NickMusic (Australia and New Zealand)


NickMusic is an Australian TV channel jointly owned by Foxtel Networks and ViacomCBS. It launched on 1 July 2020 replacing V |Channel on channel 802, taking the slot of 's 2-hour timeshift. It is an Australian version of the U.S pay television channel of the same name, a kid-safe, family-friendly music video channel for 4-15 year olds mainly featuring current-day pop and teen pop hits on an automated schedule. It is the first NickMusic channel in Oceania and the second to launch outside of the United States.
On 6 July 2020, NickMusic was made available in New Zealand via satellite TV broadcaster Sky.
Unlike its sister MTV-branded music channels, NickMusic is not programmed locally and is instead a direct simulcast of the Dutch version. As a result, many Dutch-language pop music videos are regularly broadcast on the Australian channel.