Nickelodeon has reportedly closed down NickHits, with the Nickelodeon-branded streaming service being removed from Amazon, Roku and Apple TV's channel stores. The news comes as ViacomCBS is bulking up its newly launched Paramount+ streaming service with Nickelodeon content.
Launched during early 2019, NickHits was Nickelodeon's SVOD service geared towards older kids. The channel was available as part of Prime Video Channels, however, non-Prime members could subscribe for $7.99/month (with a 7-day free trial).
The service featured a wide selection of programming from Nickelodeon's vast content library, most of which has now been added to Paramount Plus. Programming included: 11 seasons of SpongeBob SquarePants, iCarly, Bella and the Bulldogs, Rugrats, Avatar The Last Airbender, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters, Henry Danger, Victorious, The Legend of Korra, Fairly OddParents, Game Shakers, Zoey 101, Big Time Rush, Sam & Cat, House of Anubis (SIBUNA!), Kenan & Kel, All Grown Up!, TMNT Half Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past, Dora and Friends: Into the City, The Other Kingdom, Monsters Vs. Aliens, The Mighty B!, All That, Clarissa Explains it All, Double Dare, Doug, How to Rock, Every Witch Way, The Amanda Show, My Life As A Teenage Robot, Fanboy & Chum Chum, The Troop, Ride, 100 Things To Do Before High School, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Crashletes, ChalkZone, Robot and Monster, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, Fresh Beat Band of Spies, Rank the Prank, Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Albert, A Fairly Odd Christmas, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, Splitting Adam, Swindle, Rufus, Rufus 2, Big Time Movie, Rags, and Jinxed.
Amazon Prime also offers a Paramount+ add-on, so you can watch Nickelodeon’s shows and movies this way.
On Amazon, it seems that a lot of the content is still available as part of the Paramount+ add-on.
ViacomCBS is currently in the process of expanding the Paramount+ library. When Paramount+ first launched in early March, its content library was already impressive with 7,000 episodes of classic Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows. Because so many of these Nickelodeon shows were already available to stream on Paramount+, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that NickHits is no longer around.
Beginning in June, Paramount+ will offer a $4.99 ad-supported tier, replacing the $5.99 tier. So, you can save a couple of bucks and get access to additional content by using Paramount+ to catch your favorite Nickelodeon shows.
Some Nickelodeon shows, including Drake & Josh and Jimmy Neutron are available to stream on Hulu and were not on NickHits. For now, those titles don’t seem to be moving over to Paramount+.
Originally published: Thursday, May 06, 2021.
Additional source: The Streamable.
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