2009 in Spanish television

This is a list of Spanish television related events in 2009.

Events

• Unknown: TV channel Castilla–La Mancha TV 2 starts broadcasting.
• 2 February: TV channel tvG2 starts broadcasting.
• 3 February: TV channel Nou 24 starts broadcasting.
• 9 March: TV channel CyL7 (later known as CyLTV and La 7) starts broadcasting.
• 8 April: The government of Spain gives the green light to pay-pre-view digital terrestrial television.
• 18 May: TV channel La Siete starts broadcasting.
• 5 June: PRISA and Mediapro sign an agreement about broadcasting rights of La Liga football matches.
• 29 July: The Senate of Spain passes the new TVE Financing Act, forbidding advertisement on public television.
• 14 August: TV channel Hogar 10 starts broadcasting.
• 29 August: TV channel Canal+ Liga starts broadcasting.
• 18 October: TV channel SX3 starts broadcasting.
• 24 November: Alberto Oliart is appointed president of RTVE.
• 18 December: Telecinco and Cuatro merge in a new group with 81.7% share of the first and 18'3% for PRISA.

Debuts

Television shows

Ending this year

Changes of network affiliation

Deaths

• 30 January – Fernando Cebrián, 79, actor.
• 1 March – Pepe Rubianes, 61, actor & comedian.
• 18 April – Fernando Hilbeck, 75, actor.
• 3 May – Pablo Lizcano, 58, host.
• 24 May – Pedro Sempson, 89, actor.
• 15 June – Fernando Delgado, 79, actor.
• 26 June – Conchita Núñez, 66, voice actress.
• 31 July – Mary Carrillo, 89, actress.
• 4 August – Julián Lago, 62, journalist & host.
• 6 August – Lola Lemos, 96, actress.
• 11 August – Valerio Lazarov, 73, director & producer.
• 6 September – Julio de Benito, 62, journalist.
• 16 October – Andrés Montes, 53, journalist
• 2 November – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, actor.
• 6 December -Pedro Altares, 74, journalist.
• 11 December – Francisco Piquer, 87, actor.

See also

• 2009 in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 2009

References