/6/2010
  4. Πρώτο Θέμα - Αποξήλωση παράνομης κεραίας στον Υμηττό - 15/06/2010
  5. "Nickelodeon με σήμα καμπάνα στην Αττική..." Greek Digital TV. 2010-07-12.
  6. "Nickelodeon απόβαση στον Αττικό ουρανό με δοκιμαστικό πρόγραμμα μέσω Local TV". Greek Digital TV. 2010-07-15.
  7. "Έρχεται το ελληνικό Nickelodeon!". Greek Digital TV. 2010-08-22.
  8. "nickolodeon". alpha-digital.gr. Archived from the original on 2002-04-06. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  9. "nickolodeon". alpha-digital.gr. Archived from the original on 2002-06-03. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  10. "ALPHA KIDS". alpha-digital.gr. Archived from the original on 2002-08-02. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
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