Aura (Germany)

Aura is a German television station launched on January 1st, 2001 as NickPlus.

Although it primarily broadcast in English beforehand (most of the series shown already had German dubs created for other networks), in July 2018, it was announced that the network would begin operating a German audio feed; the German audio feed is currently available alongside the English audio feed. On July 15th, 2018, both audio feeds began to get their own programming, with the English feed of Aura being referred to as Aura in English, and the German feed of Aura being referred to as Aura auf Deutsch.

The separate German feed was shut down on March 16th, 2019, with Aura in English becoming simply Aura. Aura continued to provide the Aura in English shows in both English and German, although as a result of Flare+ launching in the region, Aura would shut down the English-language feed effective January 2022.

In November 2019, the channel was selected among six international networks to have a livestream simulcast in the United States courtesy of Flare+. Due to rights issues for English-language broadcast rights, only the German-language audio feed would be provided. NickFamily Stream carried the livestream from December 2019 until its shutdown in April 2020.

In August 2021, Aura International Networks announced that they would shut down the English-language feed as a result of Flare+, effective January 2022. Eight months after the English feed's shutdown, it was announced that the German feed would have its linear TV operations shut down and move exclusively to Flare+ in Germany beginning in October 2022. The feed would continue to stream on Flare+ in German with English subtitles in the United States.

In December 2022, it was announced that a block branded after the United States' NF channel would launch sometime in 2023.

History
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Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Aura (Germany)

The channel currently airs programming sourced from NickFamily Studios, AuraAnime Licensing, and other sources.

Many of Aura Germany's programs are imported from the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and Japan. However, it also aired syndicated German programming.

Several series shown on Aura Germany are edited for content, usually to comply with German law.

In 2018, it was announced that Jetix Cymru acquired the German DVD rights to most series currently airing on Aura Germany, and will release bilingual DVDs containing the English audio and a German dub produced at NickFamily Studios Europe. NickFamily Europe has stated that series slated to air on Aura Germany would be dubbed into German for future home media releases during its run. As of 2023, all series airing on the network are dubbed in German.

Trivia
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