Nickelodeon Shutters Nick App and Nick Jr. App

Paramount Global has announced that it'll be shutting down the Nick App, Nickelodeon's dedicated streaming app.

The news follows Paramount announcing yesterday (Dec. 6) that they'll also be discontinuing the Comedy Central, MTV and Paramount Network apps.

While the Nick App remains live now, an in-app message alerting to the app's closedown reads: "We're saying goodbye to the Nick App. Don't worry - you can watch Nickelodeon anytime through your TV provider or on http://Nick.com. You can also find many Nick movies, shows and more on Paramount+."

Update (2/1) - Paramount officially closed down many of its apps, including the Nick App and Nick Jr. App, on January 31. The Nick App now features the message: "Barnacles, There's Nothing Here... We've said goodbye to the Nick App. Don't worry - you can watch Nickelodeon anytime through your TV provider or on Nick.com. You can also find many Nick movies, shows and more on Paramount+."

Meanwhile, the Comedy Central App now loads the following message: "The Comedy Central App Is No Longer Available". The message adds: "It's not you, it's us. But you can still watch Comedy Central through your TV provider or on CC.com. You can also find many seasons on Paramount+."

The company shut the apps down because of low adoption and usage, with most viewers still checking out the programming through cable or video on demand, according to a person familiar with the matter. 

Courtesy of What's on Paramount+

Courtesy of What's on Paramount+

Update (12/8) - Nickelodeon has confirmed plans to also closedown the Nick Jr. App.

Update (1/7/24) - Slime you later! Paramount will shutter the Nick App, MTV App, Comedy Central App, and Paramount Network App on January 31, 2024, with the Nick Jr. App already removed from app stores.

The official message on the Nick App's app page reads:

The Nick App Is Going Away!

Soon, the Nick App will no longer be available. Looking for games? We’ve got ‘em on Nick.com! Looking for full episodes? You can watch Nickelodeon anytime through your TV provider or on Nick.com. You can also find many Nickelodeon movies, shows and more on Paramount+. You can watch…

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Big Nate

Danger Force

The Fairly OddParents

Henry Danger

iCarly

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years

The Loud House

Monster High the Movie

Nick News

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Rugrats

The Smurfs

SpongeBob SquarePants

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

That Girl Lay Lay

The Thundermans

Transformers: Earthspark

Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan

VICTORiOUS

Zoey 101

Meanwhile, the Nick Jr. App's page reads:

The Nick Jr. App Is Going Away!

We’re rolling out! Soon, the Nick Jr. app will no longer be available. But don’t worry! You can watch Nick Jr. anytime through your TV provider or on NickJr.com. You can also find many Nick Jr. movies, shows and more on Paramount+. Watch family favorites like…

Baby Shark's Big Show

Blaze and the Monster Machines

Blue’s Clues & You!

Bubble Guppies

Dora The Explorer

Face’s Music Party

Kiri + Lou

PAW Patrol

Peppa Pig

Ryan’s Mystery Playdate

Santiago of the Seas

Team Umizoomi

The Adventures of Paddington

The Tiny Chef Show

Wallykazam!

Launched in February 2013, the free Nick App was a branded experience that allowed kids to interact with Nick in unprecedented ways, offering kids instant and on-demand access to more than 1,000 pieces of Nickelodeon-themed content. It included short-form videos of original skits, sketch and comedic bits; behind-the-scenes clips and photos from Nick stars and animated characters; as well as kid polls and newly created games, and allowed kids and families to watch full episodes through their pay-TV subscription.

International variants of the app were also launched under the name Nick Play (Nickelodeon Play), however, these have also been shut down.

Stream a Mountain of Entertainment, including your Nickelodeon favorites on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com!

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Originally published: December 08, 2023 at 02:40 GMT.

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'Cloudscape' Developer Once Made An Unreleased Mobile Game for Nickelodeon

Video game designer Christopher Gottron, the owner and developer at Konitama LLC, has revealed that he once made a mobile game for Nickelodeon, which unfortunately was never released!

In a recent interview with Game Rant to talk about Konitama's debut game Cloudscape and its Kickstarter campaign, Gottron talked about his storied career at studios like Nickelodeon and DreamWorks, and opened up about his experiences and what he learnt along the way:

"I worked as a Digital Animator on a wide range of shows, such as SpongeBob, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Penguins of Madagascar, Fairly Odd Parents, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and more. I made the car in the T.U.F.F. Puppy opening sequence [pictured blow]! At Nickelodeon I refined my skills as an animator both in 3D and 2D, along with 3D modeling, rigging, lighting, compositing, and special effects.

