Nickelodeon (Kuboia, original channel)

The final logo used from January 2008 to October 2010.

**Nick** was a Kuboian children's television channel owned and operated by MTV Networks Kuboia. The channel was launched in September 1996 and closed on 24 October 2010. During the channel's seventeen years on-air, it had many differences to its American counterpart.

Unlike its international counterparts, Nick Kuboia focused more on broadcasting Nicktoons shows, although it did broadcast a selection of live-action programming and anime as well.

Ironically, until 2007, Nick Kuboia was the least watched of the Nick channels in Kuboia, with Nick Jr. and (especially) Nick Go! proving to be much more popular. However, Nick Kuboia did have an advantage due to being the "leader" of the Nickelodeon channels in Kuboia and being (for the most part) the only channel to air internationally popular Nicktoons and anime in the country.

Nick was relaunched on 7 January 2019.

## Early years

Nickelodeon launched on 30 September 1996.

## Final years

Nickelodeon Kuboia was purchased by PBV Sjajòqija in June 2007 and rebranded to Nick on 7 January 2008. However, the Nickelodeon name was retained legally, on some EPG's and in the credits of the French dub of *Les Fashionistas*.

After the premiere of *Les Fashionistas* on 21 March 2008 and *iCarly* on 13 May 2008, no new programming premiered on Nick Kuboia, and transmission moved to Kovulana in September 2008. With the move to Sallisland, Nick's team was replaced with the same team that ran the Nickelodeon Go ! block in Sallisland.

Nick and Nick Go! changed to widescreen on 2 March 2009. However, Nick Jr. remained 4:3 until its closure, and the only programs that actually aired in widescreen on Nick were *iCarly*, *Zoey 101*, *Les Fashionistas* and some movies. In July 2009, PBV announced plans to withdraw the Kuboian Nick channels after seriously declining viewership and the channels being "outdated culture in the rise of new trends".

Starting on 30 August 2010, Nick aired the "Thank You For Watching Nick" promo on a loop instead of generic idents from 19:00 to 00:00. In October 2010, Nick's broadcast became automated with repeats of exactly the same programs (but different episodes) that aired on 30 September 2010. *Les Fashionistas* was the last program to air in full, on 23 October 2010, although *I love dog Girl* was the actual final program and was cut off at 06:02 for the "Thank You For Watching Nick" loop.

Until 2019, the only programs that formerly aired on Nick Kuboia and continued airing after 24 October 2010 were *SpongeBob SquarePants*, *Les Fashionistas* (with Nick Kuboia leaving production for its fifth and final season) and *Winx Club*, which moved to Vision One, due to merchandise sales, and *iCarly*, which began airing on Zuna Family in March 2011.

## Final programming

* Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
* All Grown Up!
* Avatar: The Legend of Aang
* Blazing Dragons
* Catscratch
* Diddy Dick and Dom
* Growing Up Creepie
* Hey Arnold!
* I love dog Girl
* Inner Personality
* Inspector Gadget (1983 series)
* Les Fashionistas
* Magma Eye
* Mr. Bean
* Rugrats
* SpongeBob SquarePants
* The Court Jesters
* The Fairly OddParents
* Winx Club

### Anime

* Bomberman Jetters
* Doraemon (1979 series)
* Doraemon (2005 series)
* Kiteretsu
* Magical Angel Sweet Mint
* The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
* Yu-Gi-Oh!

### Reality/game shows

* Get Your Own Back
* How Far Can You Go?
* Maximum Exposure
* Prank Patrol UK
* Staraoke UK
* Takeshi's Castle (Challenge UK dub)

### Live-action shows

* Drake & Josh
* iCarly
* Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
* The Amanda Show
* Zoey 101

## Broadcast

Nick was featured in the basic package of all Kuboian satellite and cable providers.

It originally aired from 06:00 to 20:00 with MTV in-between. On 1 May 2006, Nickelodeon stopped timesharing and originally continued airing regular programs, before a Nick at Nite block launched on 2 June 2008, airing from 20:00 to 05:00. Starting on 30 August 2010, Nick aired the "Thank You For Watching Nick" promo on a loop instead of Nick at Nite.