Summary
Nickelodeon is a Malaysian television channel owned by Astro. It launched on November 1, 1999.
 Logo in use since August 1, 2023[a] | |
| Broadcast area | Malaysia, Brunei |
|---|---|
| Network | Paramount Networks EMEAA |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English (original audio), Malay, Mandarin |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Astro |
| History | |
| Launched | May 21, 1999 |
| Replaced | Nickelodeon Southeast Asia) (Malaysia only) |
| Links | |
| Website | Nickelodeon SEA Homepage |
Nickelodeon is available on Astro Channel 616. English is a primary audio of the channel with dubbing in Malay on the secondary audio channel. In 2008, a third audio channel Mandarin was added. However, the Malay and Mandarin audio channels are only available on selected programming blocks. It attempted to access them on blocks where they are not transmitted yields the English primary audio channel.
History edit
Many of Nickelodeon's programming is also available on free-to-air channel 8TV and TV9, though dubbed into Malay with the original English language track lost, as part of its Nickelodeon block, called Nick di 9 in 2006–2016 at 02:30 pm to 05:30 pm. However, CJ WOW Shop took over time on that slot, it moved to 08:30 am to 10:00 am every Monday to Thursday prior 4 April 2016 to 1 March 2018 and later reduced to every day at 07.00 pm for showing selected program on 5 March 2018. More popular programs are also aired with their original English And Malay soundtracks on TV3, NTV7 and 8TV.
On 26 August 2019, Unifi TV broadcast the channel in HD due to high viewership.
On 21 November 2019, Astro broadcast the channel in HD on Channel 632 and moved to Channel 616 on 1 April 2020.
In late March 2019, Nick's show slot on TV9 was transferred to TV3 under a new name, Nickelodeon Bananana! TV3. It runs from 10am to 11am.
Logo History edit
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July 16, 1996 – March 13, 2010 -
March 14, 2010 – August 1, 2023 (Concurrently used) -
August 1, 2023 - Present
Current programs edit
See also edit
- Nickelodeon South East Asia
- ViacomCBS Networks International
- Nickeledeon Bananana TV3 (Redirects to Malay Wikipedia)
Notes edit
- ^ The logo's wordmark has been in use since 2010. Additionally, this logo is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.
External links edit
- Nickelodeon SEA Homepage