What if Paramount Global acquired HIT Entertainment in 2012?

HIT Entertainment is an American-British children's entertainment company, being owned by Mattel since 2012. But what if Viacom, one of the bidders and the parent company of Nickelodeon (which aired Mike the Knight and Thomas & Friends on Nick Jr.), acquired it instead?

Here's what might have happened.

Changes

 * HIT Entertainment now serves as a division of Nickelodeon.
 * Nickelodeon would have lots of care for the franchises HiT Entertainment owns, would give more attention to the HiT shows and franchises, and would give the older seasons of Fireman Sam and Thomas & Friends, as well as the original Bob the Builder much recognition.
 * Nickelodeon Animation Studio will co-produce HiT Entertainment's shows.
 * As a result, all HiT shows would air on Nick Jr. for reruns.
 * Viacom (now known as Paramount Global) would never private or block all videos of HiT properties or take down channels or fan games, nor shut down all websites that were owned by HiT Entertainment.
 * Thomas & Friends: Big World Big Adventures! and Thomas and Friends: All Engines Go! wouldn't exist, meaning that the original Thomas & Friends would still continue.
 * The series 9 onwards of Fireman Sam was heavily altered as it continued with the stop-motion animation, kept the original continuity and taken all the great elements from season 5 and put them over into season 9, ignoring the events of the sixth, seventh and eighth seasons.
 * Hot Animation wouldn't be closed down.
 * Bob the Builder (2015) was heavily altered.
 * Rubbadubbers and Pingu would be revived for newer episodes.
 * The Wiggles television series would be kept under HIT Entertainment's ownership and end up after the fourth series The Wiggles Show! in order to avoid ruining childhoods, especially how we miss the older members of the Wiggles.
 * Barney & Friends (being reverted back to live-action) and Angelina Ballerina would actually be produced in 2017 like they were originally intended.
 * Kipper would additionally get a 2019 reboot.