Nickelodeon (Middle Eastern and North Africa)

Nickelodeon is an Arabic pay television channel for kids that is exclusively available on Emirati satellite provider OSN. It is the official Arabic-localised variant of Nickelodeon and until 2011, it was the last remaining channel to retain the 'splat' logo that was used from 1984 to 2009 in the United States.

Why has it closed in the past?
Like the closure of DKids and Nat Geo Kids Abu Dhabi, it will remain a mystery.

On 8 September 2011, at one minute past midnight in U.A.E. time, and without a mainstream warning, the channel closed and went on an indefinite hiatus without any explanation. The broadcast signal initially displayed nothing but a static message indicating Nickelodeon Arabia's viewers to continue watching Nickelodeon programmes via the Nickelodeon block on MBC 3. The signal then reverted to a casual test card a few days later, and the channel was de-listed by various satellite television providers before the signal itself disappeared completely.

Probability of returning
It has been back since 2015, although exclusively from the Emirati provider, OSN. Along with the return of the Japanese version of 2018, they are the only Nickelodeon channels that have returned years after its closure.