Nickelodeon will launch a localised block in Bulgaria next Monday, Broadband TV news reported.

It will be carried for four hours daily – two hours of preschool animation in the morning and two hours of animation and live action in the afternoon – on TV7's cable, satellite and FTA terrestrial analogue platforms including TV7 and Super 7.

It will also be available as part of the TV7 IPTV service.

The deal, which was brokered on behalf of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) by sales manager, Marco Arbit, includes more than 20 Nickelodeon programme titles, comprising in excess of 1,000 episodes of Nickelodeon signature animation and live action series.