"I eventually ended up over at DreamWorks Animation Television where I worked on a lot of the Netflix shows. I worked on Voltron, She-Ra, King [Julien], Kipo and the Wonderbeasts, and funnily enough, another version of Kung Fu Panda. I had pretty much the same role at DreamWorks as I did at Nickelodeon, so it was more animation and compositing there.

"I learned a ton of different software programs for animation and effects work, and had to wear many hats. Oddly enough, I ended up scripting quite a few plug-ins and tools for software to use internally at the studio, so I managed to get a bit of coding in at my job as well.

"My experience at these studios helped me strengthen my overall skills as an artist, take on a lot of interesting challenges, and learn how to hit critical deadlines."

Later in the interview, Gottron talked about when he developed an unreleased Nickelodeon mobile game for the Nick App:

"Around my fourth year with Nickelodeon, our small animation department started trying out different things to see how we could be of further use to the studio. Since I really wanted to make video games, I suggested we try to make some type of game.

"I ended up working as a solo developer (with some art and sound assets provided to me), and I prototyped a handful of games. We finally settled on a sort of arcade-style game where you would fling brains at zombies. I spent a few weeks putting that together and coming up with the design and overall gameplay.

"The end result was a pretty fun little arcade game, and people around the office ended up playing it a lot and attempting to beat each other's high scores. The game was designed for the Nick mobile app, but unfortunately I don't think it ever actually made it on the platform. It was a great learning experience nonetheless."

You can read Gottron's interview with Game Rant in full at gamerant.com.

Cloudscape is currently in development for PC, PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox.

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Nickelodeon Shutters Nick Play App in the U.K.

Nickelodeon has discontinued the Nickelodeon Play app in the U.K.

Launched in the U.K. in November 2013 (originally titled the Nick App), the award-winning free Nickelodeon-branded app was aimed towards 6-12 year-olds and offered users short-form videos clips, games, and surprise elements via the Do Not Touch button from the network’s popular live action and animated series, with new content added regularly. Virgin Media customers could also unlock full episodes. The app, available to download for iOS and Android devices via the App Store and Google Play store, was later renamed Nick Play and integrated into the Viacom Play Plex suite of apps.

Users of the Nick Play app will still be able to find all the Nickelodeon content they love to watch and play on Nickelodeon UK's official YouTube channel, as well as full episodes on nick.co.uk and nicktoons.co.uk.

The Nick Play app has been removed from the Apple App Store search engine, however, the app continues to load as normal.

It also looks like Nick Jr. Play, Nick Play's sister app for preschoolers, has also shutdown, with the app no longer appearing in the Apple App Store search engine. Full episodes have moved online to nickjr.co.uk.

The news follows ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) closing the Nick Play app in certain regions, including in the Netherlands, Latin America and Brazil, and Australia and New Zealand, with content either moving online or to VOD partners. It's currently unclear whether the future of U.S. version of the service, the Nick App, will remain operational.

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Originally published: Thursday, January 21, 2021.

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Nickelodeon Starts to Discontinue Nickelodeon Play App Internationally

Nickelodeon Benelux (BLX) has announced that Nickelodeon will be discontinuing the Nickelodeon Play app in the Netherlands (Nederland) in the New Year.

Launched in the Netherlands in November 2016 as part of the Viacom Play Plex, the award-winning free Nickelodeon-branded app is aimed towards 6-12 year-olds and offers videos clips, full episodes, games, and surprise elements from the network’s popular live action and animated series, with new content is added regularly.

Users of the Nick Play app will still be able to find all the Nickelodeon content they love to watch and play on Nickelodeon Nederland's official fully-responsive website, nickelodeon.nl, designed to work across all devices, with Nickelodeon providing instructions on how to make a bookmark to the website on their mobile devices.

The news follows Nickelodeon refreshing its Dutch website in April 2020, adopting the 'bare-bones' design of its U.S. counterpart, nick.com, however, keeping elements such as full-length episodes of popular shows.

Interestingly, Nickelodeon USA re-added full-length episodes after a two-year absence on December 17, 2020. It's currently unknown whether Nickelodeon will be closing the Nick Play app (or Nick App in the U.S.) in other countries and territories the app is currently available, including in the U.K., Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Latin America and Brazil, Poland, and Central & Eastern Europe, most of which have adopted nick.com's website design.

Update (23/12) - It looks like Nickelodeon is closing the Nick Play app in several markets, including in Latin America and Brazil (along with MTV Play and Comedy Central Play) and in Australia and New Zealand. For the latter, all shows will be moving on to Foxtel (Australia) and Sky (New Zealand). Nick Latin America and Nick Brazil recently relaunched their websites using Nick USA's website framework, whilst Nick Australia's website used the previous 'grid' style. Meanwhile, in the UK, the Nick Play app seems to have been removed from the Apple App Store. It's still available on Google Play.

