Nickelodeon (Sub-Saharan African TV channel)
Nickelodeon is a South African 24-hour television channel aimed at children, The channel was launched on 1 July 2008 & reaches most English-speaking countries in the continent via DStv overall the channel is available in 49 countries across the continent, in Ghana the channel is available on Skyy TV and GOtv, In Kenya it is available on Zuku TV along with AzamTV which is also in Kenya, (except Malawi), Tanzania and Uganda. History. Before it was a channel, it was a block on the South African children's channel KTV, before it created  another channel in 2006, Koowee, and rebranded itself as Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon was launched as a channel in July 2008. In 2012, it received new bumpers, promo, and continuity. Later in 2014, came the launch of Nicktoons as a replacement for the discontinued Kidsco, and the launch of Nick Jr. another channel from Viacom. Nick Jr and Nicktoons share the same website as Nickelodeon. In June 2017, the Kenya Film Classification Board (KCFB), headed by CEO Ezekiel Mutua, ordered a ban on six cartoons airing on Cartoon Network Africa, Nickelodeon Africa and Nicktoons Africa for allegedly promoting LGBT themes to minors . The shows affected are the currently-running Cartoon Network shows "Adventure Time", "Clarence" and "Steven Universe", in addition to the already ended Nickelodeon shows "Hey Arnold!" and "The Legend of Korra", and the currently running Nickelodeon cartoon "The Loud House". In 2018, Viacom merged official websites of Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern and African versions of Nickelodeon into nick.tv. Along the way Nickelodeon adapted two feeds with the South African feed airing series banned from the channel such as The Loud House and Bubble Guppies. On 5 March 2019, Nickelodeon (South Africa only) along with Comedy Central, BET, MTV and MTV  Base were available in HD on DStv. The Nick channels in South Africa have separate feeds from the rest of Africa. In 2020, the channel relaunched it's Nick Jr programming block. On 17 May 2021, NickMusic was launched as a TV program on NickToons Nicktoons. Nicktoons Africa is a sister-channel of Nickelodeon Africa launched in 2014. Nick Jr.. Nick Jr. Africa is a sister-channel of Nickelodeon Africa which also launched in 2014.