Today it is more identified with a television channel that broadcasts animated shorts and programs for children and young people, from the distributor Paramount in the US, and which also has its version for Latin America. Founded in 1977 as Pinwheel, it already took the name Nickelodeon (usually abbreviated as Nick) in 1979. This name is that of the old American theaters with machines of the kinetoscope type or similar where the spectator put a 5 cent coin (popularly called nickel) to watch a short film of 10 or 15 minutes; although at the beginning of the 20th century the term included projection rooms and other artifacts such as pianolas or jukeboxes. The Odeon was a reference to the luxurious Parisian theater, which comes from the Greek word 969; 948; 949; 953; 959; 957; (Odeion "Indoor Theatre for Singing Competitions") .
