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 2004
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 5:00a.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
On 14th June, 2004, Nickelodeon Kuboia updated its ident packaging to match that of the one the British feed had been using since 2002, bringing an end to the presentation that had been used by the channel since its launch. Starting from this point, Nickelodeon Kuboia began to move away from its original demographic and started focusing more on live-action programming and modern animated series targeting an older audience, with its older programming being restricted to weekly programming blocks.

The channel updated its idents once again and started using the iconic splat logo on 31st October, 2005, where it began to further drift away from its earlier demographic.

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. The channel spent its last two minutes on-air looping its generic idents.

Nicktoons Network
Nicktoons Network was introduced in June 2004. Running from 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m., and later 8:00p.m. to midnight from 2005, it aired a mixture of Nicktoons programming, as well as older programmes, typically British and Kuboian cartoons and programmes from the DiC Entertainment catalogue.

Nick Power
Nick Power was introduced in June 2004. Running on weekdays from 3:00p.m. to 5:00p.m., it aired both anime programmes and action-based cartoons. The block was dropped in January 2006, with its programmes being merged into Nickelodeon Kuboia's main lineup.

Nick Party
Nick Party was introduced in 1999, running on Tuesdays and Fridays at 6:00p.m. in a half-hour block, featuring music videos and occasionally interviews from musicians. In June 2004, it was moved to Nick Go!

Original programming
Nickelodeon Kuboia comissioned several original programmes throughout its run, though original programming began to decrease around 2004.
 * Plug and Play; premiered 1997
 * Plux Planet; premiered 1999
 * Robot Races; premiered 2000
 * Sara; premiered 2002
 * Urban Village; premiered 1999

Programming acquired from Nickelodeon US
Nearly all of the animated programming that aired on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons in the United States aired on Nickelodeon Kuboia. However, they often debuted a few years after their American premiere, with SpongeBob SquarePants not making its debut on the channel until June 2004.

A few live-action Nickelodeon programmes, including iCarly and Zoey 101 also aired on the channel.

Other acquired programming
Nickelodeon Kuboia aired the Challenge UK dubs of Takeshi's Castle and Unbeatable Banzuke. It also aired some British game shows, including Get Your Own Back and Insides Out.

Other acquired programmes include Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids and The Three Friends and Jerry.

Interstitial programming
As programmes were aired under a half-hour slot, and Nickelodeon Kuboia only aired two breaks an hour, the channel aired interstitial segments during breaks in order to avoid showing too much advertisements. Segments included Nickelodeon Fact Files, Nick Replay and Viewer's Choice. These segments rapidly decreased around 2005, when the channel opted to mostly showing programmes in 25-minute slots.

In-vision continuity
From August 1996 to February 2004, Nickelodeon Kuboia featured in-vision continuity. Unlike Bumper's Block and KT, these were pre-recorded and filmed in a private snack bar in Gutstone, East Kuboia. The continuity links featured a group of (usually two or three) young presenters announcing what programmes were coming up and reading fan messages and birthday cards sent to the channel.

In-vision continuity was discontinued on 2nd February, 2004, as the channel began to move closer to the format of the American channel.

Nick Nederlands
Nick Nederlands was a Dutch feed to Nickelodeon Kuboia launched on some providers in 2000. These carried a near-identical feed to the main channel, but aired programmes and advertisements in the Dutch language. It also featured Dutch-speaking presenters during the period the main channel had in-vision continuity.

Nick Replay
A one-hour timeshift service of the channel, Nick Replay, was launched on 2nd February, 2004.

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

Nick Magazine
Sponsored by King P, a magazine for the channel, originally titled Nickelodeon Kuboia Weekly, was launched in October 1999. Published every Saturday, it features sneak peaks of upcoming shows and episodes, facts and trivia, as well as reviews for entertainment and tourist attractions in Kuboia. It was rebranded as Nick Magazine in June 2004. The last issue was published on 28th August, 2010.

The magazines were produced under a tight budget, and featured a lot of mistakes and spelling errors, as well as a few factual inaccuracies. From 1999 to 2004, each issue came to €0.49. By 2010, the price for each issue had increased to €2.99.

Website
In August 1996, a website for the channel was launched. Originally, it was simply a singular page with the channel's weekly schedule and a breif summary of its content and sister networks. Later on, more pages were added.

Following the channel's closure in September 2010, the Nickelodeon Kuboia website was updated to explain the closure, with links provided to redirect the user to the websites of its sister channel's websites. From December 2010, the website redirected to a variety of different places overtime, such as the TVVC website and a placeholder webpage. As of 2021, it currently redirects to an error message.