Update (18/1/21) - Nickelodeon today (Sunday 17th January 2021) discontinued the Nickelodeon Play app in Brazil.

Update (21/1/21) - Nickelodeon has discontinued the Nickelodeon Play app in the U.K., with content moving online and to the channel's official YouTube channel. For more information, click here.

Official Nickelodeon Benelux announcement:

NICKELODEON ALS SHORTCUT: DAT REGEL JE ZO!

MET BEHULP VAN EEN PAAR STAPPEN HOEF JE ONS NOOIT TE MISSEN!

Hoe kun je er voor zorgen dat je nooit iets van Nickelodeon hoeft te missen? Wij vroegen onze favoriete gele spons, SpongeBob, om advies. De Nickelodeon Play App gaat verdwijnen in het nieuwe jaar, maar dat betekent niet dat je alle content die je voorheen in de app keek helemaal niet meer te zien is. De content die je van ons gewend bent op de app kun je ook vinden op de website, en dat blijft zo. Voeg de Nickelodeon-website toe als shortcut op je telefoon en zorg dat je op die manier niets mist.

We leggen het even kort uit:

Gebruikers met een Android-telefoon:

• Ga in een nieuw tabblad naar nickelodeon.nl.
• Tik vervolgens rechtsboven op het menu-icoontje.
• Zoek naar de optie 'toevoegen aan startscherm' en klik erop. Geef je icoontje een (korte) naam, wij stellen voor: Nickelodeon.
• Klaar is kees! Je hebt nickelodeon.nl toegevoegd aan je startscherm.

Gebruikers met een iPhone:

• Ga in een nieuw tabblad naar nickelodeon.nl.
• Selecteer het delen-icoontje onderin het scherm (middelste icoontje met vierkant en pijltje).
• Selecteer de optie 'zet in beginscherm'. Geef je icoontje een (korte) naam, wij stellen voor: Nickelodeon.
• Selecteer de optie 'voeg toe' om het toevoegen te bevetigen.
• Het is gelukt! Nickelodeon is nu toegevoegd aan je startscherm.

Zijn er bepaalde series die je graag wil zien of zijn er dingen die niet werken? Laat het ons weten via onze social media-kanalen.

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From Minha Operadora:

ViacomCBS descontinua 4 plataformas de streaming

Empresa é dona da Pluto TV e deve concentrar ainda mais conteúdo no serviço que, além de ser gratuito, oferece também IPTV.

Neste domingo, 17 de janeiro, a ViacomCBS descontinuou plataformas como BET Play, Comedy Central Play, MTV Play e Nickelodeon Play.

As quatro eram acessos continuados da programação oferecida nos respectivos canais da TV por assinatura.

Uma forma de o assinante acompanhar pelo formato sob demanda, assim como ter acesso ao conteúdo perdido na exibição ao vivo.

A partir de agora, muito provavelmente, esse será um benefício restrito aos apps de streaming das próprias operadoras de TV paga.

Mas, é válido lembrar que a ViacomCBS investe na expansão da Pluto TV no Brasil, que possui IPTV e conteúdo sob demanda.

Não é improvável que a gigante do entretenimento aposte na liberação de mais atrações para a plataforma gratuita.

Especialmente programas produzidos pela MTV Brasil, que ainda estão em falta no serviço.

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Originally published: Saturday, December 19, 2020.

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Nickelodeon Re-Adds Full Episodes to Nick.com

Visitors to Nickelodeon USA's official website, nick.com, can once again watch full-length episodes! The news comes two years to the day (Dec. 17) when Nickelodeon removed full episodes from its website as part of a digital refresh, moving them to the Nick App and Nickelodeon on Demand services.

Credit /@nickandmore

Visitors to nick.com/episodes can now watch a wide selection of fill-length episodes and holiday specials of popular Nickelodeon series. Shows include: It's Pony, The Astronauts, The Loud House, The Casagrandes, Danger Force, Side Hustle, Baby Shark's Big Show, Nickelodeon Unleashed, Top Elf, The Substitute,  Power Rangers Beast Morphers, LEGO City Adventures, Ollie's Pack, ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks, and more.

Most full episodes available on nick.com/episodes requite users to login to a TV provider, however, there's also a nice selection of free-to-view episodes, too.

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H/T: Anime Superhero Forum /@kanc.

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Nickelodeon Launches 'The Astronauts' Show Pages on Nick.com and the Nick App

Ahead of Nickelodeon airing an out-of-this-world first look at the network's brand new live-action series The Astronauts during Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together, airing Saturday, May 2, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) across Nick, Nicktoons, TeenNick and Nick Jr., Nickelodeon today unveiled their official The Astronauts show website on nick.com and show page on the Nick App, giving us a first look at the show's cast and official logo!

