The original version of Nickelodeon was launched on 5 July 1995 on the DFS Kopernikus satellite and a few cable providers in North Rhine-Westphalia.

After Der Kinderkanal launched in January 1997, Nickelodeon lost its valuable slot on many cable providers and started timesharing with VH-1 Germany on satellite between 6.00am and 8.00pm.

Nickelodeon was a financial failure and lost 150,000,000 Deutsche Mark due to weak advertising sales and its inability to compete against the more successful Kinderkanal.

During the station's final three days, a testcard aired after each programme informing viewers of its impending closure.

[5] The channel closed on 31 May 1998 at the regular time of 8.00 pm with a montage (also pre-made)[4] thanking viewers and informing them Nickelodeon's programming would soon be available elsewhere, before cutting to VH1 as usual.

Nickelodeon eventually replaced MTV2 Pop; since February 2006, in addition to international series, it started airing locally produced shows.

[8] In October 2007, a special German version of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was produced and broadcast on the channel.

[10] On 15 December 2008, Comedy Central Germany replaced Nick nach acht on Nickelodeon, taking over its airing time as a timeshared channel starting 8.15pm.

Furthermore, Nickelodeon introduced a new overnight programming block called Nicknight, replacing Comedy Central's airing time from 9.00 pm to 5.45 am.

[18] On 17 September, it was announced by the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) that they had blocked RTL's purchase of Nickelodeon Germany.

[19] Since 1 June 2006, an Austrian subfeed of the channel is also being broadcast, initially timesharing with VIVA Austria from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm.

Since 1 October 2021, the channel started timesharing with Comedy Central Austria, along with a new licence from RRtv, using the European graphics package, its schedule and its original name, Nickelodeon.

A Swiss subfeed for German-speaking viewers was launched on 1 April 2009, first timesharing with VIVA Switzerland and then with Comedy Central starting in 16 May 2011.