Nick Party

Nick Party was a long-running Kuboian programming block that was broadcast on both Nickelodeon Kuboia and Nick Go! from 1999 to 2010. The block was centred around playing songs of the dance music genre, as well as playing their respective music videos. For songs that did not have an official music video, the block would instead play its own generic video with the song's lyrics on screen.

History
The block premiered on 15th October, 1999. Originally airing weekly on Fridays, its runtime would fluctuate continuously, depending on how many new music videos were available and how many requests were made.

In June 2004, the block was updated to be more consistent, now running on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays for one hour, beginning at 8:00p.m. Each day of the week would feature some specific theme; Tuesday would be centred around older, mostly non-Kuboian, songs from around about the 1996-2005 period. Fridays, meanwhile, would be centred around new music, whilst Saturday would be centred around music which was roughly 6-18 months old.

The block ran for the last time on Nickelodeon Kuboia on 4th September, 2010. It spent its final seven weeks airing exclusively on Nick Go! before ending completely on 23rd October that year.

Nick Party Membership
A membership service was launched in June 2004. Members could request songs and music videos to be played and also vote on lists, with the song with the most votes being revealed publicly.

Often criticised for being overpriced, the service came to €7.99 a month.

Advertisement breaks
Nick Party had an approximately 5-minute break halfway through its run each night. Since Nickelodeon Kuboia aired advertisements and Nick Go! did not, the former would air a normal advertisement break, whilst the latter would air an infomercial or some other form of promotional material during the break. From October 2005 to 2008, the break each night almost always featured a Nicktrition segment.

Compilation albums
Starting in 2004, a series of compilation albums also titled Nick Party were released every two years, and featured the most popular songs played on the block. A total of four volumes were released - all four reached number one on the Karuboia Collaborative Albums chart upon their release.

Criticism
Despite Nick Party having censorship that would remove inappropriate language from songs, as well as censor certain imagery deemed inappropriate in music videos, the channel frequently suffered from complaints that said the censorship was not enough for a children's music block.

Anither criticism of the channel was the membership that was introduced in 2004 - many said it was far too overpriced and its features were not worth paying for at all. An Open Eagle article published in 2006 commented that the membership "is basically TVVC tricking children into thinking they have control over something when they don't", and argued that the practice "should be illegal".