Nickelodeon Kuboia

Nickelodeon Kuboia was a Kuboian children's television channel owned and operated by MTV Networks Kuboia. The channel was launched on 6th September, 1993 and closed on 5th September, 2010.

Early history - 1993 to 2005
Nickelodeon Kuboia was launched on 6th September, 1993, the same day as sister channel Paramount Select. During its first two and a half years on air, Nickelodeon Kuboia aired everyday from 5:00a.m. to 7:00p.m., with Paramount Select airing from 7:00p.m. to 4:00a.m. The channel used a combination of both idents used by the British version of the channel at the time, as well as its own unique presentation that was used for almost eleven years.

On 29th April, 1996, Nickelodeon Kuboia extended its broadcast hours to 5:00a.m. to 9:00p.m., and some of the channel's programming was dropped and moved to Nick Jr. Kuboia, which launched on 12th August that year.

Later years - 2004 to 2010
The channel started using the iconic splat logo on 31st October, 2005.

A one-hour timeshift service for the channel titled Nick Replay was launched on 17th November, 2008. On most providers, the service took up the EPG position of KT, which had closed the previous day.

Closure
In September 2009, it was confirmed that all Viacom-owned channels would be closed in Kuboia by the end of 2010. Although Nickelodeon Kuboia was scheduled to close by April 2010, the closure was indefinitely delayed for unknown reasons. In July that year, it was announced that it would end operations on 5th September.

Nickelodeon Kuboia closed down for the final time on 5th September, 2010 at 11:02p.m. after an episode of Inner Personality. The channel spent its last two minutes on-air looping its generic idents. On most television providers, it was replaced with the Jetanie feed the following day.

Some of the channel's shows now air on other channels, such as Sumkids Network and Boing.

Programming
Despite its shared name, Nickelodeon Kuboia had little to do with its American counterpart. Although it was originally centred around Nicktoons and other classic animation, beginning in 2004, the channel began to slowly turn towards live-action comedies, game shows and animated series targeted towards an older audience. Nicktoons programming was mostly moved to the Nicktoons Network programming block, which launched in June 2004, and ran on Mondays and Thursdays from 8:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. Additionally, an anime-orientated block, Nick Power was introduced in 2006, and ran on Monday afternoons from 3:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.

International availability
Outside of Kuboia, the channel was available on NTL in the Island of Sally, in the Philippines on, and certain providers in Cupia and the Noobian Union.