in november 1998, viacom international media networks europe; then mtv networks europe announced the creation of nickelodeon in africa. the channel would broadcast along with mtv europe. a programming block launched on july 1, 1999, here nickelodeon shows aired on mnet's children's block k-tv. in 2005, k-tv decided to cease broadcasting nickelodeon produced programming. in 2008, vimn africa decided to launch a 24-hour channel across africa.