Nickelodeon is a French pay television channel that serves as the local variant of the American children's cable network of the same name in that country, as well as other French-speaking countries such as Switzerland and Francophone Africa. The network has two sister networks, Nickelodeon Junior and Nicktoons.
2005–2010[]
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The French variant of Nickelodeon was announced in 2005 and was officially launched on November 16. The channel's application to broadcast on French digital terrestrial television was rejected by the CSA in favour of Gulli, a state-owned kids' channel. It gained revenue through advertisements and product sales. At the time, its market value was equal to €300 million. According to research conducted by ConsoJunior in 2006, Nickelodeon France was the most watched channel among kids between 4 and 14 years old.
Unlike in other countries, the French version of the network is always referred to by its full name, "Nickelodeon", as the commonly shortened name, "Nick", sounds close to the word "niquer", a swear word in France.
2010–present[]
On January 26, 2010, Nickelodeon France adopted the new US logo and rebranded its graphical package. On that same day, the channel announced the launch of preschool channel Nickelodeon Junior. In November of that same year, the network celebrated its fifth anniversary. In 2011, it switched its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9.
The French feed of Nickelodeon launched a new graphics package on August 1, 2023.
