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Other Services: Timeshift Channel
Other Services: Timeshift Channel
Nick 2 was the off-air brand for a secondary timeshift channel of Nickelodeon formerly available on
the high-tier packages exclusively on cable providers as a complement to the main Nickelodeon
feed, repackaging Nickelodeon's Eastern and Pacific Time Zone feeds for the appropriate time zone
– the Pacific feed was distributed to the Eastern and Central Time Zones, and the Eastern feed was
distributed to the Pacific and Mountain Time Zones – resulting in the difference in local airtimes for a
particular program between two geographic locations being three hours at most, allowing viewers a
second chance to watch a program after its initial airing on the Eastern Time Zone feed or to watch
the show ahead of its airing on the Pacific Time Zone feed of the main channel (for example, the
Nick at Nite block would respectively start at 9:00 p.m (Sundays-Fridays) & At 10:30 p.m (Saturdays)
Eastern on Nick 2 Pacific or 12:00 p.m. (weekdays) 10:00 a.m (weekends) Pacific weeknights on
Nick 2 Eastern). Nick 2 would never broadcast in high definition. The service existed from around
2000 until November 2018, launching as Nick TOO.
The timeshift channel was originally offered as part of the MTV Networks Digital Suite, a slate of
channels exclusive to high-tier cable packages (many of the networks also earned satellite carriage
over time), and was the only American example of two feeds of a non-premium service being
provided to cable and IPTV providers. A Nick TOO logo was used on the channel until 2004, when
MTV Networks decided to stop using customized branding on the feed (a logo for Nick 2 was only
used for identification purposes on electronic program guides as a placeholder image); most
television listings thus showed the additional channel under the brandings "Nickelodeon
Pacific/NICKP" or "Nickelodeon Eastern/NICKE".
DirecTV and Dish Network also offer both Nickelodeon feeds, though they carry both time zone
feeds of most of the children's networks that the providers offer by default.
Viacom Media Networks discontinued the Nick 2 digital cable service on November 22, 2018, likely
due to video on demand options making timeshift channels for the most part superfluous. Both time
zone feeds continue to be offered on Xfinity, unbranded.[35]
NickRewind (TeenNick block)
Main article: NickRewind
On July 25, 2011, TeenNick began airing The '90s Are All That, renamed The Splat in October 2015,
a block of Nickelodeon's most popular 1990s programming, targeting the network's target
demographic from that era.[36]
After several name changes, the block was finally called "NickRewind" and focused on programming
from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s (mainly the latter two), and aired nightly. On January 31, 2022,
the block was discontinued, with TeenNick's overnight programming mainly consisting of regular
reruns.
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Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Main article: Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Nickelodeon Animation Studio (formerly Games Productions, Inc.) is a production firm with two
main locations (one in Burbank, California, and the other in New York City).[39] They serve as the
animation facilities for many of the network's Nicktoons and Nick Jr. series.
Nickelodeon on Sunset
Main article: Nickelodeon on Sunset
Nickelodeon on Sunset was a studio complex in Hollywood, California which served as the primary
production facility for Nickelodeon's series from 1997 until 2017; the studio is designated by
the National Register for Historic Places as a historical landmark as a result of its prior existence as
the Earl Carroll Theater, a prominent dinner theater. It served as the production facilities for several
Nickelodeon series.
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See also: Nickelodeon Toys and Nickelodeon Rewind
Nickelodeon Games
Nickelodeon Games (formerly Nick Games from 2002 to 2009, from 1997 to 2002, Nickelodeon
Software, and from 1993 to 1997, Nickelodeon Interactive) is the video gaming division of
Nickelodeon. It was originally a part of Viacom Consumer Products, with early games being
published by Viacom New Media.[40] They started a long-standing relationship with game
publisher THQ. THQ's relationship with the network started off when THQ published their Ren &
Stimpy game for Nintendo consoles in 1992,[41] followed by a full-fledged console deal in 1998 with
several Rugrats titles,[42] and expanded in 2001, when THQ acquired some of the assets from Mattel
Interactive, namely the computer publishing rights, and all video game rights to The Wild
Thornberrys.[43] Nickelodeon also worked, alongside THQ on an original game concept, Tak and the
Power of Juju.[44]