Nickelodeon (commonly shortened to Nick) is a British pay television network.

[3] Nick@Nite was also planned from early 1994[4][5] but never implemented; off-air Nickelodeon would air static logos, schedule information and teletext.

The British version of Nick Jr. also launched on the channel's first day, broadcasting during school hours.

Live presentation followed in 1994, branded as Nick Alive!, which was soon moved into its own studio in the London Trocadero, and relocated to the station's new headquarters on Rathbone Place in 1995.

On 1 September 1999, two sister channels were launched, Nick Jr. and Nickelodeon Replay (a +1 hour timeshift).

Nickelodeon's UK operations was owned by Nickelodeon UK Ltd., which originally operated as a 50-50 joint venture between MTV Networks International and Kidsprog Ltd., a subsidiary of BSkyB formed solely for the launch of the channel.

On 31 October 2022, Sky sold its stake in Nickelodeon UK Ltd., to Paramount International Networks, meaning they now own full control.

In July 1999 it was announced Nick Jr would be given its own channel[14] and was launched as a 14-hour (initially 13) standalone channel on analogue and digital pay TV on 1 September 1999[15] and subsequently the block was taken off Nickelodeon in July 2000 (but shortly reintroduced in 2005).

Nick Jr. +1 launched on 2 October 2012, replacing Nicktoons Replay, which closed the previous day.

Its licence first appeared on the Ofcom website in September 2007 (initially named "Nicktoons 2", and changed to Nicktoonsters on 3 July 2008).

[18][19] Over the years the network has produced series including Genie in the House (2006–2009), Summer in Transylvania (2010–2012), Goldie’s Oldies (2021) and Overlord and the Underwoods (2021-).

House of Anubis (2011-2013) were created in the UK, but were produced for the American channel and premiered in the US market first.

Traditionally, the Kids' Choice Awards in the United Kingdom and Ireland before 2007 included only an airing of the original ceremony from the US.

No ceremony or UK-specific awards were held in 2009 after network budget cuts, and since 2010 only a few local categories are voted by children in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which are awarded each year by Nickelodeon presenters as continuity during the airing of the American ceremony on a one-day delay.