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Nicktoonsters

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Nicktoonsters
Country
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
Programming
Picture format(SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerNicktoons UK
(Viacom International Media Networks Europe/Sky plc)
Sister channelsNicktoons
Nickelodeon
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. Too
History
Launched18 August 2008;16 years ago(18 August 2008)
Closed31 July 2009;15 years ago(31 July 2009)
Replaced byNicktoons Replay

Nicktoonsterswas a short-lived British and Irishtelevision channelwhich launched on 18 August 2008 onSky.It was a spin-off channel ofNicktoons.

History

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Nicktoonsters' licence first appeared on theOFCOMwebsite in September 2007.[1]The network was targeted to 5-11-year-old children and aired mainly older library content fromNicktoons,broadcasting twelve hours per day from 7am to 7pm daily, with Comedy Central Extra +1 taking the other twelve hours in a channel-sharing arrangement upon the launch of Nicktoonsters.

Nicktoonsters launched with aRugratsmarathon week before it commenced its regular schedule in August 2008, at first exclusively formed of "classic" shows. In later months, newer programmes such asThe Fairly OddParentsandSpongeBob SquarePantsaired on holidays and weekends.

Closure

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Nicktoonsters ended its run on 31 July 2009 at 7pm, nearly a year after its launch.Nicktoons +1,known asNicktoons Replay,replaced it in August 2009.[2][3] Comedy Central Extra +1 (Formerly Paramount Comedy 2 +1) eventually reclaimed the full 24 hours of channel space in October 2012 when Nicktoons Replay was discontinued and replaced byNick Jr. +1.

See also

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References

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  1. ^Licence Details for Nick ToonstersArchived2008-04-05 at theWayback Machine
  2. ^"Ceasing of Reporting - Nicktoonsters".AGB Nielsen Media. 2009-07-28.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^"Implementation - Nicktoons ReplayB".AGB Nielsen Media. 2009-07-08.[permanent dead link]
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