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| Country | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Netherlands |
| Network | Paramount Network |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Networks EMEAA |
| Sister channels | MTV MTV Hits MTV Live MTV 80s MTV 90s MTV 00s Comedy Central Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Nicktoons NickMusic |
| History | |
| Launched | 14 February 2011; 14 years ago (2011-02-14) |
| Former names | TeenNick (2011-2015) Spike (2015–2022) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Paramount Network is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel in theNetherlands, based on the American rebrandedParamount Network. The television channels launched as Spike on 1 October 2015. It was the third Spike channel next to the US andUK version of the channel. The television channel aimed at an audience of mainly men. Initially it only broadcast daily between 21:00 and 2:30, time-sharing withNickelodeon. As of 12 December 2016 the channel is broadcasting 24 hours a day in the Netherlands. Until 6 January 2021, the channel was also available in Flanders. On 24 May 2022, the channel was renamed by Paramount Network.
On 18 August 2015, Viacom announced that Spike would launch in the Netherlands and Flanders on 1 October 2015.[1] It started broadcasting at night and broadcasts from 21:00 to 2:30 on Nickelodeon, replacing TeenNick in its time slot.[2] This brings the American Spike channel for the first time in the Netherlands and Belgium.
On 12 December 2016 Spike launched as a 24-hours channel onZiggo in the Netherlands, followed byKPN,Telfort,XS4ALL, Caiway andT-Mobile Thuis 3 months later.Nickelodeon became a 24-hours channel again. On some platforms in the Netherlands, and in Flanders Spike kept time-sharing daily between 21:05 and 5:00 with Nickelodeon, which is 2.5 hours longer than before 12 December 2016.[3][4][5]
On 18 January 2018, the American channel Spike was rebranded asParamount Network by Viacom Media Networks to closely associate with theParamount Pictures movie studio. Later followed by5Spike in the UK.[6] The Dutch channel has been renamed by Paramount Network on 24 May 2022.[7]
In December 2020 it was announced that Spike would stop broadcasting in Flanders on 6 January 2021. Since that day, Nickelodeon is broadcasting 24 hours a day in Flanders.[8][9]
