How was Nickeloden invented? What made them chose the name? Who was it created by?
2007-01-12 11:19:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Nickelodeon was an old name used back in the old days. Nickelodeon is another word for t.v show. Like if you say "I saw that show Grey's Anatomy yesterday" people back then would say "I saw that nickelodeon called Grey's Anatomy".... They chose I guess because it was easy...
2007-01-12 11:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A nickeloden was kind of the first video device. A series of cards would be advanced using a crank to portray an event. And it cost a nickel! The was way back at the turn of the last century.
Nickelodeon just cashed in on that as an idea for broadcasting on cable. At first the station was snippets of new things folks were doing with video, both in content and technology. It then quickly evolved into what it is today.
2007-01-12 11:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by bluesue 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nickelodeon (Nick for short, formerly called Pinwheel; launched April 1, 1979) is a cable TV network primarily for children and pre-teens.
Nickelodeons are coin-operated player pianos which were normally located in public establishments. Much more elaborate coin-operated versions include additional sound-effects like the Orchestrion. They were eventually replaced by jukeboxes in the early 20th century, though restored or replicated Nickelodeons and Orchestrions are sometimes found today in public establishments as novelty items.
They are also video machines that you put a nickel in and turned a crank to see a flick.
The point is they were affordable entertainment that children could afford to use. That is the image they want you to have of the network.
2007-01-15 19:44:09 · answer #3 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nickelodeon was a machine made back in the day that people would put a nickle in so they could watch images move past the screen, at the time this was high tech. Eventually that went out of screen and people invented TV and then it became a faded memory which nickelodeon decided to take
2007-01-12 11:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by kArMaRiFiC 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nickleodeans were like arcades where people could go to see "moving pictures" before movie theaters were common. The "shows" were usually brief, usually only a few minutes.
The machines were coin operated and often took nickles, hence the name.
"Peep shows" were nickleodeans that showed racy content, some would call it pornography for it's time. They were called that because the viewer had to "peep" through a slot to see the movie. The eyepiece resembled the device you look through when you get an eye test.
They went out of business when feature length movies and theaters came along.
2007-01-12 11:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by The answer guy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
google it
2007-01-12 11:25:31 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you r stupid who cares
2007-01-12 11:26:49 · answer #7 · answered by Amy W 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