Nickelodeon (Ukrainian TV programming block)

Nickelodeon Ukraine (Ukrainian; Нікелодеон Україна) was a Ukrainian language channel which appeared on Pluto TV.

Nickelodeon

Country	Ukraine
Broadcast area	Ukraine Germany Poland Belgium Netherlands Spain Czech Republic
Programming
Language(s)	Ukrainian
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks EMEAA
History
Launched	October 1998 (block) 1 April 2022 (Pluto TV channel) 1 June 2023 (Global)
Closed	1 July 2023 (Pluto TV channel)

History

Nickelodeon started in Ukraine in October 1998 as a programming block on the Ukrainian television station QTV.

On 5 November 2003, a Ukrainian version of the channel was launched in Russian using the Pan-European feed.

On 31 August 2017, the Ukrainian-language Nickelodeon block ended after the close-down of QTV.

On 1 June 2023, 1+1 Media Group and Paramount Global announced that Nickelodeon had become available for viewers to watch in Ukrainian, after a Ukrainian audio track was added to Nickelodeon Global.^[1]

Return

On 1 April 2022 during Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nickelodeon Ukraine returned as a pop up channel for Poland, Germany and Spain on Pluto TV.^[2] As for Spain and Portugal, users could watch the channel using Pluto TV, and other TV services such as Movistar Plus+, Vodafone TV or Meo.

Due to the addition of a Ukrainian audio track to Nickelodeon CEE, Nickelodeon Ukraine on Pluto TV closed on 30 June 2023.^[3]