The yearly event officially began on October 2, 2004, and has been broadcast on all of Paramount-owned, kid-aimed channels: Nickelodeon, Nick GAS (until 2007), Nick Jr. Channel and TeenNick (both formerly known as Noggin and The N), Nicktoons, and NickMusic.com. Since the late 2000s, an international edition of the event has also been broadcast in Germany, Benelux, Greece, Poland and Russia.