Nickelodeon (Tyono)/History

Nickelodeon originally launched as Viacole on 11th November 1991. It aired every day from 5:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. timesharing with The Viacom Channel (later called The Paramount Channel). The channel aired animations targeted towards children.

In 1995, it was announced that Viacole will be rebranded as Nickelodeon sometime in 1996. The channel took the rebrand on 1st July 1996. Following this rebrand, this channel started airing for an hour more, from 5:00a.m. to 9:00p.m., dropping The Paramount Channel's air time by one hour.

On 10th March 1997, the channel began airing preschool block Nick Jr.. The block aired evry day from 7:00a.m. to 9:00a.m. On 12th February 1999, three new sieter networks were launched; Nick Gotcha, Nick Juice and Nick Jr. spun off into its own channel.