Nickelodeon UK Wishes Viewers A Very Appy Christmas With The Launch Of The Nick App, New iPad Competition And Festive Specials

'Tis the season to be a finger! Nickelodeon UK and Ireland, the number one commercial kids TV network in the UK, has announced in their brand new trailer the very exciting Nick UK News that Nickelodeon UK will be launching a local version of the popular Nick App in the UK and Ireland on Thursday 28th November 2013!

To celebrate Christmas and the launch of the brand new free Nick App in the UK and Ireland, Nickelodeon will be hosting a exclusive 'Watch and Win' competition called "Appy Christmas", where Nick will be giving British and Irish NickHeads the chance to win a iPad Mini everyday from Sunday 1st to Tuesday 24th December 2013, making it a very Appy Christmas!! Simply finger skate over to the contests official website nick.co.uk/appy (coming soon!) and answer a daily question for your chance to win a top prize!

Plus, British and Irish NickHeads can exercise their digits by grabbing their remotes and tuning into Nick, where two of the most festive fingers around, Father Christmas and Rudolph, will be waiting with a sack load of Christmas specials of their favourite Nickelodeon shows, including the brand new "Life With Boys" episode "Naughty and Nice with Boys" and Gravity 5 teaches us "How to Rock Christmas" in the all-new festive episode of "How to Rock", and classics such as Nickelodeon's first full-length stop-motion animated special "It's A SpongeBob Christmas!"!

Nickelodeon UK's localised version of the Nick App is expected to be based on Nick USA's version which was released in February 2013, which will expand Nickelodeon UK's second screen and TV Everywhere offerings and give kids instant and on-demand access to exclusive short and long-form Nickelodeon-themed content, including comic clips, cast interviews, videos and HTML5 games, giving kids a new immersive, interactive experience, whilst allowing them to take Nickelodeon wherever they go!

Stay tuned to NickALive! for news of the official release date for Nick App UK!

Nickelodeon UK has also revealed in their all-new "Appy Christmas" promo that Nick UK's Christmas 2013 on-air presentation, including Christmas-themed Nickelodeon idents (station ID's), promo endboards, on-screen graphics (BUGs/DOGs) and channel bumpers, will be based on Nickelodeon USA's 2012 Holiday design.

Merry NickMas!

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