Nickelodeon is setting off into new territory with the greenlight of The Astronauts, a brand-new, live-action series following a group of kids who embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they are mistakenly launched into space. Marking Nickelodeon’s first production with Imagine Kids+Family, The Astronauts (10 episodes) was produced in Vancouver, Canada, with a premiere slated for this summer.

“The Astronauts stands as one of the most ambitious and cinematic stories Nickelodeon has ever told, and we are so proud to partner with Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and Stephanie Sperber at their Kids+Family division, on this new series,” said Brian Robbins, President, Kids & Family Entertainment, ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks. “Through Imagine’s ability to create fully relatable characters and put them into big, cinematic adventures, The Astronauts is well positioned to hit home with both kids and parents who want to experience this kind of great storytelling together.”

“Nickelodeon has been the gold standard in kids’ entertainment for a long time, and that’s because they have a natural sense of how to develop talent and nurture ideas to make the best shows possible,” said Ron Howard. “After talking to Brian Robbins about how Imagine’s legacy in space could be brought to Nickelodeon, it was obvious that they wanted to take big creative swings with us on this series and that’s incredibly exciting.”

In The Astronauts, the spaceship Odyssey II is set to launch to investigate a mysterious asteroid passing by Earth. A group of kids who gathered to watch the lift-off sneak onto the empty ship with their parent’s security clearance before the event, and accidentally initiate the launch sequence. Blasting off into space with no proper training, a malfunctioning onboard AI system, and their parents watching from Earth, the kids embark on a journey of survival using only their smarts and friendship as tools.

The group traveling together through space are: Samantha “Samy” Sawyer-Wei, played by Miya Cech (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Always Be My Maybe); Elliott Combs, played by Bryce Gheisar (Wonder, A Dog’s Purpose); Martin Taylor, played by Keith L. Williams (Good Boys, The Last Man on Earth); Doria Taylor, played by Kayden Grace Swan (A Black Lady Sketch Show); and Will Rivers, played by Ben Daon (Child’s Play). Matilda, the ship’s onboard AI system is voiced by Paige Howard (The Employer, Adventureland).

The Astronauts is executive produced by Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard and Imagine Kids+Family President Stephanie Sperber. Executive producer Daniel Knauf (Carnivàle, The Blacklist) also serves as writer and showrunner. The series is directed by DGA Award nominee Dean Israelite (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Power Rangers movie, Project Almanac) who also serves as an executive producer, Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, The Orville), and Marcus Stokes (Criminal Minds, The Flash, 911). Will Davis serves as creative executive for Imagine Kids+Family.

Production of The Astronauts for Nickelodeon is overseen by Shauna Phelan, Senior Vice President, Scripted Content for Nickelodeon. Brian Banks serves as Nickelodeon’s Executive in Charge of Production for the series.

Imagine has a rich history telling stories rooted in space adventure, including the multiple Academy Award-winning film Apollo 13 (celebrating its 25th anniversary this year), the hybrid docuseries Mars for NatGeo, and the Emmy Award-winning series From The Earth To The Moon for HBO. Imagine Kids+Family (IKF), run by President Stephanie Sperber, was launched in 2019 to develop high-quality content for kids and families with an eye toward building global franchises. Since its launch, IKF has invested in and is developing The Tiny Chef; has partnered with James Patterson’s kid imprint Jimmy Books to develop several beloved children’s books for film and television; has secured the rights to the Kalamata’s Kitchen franchise; and has partnered with the preeminent picture magazine LIFE, to develop kids content, just to name few.

The Astronauts underscores a key element of Nickelodeon's content strategy, to create co-viewing opportunities for today's kids and parents who increasingly use TV time as family time and are looking for entertainment options holding appeal for everyone. Nick's new content slate is informed by insights into today's kids, who: are the most diverse generation ever and expect to see themselves authentically represented in media and in the world around them; want to make a positive difference in the world as they grow up; consider social media stars as their top role models, alongside their parents; and increasingly meet their much-desired need for family time by co-viewing entertainment content together.

Nickelodeon greenlit The Astronauts to series in June 2019.

Viewers can catch a super sneak peek of The Astronauts during Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together, airing Saturday, May 2, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) across Nick, Nicktoons, TeenNick and Nick Jr.

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Originally published: Saturday, May 2, 2020 at xx.xx BST.

H/T: Special thanks to @RealMagitroopa for the news!

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Nickelodeon USA Unveils Nick.com and the Nick App Updates

Update (12/17): Nickelodeon USA today unveiled their brand-new look nick.com!

Image credit: Nickandmore!

As previously announced, all of Nickelodeon's most popular games how become stand-alone apps, which can be downloaded for iOS and Android devices from the Apple App Store and Google Play. Additionally, all video clips, including full episodes, are now exclusively available on the Nick App.

