The channel was originally launched as part of the larger pan-European feed back in September 1993.

Cartoon Network Italian feed started broadcasting on 31 July 1996 on the Italian satellite pay TV platform TELE+ Digitale, and it later began available also on Stream TV's cable and satellite bouquet.

[1] Earlier that month, on 1 July, a Cartoon Network-branded programming block premiered on Telemontecarlo's second network, TMC2.

[2] On 31 July 2003, it became exclusively available on Sky Italia, born after the two previous pay TV providers merger.

era, with the new slogan Ce N'è..[4] On 28 November 2016, an HD feed began transmitting exclusively on Sky Italia.