Nintendo TV (Europe)

Nintendo TV Europe, is a group of European channels of American origin, which broadcast series for an adolescent and young adult audience, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) division.

History
Due to the success of the channel in the United States, it was decided to launch the channel to other countries outside the American continent, starting with Europe, first being launched in Spain at the end of 1990, in January 1991, the French version of the channel was launched, and So little by little more European countries began to receive the Nintendo TV signal.

The channel was gaining popularity in this continent, being one of the most popular among the people of Europe, and its programs also became popular in that place, therefore it is considered one of the continents with the most fan base for Nintendo TV and Nintendo Studios overall, trailing only America, South Korea, and Japan.

In 2012, the signals from Spain, France, Germany and Belgium changed their aspect ratio to 16:9, including the programs that were broadcast there, the rest of the feeds still continued with the usual 4:3.

In 2016 the signals from Italy, Norway and Greece change their aspect ratio to 16:9, being the second regions of Europe to adapt to the new aspect ratio.

By 2018, the rest of the feeds that still kept the 4:3 aspect ratio (Netherlands, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, the Czech Republic and Hungary) changed their aspect ratio to 16:3 (including broadcast programs) finally having the entire region with HDTV 16:9.

In 2019 Nintendo Studios Europe announced that it would close 7 versions of Nintendo TV in Europe, starting with Poland, although in the end it was decided to only close 4 channels, Nintendo Studios Europe said that the closures would not be at the same time, but that some would close in years Next, the next Nintendo TV to close was in the United Kingdom (a country where the channel had a large audience) in November 2020, although its headquarters would still remain in London, although in October 2022 Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA (current owner of the channel in Europe) said that Nintendo TV would return to the UK at some point in November and December 2022. The last two countries where Nintendo TV closed were in Austria and Portugal, closing in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

Currently the channel is maintained in certain European countries, with an acceptable audience, and its programs with decent popularity.

Feeds
The channel has different feeds, such as for channels from Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Czechia, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia) A separate feed for Greece (which separated from the normal European feed in 2006) a feed for the Netherlands and Belgium, a feed for the countries of Northern Europe (Denmark, Finland and Norway) another for the countries of southern Europe (Greece and Italy) and own feeds for countries like Spain, France and Germany