Nickelodeon is a European channel operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA which debuted in Malta on November 15, 1998. The channel later debuted in Romania on December 24, 1998, and Hungary on January 13, 2000. The channel launched in Ukraine on November 5, 2003, and in 2004 the channel expanded to the rest of Eastern Europe broadcasting in Russian. The channel was launched in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on February 10, 2010, in Czech.