Nickelodeon at its latest upfront presentation on Tuesday evening in New York, said that the channel - also available through Viacom International Media Networks Africa (VIMN Africa) in Africa on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform - will be delivering more than 800 new episodes of new series as well as returning shows.
The bigger episode count on Nickelodeon represents a 20% increase over last year.
"With our share growing and content pipeline in overdrive, we are reinventing ourselves to best serve the new and next generation of audiences on new and next-generation platforms," said Cyma Zarghami, the president of the Nickelodeon group.
"Kids are both our anchor and North Star, and that bond with the audience allows us to connect to them everywhere."
Nickelodeon is working on Los Casagrandes, a brand-new companion series for the animated series The Loud House, that has been banned in Africa on DStv due to censorship, a new animated series from the United Kingdom entitled Pony and Musical Dares, a new short-form series created and executive produced by Nick Cannon, and the first project by Viacom Digital Studios for Nickelodeon’s YouTube channel.
Besides the popular PAW Patrol and returning Blue’s Clues, continuing with new episodes, Nickelodeon is also rolling out Abby Hatcher, Fuzzly Catcher, Butterbean’s Café, Fashion Ally (working title) and The Swashbuckling Adventures of Capitán Calavera (working title).
Nickelodeon is also doing new kids movies Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling and Invader Zim.
