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{{Short description|Pakistani feed of Nickelodeon}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Nickelodeon
| logo = Nick.svg
| logo_size = 165px
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2006|11|23|df=y}}
| closed_date =
| owner = [[ARY Digital Network |( ARY Group ) M/s. ARY Communication (Pvt.) Ltd.]]
| picture_format = [[4:3]] ([[576i]], [[SDTV]])
| slogan =
| country = Pakistan
| language = [[English language|English]] [[Urdu]]
| area = Pakistan
| headquarters = [[Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan]]
| sister_channels = [[ARY News]] [[ARY Digital]] [[ARY Musik]] [[ARY Qtv]] [[ARY Zindagi]]
| timeshift names =
| website =
| sat_serv_1 = [[AsiaSat 7]]
| sat_chan_1 = frq. 4060 V
| cable_serv_1 = DWN
| cable_chan_1 = Check listings
| online_serv_1 = [[PTCL Smart TV]]
| online_chan_1 = Channel 21
| parent =
}}

'''Nickelodeon Pakistan''' or '''Nick Pakistan''', is a pay Pakistani television channel. It is the Pakistani feed of [[Nickelodeon]], which is operated by domestic media company [[ARY Digital Network|ARY Group's Digital Network]] subsidiary under a [[brand licensing]] and programming agreement with [[ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Clark |first=Steve |date=23 November 2006 |title=MTV and Nickelodeon launch in Pakistan |url=http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/384/ |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513215635/http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/384/ |archive-date=13 May 2007}}</ref> The network transmits over the [[AsiaSat|AsiaSat 7]] satellite to cable and satellite viewers in Pakistan and features some portions of the schedule [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] or [[subtitle]]d in [[Urdu]], along with some content directly imported from its [[Nickelodeon (India)|Indian sister network]] (owned by [[Viacom 18]]). It also occasionally licenses Western market children's films.

The channel used to be available as a free to air channel but became encrypted on satellite since 2015.

==History==
'''Nickelodeon Pakistan''' was launched on 23 November 2006 by ARY Digital Network, broadcasting to Pakistani viewers the channel is mainly in English with few programs being dubbed in Urdu like Drake & Josh before Nickelodeon Pakistans launch the Indian feed was aired from July 2002-November 2006.

In 2010 Nickelodeon Pakistan took on the network's current [[Nickelodeon around the world|worldwide imaging]], including its logo. Its website was sunset in early 2021, presumably as it heavily utilized the discontinued [[Adobe Flash]] graphics/video format, and it was deemed more cost-effective to utilize the network's [[Facebook]] page than build out an entirely new modern website.

==Criticism and controversy==
In 2005, the [[Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority]] issued an order regarding the ban of several non-private channels because programming which should have been dubbed into [[Urdu]] or used Urdu subtitles instead used [[Hindi]] terms and references blended into the local scripts or the networks carried all-Hindi versions imported from India outright.

In early 2010, PEMRA again issued a notice against children's networks and suspended the licenses of Nickelodeon and [[Cartoon Network (Pakistan)|Cartoon Network]], disallowing them from broadcasting. In the meantime, the Pakistani government pushed unsuccessfully for [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]] or another domestic broadcaster to launch a children's network to replace private broadcasters in order to assure PEMRA compliance with language standards.

On 1 August 2011, the [[Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Pakistan)|Minister for Information and Broadcasting]], [[Firdous Ashiq Awan]], announced the restoration of the Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network licenses, allowing their return to the air, though she expressed disappointment that a domestic Pakistani broadcaster would not step up to broadcast children's programming, nor PTV would launch one, and that PEMRA would accommodate the launch any such network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/two-foreign-channels-for-kids-get-pakistans-nod_100553657.html |title=Two foreign channels for kids get Pakistan's nod |newspaper=Thaindian News |agency=IANS |date=2 August 2011 |access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>

===2016 temporary network suspension and further difficulties===
In the aftermath of the [[2016 Uri attack]], PEMRA again focused on Nickelodeon Pakistan as the network had begun to share programming with Nickelodeon India due to cost concerns, both within ARY and [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]], and felt ARY was shirking off PEMRA's orders in order to economize against their orders; this also included the return of Hindi-blended and all-Hindi content to the Nickelodeon Pakistan schedule since their 2011 return to the air. The regulatory authority ordered a ban of the broadcasting of all Indian-originated media after 19 October, though PEMRA ruled that ARY Group had disregarded the order and continued to air imported programming with Hindi language content from Nickelodeon India during the restricted period. The network's license to broadcast was suspended on 31 October, with local providers pulling the network on PEMRA's orders.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=reportpemra|author=Report PEMRA|number=793105371690897408|date=31 October 2016|title=PEMRA Suspends Landing Rights Permission of "Nickelodeon"|access-date=10 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1293423|title=Pemra suspends licence of Nickelodeon channel for airing Indian content|date=31 October 2016|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|DAWN]]|access-date=3 November 2016}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, on 10 November, a stay from the [[Sindh High Court]] effectively nullified the PEMRA order and allowed Nickelodeon's return to the air, stating the body had no authority for the suspension without a comprehensive explanation. ARY also stated that the ruling [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML-N]] party had used the regulatory power of PEMRA to oppose its networks due to its differing political opinions from the PML-N.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://propakistani.pk/2016/11/02/shc-restores-nickelodeon-license-pakistan/|title=SHC Restores Nickelodeon License in Pakistan|publisher=ProPakistani|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>

On 27 April 2017, the network carried an episode of ''[[Winx Club]]'' which featured a scene of what PEMRA alleged was an "indecently dressed" character, violating the body's 2015 Electronic Media Code of Conduct. After a month of appeals, PEMRA issued ARY a fine of [[Pakistani rupee|₨]]500,000 and warned the network against any further violations.<ref>Report PEMRA. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
*{{cite tweet|user=reportpemra|number=857904546063843329|date=28 April 2017|title={{Nq|نیکلوڈین چینل کی کارٹون سیریز"The Emperor's" میں غیر اخلاقی اور نازیبا ملبوسات والے کردار نشر کرنے پر پیمرا کاچینل کو 5 مئی تک جوابدہی کاحکم}}}}
*{{cite tweet|user=reportpemra|number=875298579035836416|date=15 June 2017|title={{Nq|کارٹون سیریز میں نامناسب مواد نشر کرنے پر نکلوڈئن (نک) پر پانچ لاکھ روپے جرمانہ عائد}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1177830|title=PEMRA imposes Rs500,000 fine on Nickelodeon over this cartoon|date=17 June 2017|work=DAWN Images|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PEMRA fines Nickelodeon Rs500,000 for airing 'indecent' cartoon|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Entertainment/393213-PEMRA-fines-Nickelodeon-Rs500000-for-airing-inde|date=17 June 2017|publisher=[[Dunya News]]|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

==Programming==
{{main|List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon (Pakistan)}}

== External links ==
{{facebook|nickelodeonPakistan}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Television in Pakistan|state=autocollapse}}
{{Nickelodeon}}
{{MTV Networks}}
{{Viacom}}
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[[Category:Nickelodeon|Pakistan]]
[[Category:English-language television stations in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Children's television channels in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistani subsidiaries of foreign companies]]
[[Category:Television stations in Karachi]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2006]]
[[Category:2006 establishments]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Pakistan]]

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