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{{Short description|European children's TV channel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Nicktoons Global
| logo = Nicktoons 2023 Outlined Logo.png
| logo_size = 242px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 20 May 2024
| area = [[Balkans]]<br/>[[Baltic states]]<br/>[[Central Europe]]<br/>[[Ukraine]]
| headquarters = [[London]]
| language = [[English language|English]]<br>[[Polish language|Polish]]<br>[[Czech language|Czech]]<br>[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]<br>[[Russian language|Russian]]<br>[[Romanian language|Romanian]]<br>[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]<br>[[Serbian language|Serbian]]<br>[[Croatian language|Croatian]]<br>[[Slovenian language|Slovenian]]<br>[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]<br>[[Estonian language|Estonian]]<br>[[Latvian language|Latvian]]<br>[[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]
| owner = [[Paramount Global]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2018|2|15|df=y}} (Poland)<br/>{{Start date and age|2018|12|12|df=y}} (Russia)<br/>{{Start date and age|2019|4|1|df=y}} (Hungary and Romania)<br/>{{Start date and age|2019|6|5|df=y}} (Bulgaria)<br/>{{Start date and age|2019|10|30|df=y}} (Czech Republic)<br/>{{Start date and age|2019|12|1|df=y}} (Moldova)<br/>{{Start date and age|2020|1|22|df=y}} (Ukraine)<br/>{{Start date and age|2020|7|14|df=y}} (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania)<br/>{{Start date and age|df=y|2023|4|1}} (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
| closed_date = {{End date|df=y|2022|4|28}} ([[Russia]])<br/>{{End date|df=y|2022|12|14}} ([[Belarus]])
| picture_format = [[576i]] [[SDTV]]
| sister_channels = [[Nickelodeon]]<br>[[Nick Jr. Channel|Nick Jr.]]<br>[[MTV]]<br>[[MTV Live (International TV channel)|MTV Live]]<br>[[MTV Hits (European TV channel)|MTV Hits]]
| replaced = [[Nickelodeon (Polish TV channel)|Nickelodeon HD]] (in Poland)
| terr_serv_1 = [[Digital terrestrial television in Poland|Polish digital]]
}}
'''Nicktoons''' (sometimes called '''Nicktoons Global''') is a European international pay television network operated by [[Paramount Networks EMEAA]]. Launched on 1 February 2017, international version of the American TV channel Nicktoons, the network serves many of the countries in the European Union, and features several feeds differentiated by time zones and local languages being the primary audio feed offered, with other languages offered through [[second audio program]] options. Other networks may display the domestic language as open-access subtitles.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
==History==
The channel launched in Poland on 15 February 2018 at 10 a.m. (polish time), replacing [[Nickelodeon (Polish TV channel)|Nickelodeon HD]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicktoons zastąpi Nickelodeon HD na początku 2018 |url=https://satkurier.pl/news/165789/nicktoons-zastapi-nickelodeon-hd-na-poczatku-2018.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=saturier.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref>
On 12 December 2018, Nicktoons launched in Russia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viacom Russia to Launch Nicktoons Russia on MTS in December 2018 |url=http://www.nickalive.net/2018/12/viacom-russia-to-launch-nicktoons.html | publisher=NickALive! | date=19 December 2018 | access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref> then in Hungary and Romania on 1 April 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viacom Launches Nicktoons Channel in Hungary and Romania |url=http://www.nickalive.net/2019/02/viacom-russia-to-launch-nicktoons.html | publisher=NickALive! |access-date=2024-05-06}}</ref> in Bulgaria on 5 June 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viacom Launches Nicktoons Channel in Bulgaria |url=http://www.nickalive.net/2019/06/viacom-launches-nicktoons-channel-in.html | publisher=NickALive! |access-date=2024-05-06}}</ref> in Czech Republic on 30 October 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viacom Launches Nicktoons Channel in the Czech Republic |url=http://www.nickalive.net/2019/09/viacom-to-launch-nicktoons-channel-in.html | publisher=NickALive! |access-date=2024-05-06}}</ref> in Ukraine on 22 January 2020, and in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Albania on 14 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ViacomCBS Launches NickToons in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia | publisher=NickALive! |url=http://www.nickalive.net/2020/07/viacomcbs-to-launch-nicktoons-in.html |access-date=2024-05-06}}</ref>
The channel closed in Russia on 28 April 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2022-03-15 |title=Paramount Pauses Russian Operations, Makes $1 Million Donation for Humanitarian Relief |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/paramount-russia-operations-donation-1235205339/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> and in Belarus on 14 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Телеканалы MTV, Nickelodeon и Paramount прекращают вещание в Беларуси |url=https://tvnews.by/tb/18494-telekanaly-mtv-nickelodeon-i-paramount-prekraschajut-veschanie-v-belarusi.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=TVnews.by |language=ru}}</ref>
On 1 April 2023, Nicktoons launched 3 new feeds in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, a month before Latvia changed the law on language possibilities, unlike Estonian and Lithuanian, content in Latvian uses is also provided with translation with the help of artificial intelligence, mostly at night.<ref>{{cite web |title=From May 1, the audio track in Russian will disappear from several foreign TV programs.|url=https://www.1188.lv/zinas/no-1-maija-vairakas-arvalstu-tv-programmas-pazudis-audiocelins-krievu-valoda/15100|access-date=2023-04-25|website=1188.lv|date=25 April 2023 |language=lv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=With the changes in the law, 'Tet TV' will have more Latvian language|url=https://www.delfi.lv/bizness/biznesa_vide/lidz-ar-izmainam-likuma-tet-tv-bus-vairak-latviesu-valodas.d?id=55466106|access-date=2023-04-26|website=delfi.lv|language=lv}}</ref>
==Programming==
{{Main|List of programs broadcast by Nicktoons}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Logos==
<gallery>
File:Nicktoons 2014 Logo.svg|1 February 2017 until 20 May 2024
File:Nicktoons 2023 Outlined Logo.png|from 20 May 2024
</gallery>
==External links==
* [http://nicktoons.bg/ Bulgarian website]
* [http://nicktoons.cz/ Czech website]
{{Nickelodeon}}
{{Paramount Global}}
{{Paramount Networks EMEAA}}
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