 As of August 2013, MTV Tres was available to approximately 36 million pay television households (totaling 32% of households with television) in the United States.On August 1, 1998, MTV Networks launched a 24-hour digital cable channel, MTV S (the "S" standing for "Spanish").On October 1, 2001, the channel was relaunched as MTV Español, focusing on music videos by Latin rock and pop artists.