Canal 10 (Canal Diez), is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Radio y Televisión de Nicaragua, S.A. (RATENSA), a company founded by Mexican investors.
RATENSA formerly owned Canal 4 and also owns a local network of four affiliated radio stations Tropicálida, Alfa, Radio Galaxia La Picosa and Radio Joya.
Strictly speaking, the channel only has two sister channels (Canal 9 and Canal 11). Albavisión also operates Canal 2 as an independent operation in a condominium with Maurice Ortega.
The frequency was given to Carlos Reynaldo and César Augusto Lacayo, but was quickly bought by ÃÂngel González. The channel's frequency was assigned in 1990, and upon ÃÂngel González's control, he assigned Chicho Silva for the post. Broadcasts started on 23 June 1997, under the slogans (Outstanding!) and (our peoples' channel).
The station initially carried exclusively foreign programming; a local newscast was added on 13 August 2001.
On 7 January 2005, the channel fired its existing news team as its newscast (Telediario 10) was replaced by Acción 10, and its presenters didn't match the new newscast's profile.
On 6 October 2005, subscribers of the Estesa cable system (now Claro) got access to a 24/7 feed of the channel, with better image quality and 24/7 programming, after an agreement was signed between Estesa and Ratensa. A new agreement was signed in December with local cable operators, aiming to extend the signal to the entire country, including areas with no signal of the national channel of border areas where Costa Rican channels were dominant.
In August 2018, the channel's manager Carlos Pastora said that a boss from TN8 had forced him to regulate its newscasts and editorial decisions.
On 4 May 2022, the Nicaraguan government cancelled the license of its NGO, Fundación 10, which specialized in help for families and individuals with limited financial resources.