Nickelodeon Sonic (formerly Sonic Nickelodeon) is an Indian children's pay television channel operated by Viacom18 as part of the Nickelodeon India network.[1]
 Logo used since 2016 | |
| Country | India |
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| Broadcast area |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Viacom18 |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | December 20, 2011 |
| Former names | Sonic Nickelodeon (2011-2016) |
| Links | |
| Website | sonicgang |
After 9 years on the air, Sonic became the fourth most watched channel across all genres with TRP in December 2020.[2]
History edit
Viacom18 launched the channel in December 2011.[3] When it launched, the channel mostly aired action shows like Power Rangers, Kung Fu Panda and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. On 3 May 2016, the channel was rebranded with the tag line "Destination of high decibel comedy and action", and was given a new logo.[4]
Since the rebrand, the channel has shifted its focus to comedy and started producing some original local shows.
Sonic Nickelodeon began broadcasting in Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada and Gujarati languages from 2 December 2019.[5]
Programming edit
References edit
- ^ "Sonic launches on 20 Dec; ropes in Akshay Kumar as brand ambassador". 14 December 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Barc trp data. "Barc report. DATA Week 39: Saturday, 26th September 2020 To Friday, 2nd October 2020". barcindia.co.in. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Viacom18 to launch Sonic, its fifth television channel". www.afaqs.com. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Nick rebrands their kids channel Sonic with refreshing new logo and their successful show 'Shiva' - AnimationXpressAnimationXpress". www.animationxpress.com. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Nickelodeon India and Sonic Adds Four New Local Language Feeds". NickALive!. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2022.