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| Broadcast area | Latin America and theCaribbean |
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| Programming | |
| Languages | Spanish English (via SAP track)[1] |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9/4:3480i/576i for theSDTV feeds) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Networks Americas |
| Sister channels | Nick Jr. MTV Comedy Central |
| History | |
| Launched | 20 December 1996; 29 years ago (1996-12-20) |
| Links | |
| Website | nickelodeon |
Nickelodeon is a Latin Americanpay television channel and is a variant of the American television channelof the same name. It is owned byParamount Skydance and was launched on 20 December 1996.[2] Aside from airing Nick andNick Jr. content, it has produced original programming for the channel and has been sold to local distributors worldwide except for Cuba ascable television is banned in that country.[3]
The channel was launched on 20 December 1996 inLatin America as a child-oriented channel, being the main competitor ofCartoon 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 theNick 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 1980s and 1990s, and aired from 10 pm to 6 am. On 15 May 2006, 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 a similar concept toDisney Channel'sZapping Zone. The block was cancelled in all feeds in December 2008. In 2008, two locally produced series premiered, both beingsoap operas. The first one,Isa TKM premiered on 29 September 2008 andLa maga y el camino dorado premiered on 13 October of that same year.
In 2009, a programming block calledNick Hits, which aired classicNicktoons, replaced Nick at Nite on weekends. On 5 April 2010, Nickelodeon Latin America was rebranded to match with other international Nickelodeon feeds around the world, making it one of the last Nickelodeon international feeds to switch to the new graphics. Following the rebrand, NickHits was discontinued and replaced again by Nick at Nite. In June 2010,Viacom gave the rights for Mexico to produce their ownKids' Choice Awards.[5] It premiered on 4 September 2010. On 20 July 2010, another original series calledSueña conmigo premiered on the channel.
In August 2010, Nickelodeon started to rerun the animated seriesAvatar: The Last Airbender to promote the2010 film adaptation; with this, a new on-air logo was shown when the series was broadcast, an arrow blurring takes on or off in the Nick logo.[6] On 2 May 2011, it was premiered the fifth original productionGrachi. In January 2012,MTV Networks Latin America announced another locally produced soap opera,Miss XV, which premiered on 16 April 2012.[7]
In 2012, theNick at Nite programming block replaced its programming from the 1980s and 1990s with some of Nickelodeon's 2000s and 2010s series.
On 1 January 2015, theNick at Nite programming block was discontinued.
On 29 August 2023, nearly 6 months after its rebrand in the US, Nickelodeon rebranded to the splat era during the 2023 Mexico Kids' Choice Awards.
On 17 October 2023, the Panregional feed of Nickelodeon delocalised and started to use some assets from EMEAA,[8][9][10] except for the Mexico feed.[11] Trailers are now textless and end credits on Panregional feed are replaced with short credits, indicating the show's name, production company and year, 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. This is a result ofNick Jr.'s delocalisation on September 19, 2023.[13]
On 14 November 2023, the Mexico feed migrated to the EMEAA playout, screenbug and banners.[14] However, it still retained the graphics, promos and end credits (except dubbing credits)[15] until 1 September 2025, when the Mexican feed became fully delocalised.[16][17] While it now shares the same programming as the panregional feed, the two are still separated as trailers in the Mexico feed only mention Mexico time,[18] while in the Panregional feed Colombia and Argentina times are mentioned.
On 7 October 2025, Paramount announced thatNickelodeon would end in Brazil on 31 December 2025.[19] In Hispanic America, the channel will continue to operate due to the Hispanic American market having a high penetration of pay TV and being less reliant on cord-cutting than Brazil.[20]
Nickelodeon Latin America is divided into two different feeds for its broadcast in the Latin American region.
Verano Nick (Nick Summer) is a limited summer event, that holds in different places, such on beaches and hotels. It holds every year since 2007.
In 2010, Nickelodeon began to produce localized versions of theNickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for its Latin American markets; after a one-off event in 2003, theNickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards were relaunched on 4 September 2010 atSix Flags México inMexico City, hosted byOmar Chaparro andAnahí.[21] TheNickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards then premiered in 2011, held on 11 October 2011 atMicroestadio Malvinas Argentinas inBuenos Aires and hosted byNicolás Vázquez.[22] In 2014, theNickelodeon Colombia Kids' Choice Awards debuted.
Revista Nick (Nick Magazine) was launched on 27 November 2004 in Mexico, ending in April 2010, five months after the American version was ended due to the continued migration of network content to the internet.
MundoNick.com was the name of the network's official website which launched in 1999. In 2020, MundoNick.com was closed in favor of a new site for the network called Nickelodeon.la.
| Launched | July 4, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-07-04) |
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| Closed | April 5, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-04-05) |
| Channel | Nickelodeon Latin America |
| Origin | Latin America |
| Format | 480i/576i (SDTV) |
| Runtime | 8 Hours (approx.) |
| Replaced by | Nick at Nite Latin America |
Nick Hits was aprogramming block onNickelodeon that ran from 4 July 2009 to 5 April 2010, which aired classicNicktoons, it replacedNick at Nite on weekends. All of the block's programs were added to the lineup of Nick at Nite.
Nick Jr. is a cable television channel in Latin America owned by Paramount that was launched in July 2008 as a 24-hour channel aimed at preschool audience. Originally, it was a block on Nickelodeon from 1997 to 2017.
In September 2010, MTV Networks Latin America announced new plans for 2011, one of them, the launching ofNickelodeon HD officiallyMTV Live HD.[23] In May 2011, MTV Networks Latin America announced that the channel would launch on 1 June and would feature programming from the channel in HD.[24] The HD channel launched on 1 June 2011, all over Latin America.[24]
Nickelodeon HD starting simulcasting the main channel on 17 December 2015, and on 1 August 2016, the original HD channel was renamed Nick 2. It was replaced by the Latin American variant of TeenNick on 14 September 2020.
On 29 January 2013, it was announced that a Nicktoons channel would launch in Latin America. It started airing on 4 February 2013 on television providersCablevisión,Megacable and Cablecom.[25][26] In September 2020, the channel was replaced by the American feed ofNickMusic in many cable providers until the channel space was shut down in December 2020.
NickMusic started simulcasting their US feed on 1 September 2020, replacingVH1 MegaHits and Nicktoons in select Latin American countries. The first music video played on the channel was "Dynamite" byBTS. On 8 October 2025, Paramount announced that NickMusic would close in Latin America on 31 December 2025, due to the company's global restructuring policy.[27]
TeenNick (formerly Nick 2) is a commercial-free secondary channel of Nickelodeon. It replaced Nick 2 on 14 September 2020. On 8 October 2025, Paramount announced that TeenNick would close along withParamount Network, NickMusic and the MTV thematic channels (MTV 80s,MTV 00s,MTV Hits,MTV Live andClub MTV) in Latin America on 31 December 2025, due to the company's global restructuring policy.[27]
