Ian Fairweather

Ian Fairweather was appointed Nickelodeon’s General Manager in March 2000. Ian is responsible for the overall direction of Nickelodeon Australia, currently seen in over one million households making it available to over 3 million viewers Australia wide via FOXTEL AND AUSTAR. He manages all aspects of the Channels operation, including creative, programming and production, marketing and communications, advertising sales, and finance.

Since Ian began his career as an on-air children’s presenter at Nine Network Adelaide, South Australia, he has built a resume which is insurmountable in quality and devotion to children’s entertainment in Australia. His experience ranges from creator and producer of classics such as "Here’s Humphrey" and "The Curiosity Show", to his ten years as Head of Children’s Television at Network Ten. Whilst at Ten he bought, developed and executively produced such winners as the internationally distributed Australian children’s drama series’ "Miraculous Mellops", "Mirror Mirror" and "Ocean Girl". As a member of the Children’s Program Committee of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal, Ian was integral in developing and refining broadcast policy for Children’s television, now administered by the Australian Broadcasting Authority.

Nickelodeon Australia has been at the forefront of Pay TV’s domination of kids viewing since the advent of Pay TV. The Channel currently holds the number one spot for traffic to Australian-made kids’ websites, receives thousands of letters and emails monthly and regularly attracts thousands of kids to its events across the country.

Nickelodeon Australia features a wide array of original, locally produced and acquired programming from animation to comedy, adventure, live action and magazine style programs for kids aged 2 to 15. Nickelodeon airs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Nickelodeon, the world’s only multi-media entertainment brand dedicated exclusively to kids is seen in more than 300 million households in 149 territories worldwide. Nickelodeon’s portfolio of businesses include country-specific television networks, Websites and Nickelodeon Movies, as well as global sales and licensing of Nickelodeon program franchises. Nickelodeon’s channels can be seen across Africa, Asia and the Pacific Rim, Latin America, Europe, CIS/Baltic Republics and the US. Nickelodeon is a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIAB). MTV Networks includes the global brands MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon. Viacom, one of the world’s largest entertainment companies, also operates Blockbuster, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television, Simon & Schuster, Showtime Networks, television stations in the US and movie screens worldwide, among others.