As with previous iterations, the official Nickelodeon website still has official show pages for all your favorite shows, featuring information about the series.

Additionally, Nickelodeon's TV schedule page now carries up to two weeks of schedule data now!

Nickelodeon USA has announced the exciting news that the official Nickelodeon website, nick.com, and the network's Emmy-award winning Nick App are changing!

The brand-new and improved Nick App is coming! In the update, the Nick App will become the official place for the newest premieres of all your favorite Nickelodeon shows, and will work even better on all of your devices! Additionally, all your favorite Nick Games, such as the Screens Up augmented reality app, the Do Not Touch button AR app, and The SpongeBob Challenge smart-speaker skill, will be available in the App Store.

The new Nick App has all the Nick you love, and will be easier to watch than ever before!

The new Nick.com and Nick App are coming to a tablet, phone or PC near you soon!

To find out more, watch the awesome video here at nick.com and on the Nick App!

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Originally published: Wednesday, October 24, 2018.

Huge thanks to @PinkiePie97 for the news!

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Nickelodeon USA Launches 'Nick en Español' Hub on Nick.com

Nickelodeon USA continues to bolster the amount of the network's content available for viewers with the launch of the "Nick en Español" hub on the network's official website, nick.com!

Nickelodeon's brand-new dedicated “En Español” hub houses short-form videos and full-length episodes of hit Nickelodeon shows, including The Loud House, SpongeBob SquarePants (Bob Esponja), Henry Danger and ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks (¡¡¡Alvinnn!!! y las Ardillas) in Spanish. Popular online games from nick.com are also expected to be added in the near future. Nickelodeon's “En Español” hub can be visited at nick.com/espanol.

The news follows Nickelodeon recently ramping up the amount of Spanish-language content available on the networks number-one preschool subscription service Noggin, with the addition of full-length library episodes of Nickelodeon’s hit preschool series PAW Patrol, Blue’s Clues, Bubble Guppies and The Wonder Pets! in Spanish, and popular nursery rhymes in English and Spanish from the award-winning bilingual baby property, Canticos.

More Nick: Nickelodeon USA's September 2018 Premiere Highlights!

Additional source: Google Translate.

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Nickelodeon Launches Nick Play App In Israel

Nickelodeon has released the networks award-winning Nick Play app in Israel! The app puts the best of Nickelodeon content at kids’ and parents’ fingertips, allowing fans to watch videos of hit Nickelodeon shows and play games featuring popular Nick characters. The Nick Play app is available to download for free today on the Apple App Store for iOS devices and Google Play for Android devices! The Nick Play app is locally distributed by Mars Games (KCA Master, צ'מפיונסניק,ספוג מאסטר, Sponge-Master) in Israel.



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להורדה באנדרואיד: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mars.games.nickapp.israel
להורדה במכשירי אפל: https://itunes.apple.com/il/app/nick-play/id1363948301?mt=8

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Nickelodeon Asia And Telkomsel Press Play On "Nickelodeon Play" App In Indonesia

Official Nickelodeon Asia Press Release via Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia's official Pressroom:

NICKELODEON AND TELKOMSEL PRESS PLAY ON “NICKELODEON PLAY” APP IN INDONESIA

Enjoy the best and funniest Nickelodeon content through Telkomsel’s VideoMAX – NICKELODEON PLAY subscription

Indonesia, 30 November 2017 - Nickelodeon, together with its partner Telkomsel, leading operator of cellular telecommunications services, has launched the Emmy award-winning Nickelodeon Play app in Indonesia.

Nickelodeon Play is a safe destination jam-packed with the best and funniest Nickelodeon content and is now available for free download from the App Store or Google Play. The first kids’ pack in the Telkomsel OTT stable, Telkomsel’s base of over 190 million mobile subscribers will be able to enjoy the complete Nickelodeon experience by subscribing to the VideoMAX NICKELODEON PLAY package. This offers a dedicated data plan for Nickelodeon Play, where fans can unlock premium content by selecting “VideoMAX NICKELODEON PLAY” via MyTelkomsel, or activate by dialing *363# through the Telkomsel mobile service menu. The app is available in Bahasa Indonesia or English, dependent on mobile device language settings.

Nickelodeon Play - Log-in page

“We’re delighted to introduce Nickelodeon Play to fans in Indonesia, especially when viewers and in particular kids in Indonesia, are accessing a wide range of devices to view content[1]. The immersive and interactive app is a great new way to experience Nickelodeon’s unique brand of funny, while allowing kids to re-discover the content they already love,” said Ms. Syahrizan Mansor, Vice President, Nickelodeon Asia, Viacom International Media Networks.

