Aura (Germany)

For the Latin American Aura network that primarily broadcasts in English, see Aura in English (Latin America).
Aura is a German bilingual (English-German) television station launched on January 1st, 2001 as NickPlus.
Although it primarily broadcast in English beforehand (most of the series shown already had German dubs created for other networks), in July 2018, it was announced that the network would begin operating a German audio feed; the German audio feed is currently available alongside the English audio feed. On July 15th, 2018, both audio feeds began to get their own programming, with the English feed of Aura being referred to as Aura in English, and the German feed of Aura being referred to as Aura auf Deutsch.
The separate German feed was shut down on March 16th, 2019, with Aura in English becoming simply Aura. Aura will continue to provide the Aura in English shows in both English and German.
In November 2019, the channel was selected among six international networks to have a livestream simulcast in the United States courtesy of Flare+. Due to rights issues for English-language broadcast rights, only the German-language audio feed would be provided. NickFamily Stream will carry the livestream from December 2019 until its shutdown in April 2020.
==History==
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==Programming==
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Aura (Germany)
The channel currently airs programming sourced from NickFamily Studios, Cartoon Network, AuraAnime Licensing, and other sources.
Many of Aura Germany's programs are imported from the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and Japan. However, it also airs syndicated German programming.
Several series shown on Aura Germany are edited for content, usually to change or remove references to World War II.
Since February 8th, 2018, the English feed of Aura Germany is the exclusive English-language broadcaster for all NickFamily Studios/NFGaming co-productions to be exported to Germany thus far, though the German-language rights for both Time Force and Cottonsweet are shared with Cartoon Network.
In 2018, it was announced that Jetix Cymru acquired the German DVD rights to most series currently airing on Aura Germany, and will release bilingual DVDs containing the English audio and a German dub produced at NickFamily Studios Europe. NickFamily Europe has stated that series slated to air on Aura Germany would be dubbed into German for future home media releases during its run.
==Trivia==
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