Thursday, July 24, 2014

Nickelodeon UK and Nick Jr. UK Join NOW TV Line-Up

Nickelodeon UK, the number one commercial kids TV network in the UK, and NOW TV, the popular internet television service owned by BSkyB, have announced the exciting news in the following press release that NOW TV today, Thursday 24th July 2014, further strengthened its children's entertainment offering by adding Nickelodeon UK and Nick Jr. UK to their Entertainment Month Pass!


The NOW TV Entertainment Month Pass already offers customers a simple, instant and contract-free way to access top subscription TV channels for just £4.99 a month. From today, viewers can now also watch their favourite Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows live and on-demand, just in time for the summer holidays!

With popular preschool shows such as "Peppa Pig", "Dora the Explorer", "Lily's Driftwood Bay", "Zack & Quack", "Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom", "Bubble Guppies" and "Paw Patrol", Nick Jr. is perfect for keeping the little ones entertained with daily adventures. For older children and teens, Nickelodeon offers a great line-up of entertaining and funny shows, including "Sam & Cat", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "iCarly", "Victorious", "The Haunted Hathaways", "Every Witch Way" and "The Thundermans" – all available to watch live and on demand.

The NOW TV Entertainment Month Pass already lets customers watch hit shows on 10 of the UK's best TV channels including Sky 1, Sky Living, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts 1, Discovery, MTV, Comedy Central, GOLD, Disney and FOX. It's available on the NOW TV Box, PS3, PS4, Roku, LG Smart TV, Xbox 360, Android, PC and Mac, iPad and iPhone.

More information on NOW TV is available from nowtv.com or join us on Twitter @NOWTV and @NOWTVSport and facebook.com/NOWTV.

Original Nickelodeon UK and NOW TV Press Release:

Nickelodeon & Nick Jr. arrive on NOW TV

From today, NOW TV will further strengthen its children’s entertainment offering adding Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. to the Entertainment Month Pass.

The NOW TV Entertainment Month Pass already offers customers a simple, instant and contract-free way to access top subscription TV channels for just £4.99 a month. From today, viewers can now also watch their favourite Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows live and on demand, just in time for the summer holidays.

With popular shows such as Peppa Pig, Dora the Explorer and Paw Patrol, Nick Jr. is perfect for keeping the little ones entertained with daily adventures. For older children and teens, Nickelodeon offers a great line-up of entertaining and funny shows, including Sam & Cat, SpongeBob SquarePants, Victorious, and The Thundermans – all available to watch live and on demand.

Gidon Katz, Director of NOW TV, comments: "The NOW TV Entertainment Month Pass already gives viewers access to a fantastic selection of live and on demand shows and now with the addition of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. there is even more for the whole family to enjoy - perfect for the end of a long summer’s day out."

Tina McCann, Managing Director of Nickelodeon UK and Ireland, comments: "Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. are two of the leading entertainment channels for kids in the UK and this summer with weekly films, summer stunts and all the regular favourites, we’re sure that families will love their addition to the NOW TV roster."

The NOW TV Entertainment Month Pass already lets customers watch hit shows on 10 of the UK’s best TV channels including Sky 1, Sky Living, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts 1, Discovery, MTV, Comedy Central, GOLD, Disney and FOX. It’s available on the NOW TV Box, PS3™, PS4™, Roku, LG Smart TV, Xbox®360, Android™, PC and Mac, iPad® and iPhone®.

More information on NOW TV is available from nowtv.com or join us on Twitter @NOWTV and @NOWTVSport and facebook.com/NOWTV.

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About NOW TV

NOW TV provides instant and easy access to hundreds of films from Sky Movies on demand, pay-as-you-go access to live Sky Sports and must see shows on 12 of the best pay TV channels including Sky1, Sky Atlantic and Sky Living. Taking advantage of the rapid growth in broadband-connected devices, and building on Sky’s experience in multi-platform TV, the service provides an additional choice to access and enjoy Sky Movies, Sky Sports and the TV shows everyone’s talking about.

NOW TV offers access to some of Sky’s most popular programming. Sky Movies is the UK’s most popular subscription movies service giving access to 800 different movies on demand including up to four new and exclusive Sky Movies premieres each week. With a Sky Movies Month Pass, NOW TV customers can choose from more of the latest and biggest movies you missed at the cinema.

NOW TV also offers a flexible way to access to Sky Sports. With a Sky Sports Day Pass customers can get pay-as-you-go access to exclusively live action from the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Formula 1®, Test cricket, US and European Tour golf, ATP tennis, European and international rugby union and much more besides.

The NOW TV Entertainment Month Pass lets customers stream TV shows live and on demand in seconds, without a contract for £4.99 a month. Now people can get simple, instant and commitment-free access to top TV channels such as Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living, Sky Arts, Discovery, MTV, Comedy Central, GOLD, Disney and FOX, plus entire box sets of hit shows.

NOW TV is available to anyone 18 or over in the UK with a broadband or 3G connection across a wide range of connected devices including NOW TV Box, PC, Mac, selected Android smartphones and tablets, iOS devices, PS3, YouView and Xbox 360 (the Sky Movies live channels, and Entertainment Month Pass are not available on YouView). TalkTalk customers with YouView can purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass.

The NOW TV Box offers customers a quick and easy way to convert a regular TV into a Smart TV for a one-off box cost of £9.99. Currently customers can get unlimited access to movies on NOW TV with a 30 day free trial of the Sky Movies Month Pass, then priced at £8.99 a month. NOW TV Customers can also get 24-hour access to all six Sky Sports channels live for £9.99 with the Sky Sports Day Pass.

NOW TV Box: Connects to TV via HDMI (cable supplied). NOW TV account required to activate box. Customers can select a Sky Movies Pass, Sky Sports Day Pass or an Entertainment Month Pass to create an account and watch NOW TV. All Passes sold separately.

About Nickelodeon

The Nickelodeon UK Network is available in 14 million cable and satellite homes and now reaches more than 10 million viewers a month. Launched in 1993, the top-performing Nickelodeon network comprises seven dedicated entertainment channels for kids aged 4-15 and their families: Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon HD, Nickelodeon +1, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., Nick Jr. +1 and Nick Jr. 2.

The entertainment company has built a diverse multi-platform business by putting kids first in everything it does – Kids Rule! Content is at the core of the business with critically-acclaimed and hugely-popular television programming from the UK and around the world merging with bespoke content online and a dedicated Nick app, as well as consumer product and recreation opportunities such as the UK’s first-ever Nick theme park, Nickelodeon Land.

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