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I think that was more they couldn't launch such a service.

If they inherited one such as Trouble had it still been operating at the time when they bought the Virgin channels, that's different, but it wasn't the same market/target audience as Nickelodeon, as Trouble was aimed at teenagers. Plus you could always flog it a short distance down the line (or not buy that entity).

Mind you that being said, when News Corp wanted to buy Fox Kids in 2001, Viacom said yeah, not going to happen, so Disney got it instead. They objected to Fox Kids launching at all apparently, but it didn't stop said launch so...

At the time when Fox Kids announced its UK launch, Saban didn't own a 50% share in Fox Kids Worldwide at the time, it was 100% owned by Fox/News Corp hence why Viacom raised the issue, by the time of the launch it did, hence diluting News Corp's share, which is likely the reason why there wasn't an issue.

I've looked into it in some detail.

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