Created for kids aged seven and above, and their parents and caregivers, users can look forward to regular new content, and unwind with non-stop humor and endless surprises. The content will include many full-length episodes, first and exclusive shows, short-form videos, games, and surprise elements from the network’s animated and live-action series.

Access to exclusive content requires a subscription with an affordable price of Rp 29,000, bundled with a 1.5 GB VideoMax data pack.

Crispin Peter Tristram, Vice President, Digital Lifestyle Telkomsel said, “Our customers appreciate entertainment on-the-go as well as the flexibility to watch what they want, when they want. Telkomsel’s partnership with Nickelodeon and the addition of Nickelodeon Play to our VideoMAX service, means that we can now better cater to our customers across ages, and give our subscribers greater choice and enjoyable entertainment with endless fun and surprise experiences, supported by our 4G network.”

The Nickelodeon Play app features:

• Hundreds of episodes for non-stop laughs with the family
  Free access to selected episodes and on-demand access to Nickelodeon’s popular series such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Avatar: The Legend of Aang, and ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks.

Free games to keep you engaged on-the-go

• From action, to puzzle, to strategy game categories – fans can try various games such as Super Brawl World, Bikini Bottom Tic Tac Toe, and Block Party 3.

Endless surprises on-the-go

• The app promotes self-discovery as kids can uncover different things as they interact with the app anytime, anywhere. Check out the ‘Do Not Touch’ button for random surprises at your fingertips!

In Asia, Nickelodeon Play was first launched in Singapore in 2016 and Indonesia is the second market in the region to launch it. Nickelodeon Play is part of Viacom Play Plex, a suite of mobile apps for each of Viacom’s major international brands, offering video-on-demand (VOD) access to a range of current and library content, and other short-form, game and music video content.

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About Telkomsel
Telkomsel is Indonesia’s largest mobile operator with more than 190 million subscribers. To serve customers all over Indonesia, including in remote areas, outer islands and border areas, Telkomsel has built more than 152,000 BTSs. Telkomsel has consistently implemented technology roadmap of 3G, HSDPA, HSPA +, as well as being the first mobile operator in Indonesia to commercially launched the 4G LTE services. Entering digital era, Telkomsel has been continuously developing a wide range of digital business, such as Digital Advertising, Digital Lifestyle, Mobile Financial Services and Internet of Things. To serve the needs of customers, Telkomsel operates a 24-hour call center and GraPARI across Indonesia.

About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 38th year, is the leading entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus special events, consumer products, digital, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's brands reach 1.2 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 170 countries and territories, via more than 100+ locally programmed channels and branded blocks. Outside of the United States, Nickelodeon is part of Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. For more information about Nickelodeon in Asia, visit www.nick-asia.com.

[1] Viacom Insights – TV Redefined study, 750 viewers aged 6-34, out of which 200 viewers aged 6 -12

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"Run Shakin'" Sneak Peek | Paradise Run Season 3 | Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new Paradise Run season three episode "Run Shakin'" on Wednesday 15th November 2017 at 7:00pm ET/PT, Nick USA has unveiled a super sneak peek preview from the all-new episode, which you can watch in the fantastic video clip here on Nick.com/Paradise and on the Nick App!

In the brand-new Paradise Run episode "Run Shakin'" (#310), Game Shakers cast members Benjamin Flores Jr., Cree Cicchino and Thomas Kuc team up with their fans in a competition featuring a three-legged lobster race, a T-shirt disaster and coded Hawaiian messages! In Nick's super sneak-peek, "Lobster Time!", not only are these kids competing with the cast of the Game Shakers, but they get to dress up as lobsters with them for a fun challenge!

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Nickelodeon’s hit series Paradise Run returns for its third season tonight, Monday, Nov. 13, at 7:00 P.M. (ET/PT), with two wild weeks of celebrity sneak peek episodes featuring Nickelodeon stars and their biggest super fans. Hosted by Daniella Monet (Victorious), and shot against the tropical landscape of Hawaii, teams go head-to-head competing in all-new adrenaline-pumping challenges. The Nick stars play for charity and help their super fans vie for the ultimate prize—a paradise vacation.

The stakes have risen as each show includes contestants sliding down an all-new 45 foot volcano-themed water slide, and zipping across the hotel lagoon on a brand-new 700 foot zip-line. Some of the newly created and funny challenges include: Volca-Nose--teams climb up of a 50-foot slimy slide to plug five oozing nostrils of a baby volcano; Sandwich Islands--teams race against time by running across water mats with oversized ingredients to create giant sandwiches and deliver them to hangry guests; and Crazy Bat Shoot--teams use giant sling shots to fling rubber bats at their teammates across the lagoon.

