2012 in Spanish television

This is a list of Spanish television related events from 2012.

Events

• 9 January – New TV Channel Energy is launched.
• 12 January - Channel Discovery Max, starts broadcasting.
• 29 February - TV channel Canal 4 Navarra stops broadcasting.
• 30 March - Paramount Channel, new TV Channel is launched.
• 20 April – Spanish Council of Ministers passes a new Royal Decree-Law in order to render the public channels management easier.
• 1 May –
• New TV Channel Xplora starts broadcasting.
• TV channel La Sexta 2 stops broadcasting.
• 29 June: Leopoldo González-Echenique is appointed chairman of Radio Televisión Española.
• 1 July – Broadcasting of UEFA Euro 2012 Final by Telecinco rates 83,4% of share with 15,4 million viewers.
• August: TV channel Canal+ Liga de Campeones starts broadcasting.
• 1 October – The Companies Grupo Antena 3 and Gestora de Inversiones Audiovisuales La Sexta merge creating a new group called Atresmedia.
• 31 December – New TV Channel Nueve, is launched.

Debuts

Television shows

Ending this year

Changes of network affiliation

Deaths

• 1 March - Quique Camoiras, actor, 84.
• 15 March - Pepe Rubio, actor, 80.
• 17 March - Paco Valladares, actor, 76.
• 5 April - César Abeytua, director, 64.
• 11 April - Marisa Medina, hostess, 69.
• 14 April - Pedro Macía, host, 68.
• 26 April - Yolanda Ríos, actress, 60.
• 22 June - Juan Luis Galiardo, actor, 72.
• 26 June - Gustavo Pérez Puig, director, 71.
• 5 July - Pedro Rodríguez Gómez, director and producer, 43.
• 23 July - José Luis Uribarri, host, 75.
• 23 July - Paco Morán, actor, 81.
• 9 August - Sancho Gracia, actor, 75.
• 30 August - Carlos Larrañaga, actor, 75.
• 13 September - Pablo Sanz, actor, 80.
• 13 November - Carmen Martínez Sierra, actress, 108.
• 18 November - Emilio Aragón Miliki, clown, 83.
• 24 November - Tony Leblanc, actor and director, 90.

See also

• 2012 in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 2012

References