Nickelodeon Logo — Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally called Pinwheel is a children’s channel in the United States owned by Viacom. The channel is aimed primarily at primary school children and young adolescents (ages 6-14), also had a block of Monday to Friday in the morning aimed at preschool children (2-5 years). Since 2006 has been directed by Cyma Zarghami.
The channel was created in 1977 under the name “Pinwheel Channel”, in Columbus, Ohio as part of the cable television Time Warner. In its first broadcast day blocks or segments aired as Pinwheel, Video Comic Book, America Goes Bananaz, Nickel Flicks and By the way. Its logo was a silver sphere with the channel name.
In 2011 it announced new productions such as Kung Fu Panda: The Series and Avatar: The Legend of Korra. One of these is spin-off and is based on the series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The financial problems facing the channel impulse to abandon projects at the Barnyard Back, Mighty B! and True Jackson whose productions closed during the months of August and September, in addition to the series Planet Sheen and The Troop are in completion of production, the channel decided to focus on the series SpongeBob SquarePants, iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush indicating the channel’s best ratings in order to end the financial problems of the chain to conduct the sale of rights to the series Danny Phantom chain to Teletoon, most of the advertising budget and has focused on the future Nicktoons Avatar: The Legend of Korra and Kung Fu Panda: The Series, but the chain discussed the recovery of the production of big hits that are past to Rugrats, the production of SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly Magic, Supah Ninjas, Spongebob, iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush has confirmed its continuity with new seasons, the chain also has focused on the musical projects of Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, Big Time Rush and Drake Bell, the latter has appeared on most of the programs from the cancellation of Drake and Josh because the chain is producing a film starring this.