Nickelodeon stars include: Jack Griffo, Kira Kosarin, Addison Riecke, Audrey Whitby and Diego Velazquez from The Thundermans; Breanna Yde, Jade Pettyjohn, Aidan Miner, Lance Lim and Ricardo Hurtado from School of Rock; Benjamin Flores Jr., Thomas Kuc, Cree Cicchino and Madisyn Shipman from Game Shakers; and Lizzy Greene, Kyla-Drew Simmons and Casey Simpson from Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn.

Paradise Run ranked #1 in its time slot with kids 6-11 across all TV through the season one and two run.

Paradise Run is produced by Stone & Company Entertainment’s Scott A. Stone, producer of Nickelodeon’s Emmy®-nominated BrainSurge, and a creator of the classic Nick gameshow Legends of the Hidden Temple. Marcus Fox also serves as executive producer.

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Nickelodeon USA Launches Official "Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library" Website; Unveils Sneak Peek

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the networks brand-new original TV movie, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, based on author Chris Grabenstein’s acclaimed children’s book of the same name, on Monday, Oct. 9, at 7:00 (ET/PT), Nick USA has unveiled the networks official Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library movie website on nick.com!

Nickelodeon stars Casey Simpson (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn) and Breanna Yde (Nickelodeon’s School of Rock) join Russell Roberts (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) and newcomers AJ Rivera and Klarke Pipkin in the fantastical adventure about a group of friends whose overnight stay in their town’s new high-tech library, where the books literally come alive, turns into a daring, dangerous adventure of escape. The book, originally published in 2013 by Random House Children’s Books, boasts a 109-week run on the New York Times Best-Seller list.

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Twelve will enter, but only one will win the night! World-renowned gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello (Russell Roberts) has built his latest creation--a extraordinary new state-of-the-art library filled with whimsical and eccentric rooms, where hardcover books fly kids to shelves in the sky, and massive doors open into fantastical worlds. Kyle Keeley (Casey Simpson), Lemoncello’s biggest fan, is chosen to be one of the first to experience the fun, along with his best friend Akimi (Breanna Yde), a bookworm named Sierra (Klarke Pipkin), a goofball named Andrew Peckleman (A.J. Luis Rivera Jr.), his rival Charles Chiltington (Ty Nicolas Consiglio), and others. The kids must use their wits to complete riddles and collect clues that lead them out of this unique playground of imagination. When excitement turns to jeopardy, this world of wonder begins to spiral out of control as literary characters run amok and chaos ensues. It’s up to the kids to make everything right again or else they won’t be the only ones escaping.

Nick USA's brand-new official Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library website currently features information about Nickelodeon's all-new film and a super sneak-peek from the movie! In the fantastic first-look, titled "First Puzzle": It's the first puzzle for the kids to solve! Do you think they will solve it in time to escape?

Nickelodeon’s original TV movies are a key part of the network’s content mix, creating vehicles for Nickelodeon’s stars to be seen in new and different roles and stories. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library joins Nickelodeon’s original TV movie slate, which includes three upcoming original TV movies--Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie and Tiny Christmas, both set to premiere this fall and Blurt starring Henry Danger’s Jace Norman and internet sensation JoJo Siwa, scheduled to air early 2018.

Join in on the adventure by using #MrLemoncellosLibrary and following @Nickelodeon on Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter for movie updates and sneak peeks.

Chris Grabenstein’s novels with Random House Children’s Books have more than one million copies in print and hundreds of weeks combined on the New York Times bestseller list. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library has spent over 100 weeks on the bestseller list, received nominations for 42 state award lists, and is published in 19 countries and in 19 languages throughout the world. Grabenstein's additional middle-grade novels include Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics, The Island of Dr. Libris, Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel, Welcome to Wonderland: Beach Party Surf Monkey, and the forthcoming third Lemoncello Book, Lemoncello’s Great Library Race, which will be published on Oct. 10.

Jim Head, Scott McAboy and Michael Sammaciccia serve as executive producers. Amy Sydorick serves as producer. The TV movie is written by Brian Jarvis & Jim Freeman and Alex Reid, and was directed by Scott McAboy (Splitting Adam).

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Baixe o Nick Play! | Nickelodeon Brasil

Baixe agora o Nick Play para acessar conteúdos exclusivos de Vikki RPM!



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Nickelodeon USA Launches Award-winning Nick App and Nick Jr. App on Amazon Fire TV Devices

Original Nickelodeon USA Press Release via NickPress.com:

Nickelodeon Launches Award-winning Nick App and Nick Jr. App on Amazon Fire TV Devices

Nickelodeon’s Emmy award-winning Nick App and the top-ranked Nick Jr. App, which have over 47 million collective downloads to date, are available now on Amazon Fire TV. This is the newest platform where kids and families can access the Nick and Nick Jr. apps, joining iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Amazon Kindle and Roku devices.

