 The channel appeared for the first time in 1996 on the digital satellite platform and Stream TV in English, but it was in early 1998 that the channel started transmitting in Italian.It became available on the Sky Italia platform in 2003 and in late 2008 became available on the Mediaset Premium platform however it ceased airing in 2018 and now it's only available in Sky Italia.Cartoon Network Italy launched a high definition feed and partially rebranded using graphics from Cartoon Network USA's 2016 Dimensional rebrand package on 28 November 2016.