Nicktoons Network
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| Nicktoons Network | |
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| Launched | May 1, 2002 |
| Owned by | (Viacom) |
| Picture format | SDTV |
| Slogan | Not Just Cartoons, Nicktoons |
| Country | United States |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Sister channel(s) | Nickelodeon, Nick Too, Nick GaS, Noggin, The N |
| Website | Official Site |
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| DirecTV | Channel 302 |
| Dish Network | Channel 178 |
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| Available on most cable systems | Check Local Listings for channels |
Nicktoons Network, once known as Nicktoons TV and simply Nicktoons, is a digital cable and satellite television network. It is a sister service of the Nickelodeon cable channel.
This network is similar to Disney Channel's sister-related project Toon Disney/Jetix and Cartoon Network's sister-related project Boomerang.
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[edit] History
It was launched on May 1, 2002 (SpongeBob's 3rd anniversary) as Nicktoons TV, at first only available on digital cable until early 2004, when it began its broadcast on satellite television as well. In February 2005, Nickelodeon announced that Nicktoons would become ad-supported.
Nicktoons TV re-launched itself on September 23, 2005, as Nicktoons Network, introducing a brand new logo of a globe with the familiar Nickelodeon "Splat" that had been a Nick trademark since that network re-launched in 1984, and adapted a Hollywood-esque theme and a new campaign slogan of "Animation Capital of the World." In February 2006, Nicktoons Network introduced their first original series, Kappa Mikey.
Ever since the re-launch in 2005, the channel has had a darker sense of humor. This includes the paper-mache interstitials "Don't Try This", which usually include one or two characters getting hurt or dying.
[edit] Programming
Its original programming consists nearly all of animated television programs formerly or currently broadcasted on its parent network. The network has also premiered many original shows in recent years, causing many of the older Nickelodeon cartoons to be removed from the schedule, most recent of the removals being Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life.
[edit] International versions
Nicktoons was launched in the United Kingdom in July of 2002, although, unlike the United States version, it has been ad-supported since it launched. Also unlike the US version, it does not broadcast 24/7. Nicktoons Network will also launch in Australia along with its competitor Toon Disney possibly a few months apart.
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