“We are excited to bring Nick and Nick Jr. to Amazon Fire TV as connected devices continue to grow in popularity with consumers,” said Matthew Evans, EVP, Strategy, New Business & Digital at Nickelodeon. “Launching our TV Everywhere apps on Amazon Fire TV greatly expands our footprint and provides kids more opportunities to access episodes and videos from their favorite Nickelodeon shows.”

The Nick and Nick Jr. apps offer access to current full-length episodes through participating pay TV providers, as well as short-form videos from Nickelodeon’s popular live-action shows, animated series, specials and preschool hits. The Nick App offers full-length episodes and short-form videos from over 35 shows, including current hits like Henry Danger, The Loud House, and SpongeBob SquarePants. The Nick Jr. App features full-length episodes and short-form videos that allow kids to access their favorite Nickelodeon preschool characters and over 30 shows including PAW Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Shimmer and Shine and Nella the Princess Knight.

To date, Nickelodeon has launched 65 apps, which have over 112 million collective downloads to date, including top-performing titles like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run, SpongeBob Moves In, PAW Patrol: Rescue Run, Blaze and the Monster Machines and Game Shakers: Sky Whale.

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Nickelodeon USA Digitally Premieres First Episode From Upcoming Animated Series "Welcome To The Wayne"!

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA starting to premiere and show Welcome to the Wayne on Monday 24th July 2017 at 5:30pm (ET/PT), Nick.com has digitally premiered the first episode of Nick's brand-new animated comedy series, "Rise and Shine Sleepyhead", which you can watch here on the networks official Welcome to the Wayne show website, nick.com/wayne, as well as on the Nick App, iTunes, Amazon, Xbox, Google Play, Vudu, Playstation, and Nick On Demand!

A New York City apartment building holds mysteries and adventures behind every door in Nickelodeon’s newest animated series, Welcome to the Wayne, premiering Monday, July 24, at 5:30p.m. (ET/PT). Created and written by Emmy® Award-winning writer and composer Billy Lopez (The Wonder Pets) and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning creative executive Michael Pecoriello (Yu-Gi-Oh!), the 20-episode series follows three kids as they explore their strange and fantastical apartment building, the Wayne, where nothing is what it seems. The series will air at 5:30 p.m. (ET/PT) through Friday, July 28, and fans can catch encore episodes on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

Welcome to the Wayne follows the comedic adventures of three friends, Ansi Molina, Olly Timbers, and Saraline Timbers, as they aim to unlock the secrets of the Wayne. Each new investigation brings them face-to-face with new characters, creatures, and oddities, known as “Wayne Phenomena,” leading them closer to uncovering the truth about the weird things happening in their building.

(From L-R) Olly, Ansi, and Saraline from Nickelodeon’s Welcome To The Wayne

In the series premiere, “Rise and Shine Sleepyhead,” as Ansi, a new resident of the Wayne, wonders whether or not he truly belongs here, must work with brother and sister Olly and Saraline Timbers to stop a rampaging threat deep within their home!



The Welcome to the Wayne voice cast includes: Alanna Ubach (Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce) as Ansi, the anxious new kid in town; creator and co-executive producer Billy Lopez as Olly Timbers, the adventurous 10-year-old son of a toy maker and a military scientist, and lifelong resident of the Wayne; and Dana Steingold (Avenue Q musical) as Saraline Timbers, Olly’s responsible and more mature little sister.

Additional voice cast members include: Veronica Taylor (Pokémon) as The Spy from Apartment 8-I; Marc Thompson (Pokémon) as Masterson; and Robbie Sublett (The Good Wife) as Flowershirt; Dave Willis (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) as George the Doorman; Dana Snyder (The Thundermans) as Wendell Wasserman; Nikki M. James (BrainDead) as Julia Wiles; Carey Means (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) as Jonah Bishop; Harriett D. Foy (Collateral Beauty) as Clara Rhone; and Charnele Crick (Bocce Ballers) as Goodness.

Before the full-length series, Welcome to the Wayne was Nickelodeon’s first digital short-form series, which debuted on Nick.com in 2014.

Billy Lopez is an Emmy-winning writer and composer from New York City. He has written for shows including Phineas and Ferb and South Park and been head writer on several preschool shows, including The Wonder Pets!, 3rd & Bird! and PBS’s Peg + Cat. Lopez also co-created an adult sitcom for ABC Studios. Michael Pecoriello is an Emmy Award-winning creative leader. He has overseen campaigns for Nickelodeon tent poles Kids’ Choice Awards, Kids’ Choice Sports and the HALO Awards and also served as supervising producer and head writer on animated series Yu-Gi-Oh!

Visit Nick.com and the Nick App to learn more about Welcome to the Wayne. Fans can immerse themselves in the Wayne by following the official Instagram account to discover more about the show, characters, and mysteries within.

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