2014 in Spanish television

This is a list of Spanish television related events from 2014.

Events

• 1 January – Animax stops broadcasting.
• 7 February – MTV España becomes a Pay television service under satellite broadcasting platform Canal+.^[1]
• 13 February – Intereconomía TV, owned by Intereconomía Corporation, becomes a Pay television, excluding Madrid and Valencia where it keeps broadcasting free-to-air.^[2]
• 23 February – La Sexta broadcast the Pseudo-documentary Operación Palace, directed by Jordi Évole, about the 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt, and becomes the most viewed non-sport show in the channel history, with 5,2 million views and 23.9% of share.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}
• 2 March – La 1 broadcasts a documentary about rares diseases hosted by Isabel Gemio, with Crowdfunding aims, getting 1,2 Million euros.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}
• 6 May – Spanish TV Channels Xplora, Nitro, La Sexta 3, LaSiete and Nueve close down after a Supreme Court of Spain warrant.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]}
• 25 September – Leopoldo González-Echenique resigns as Chairman of RTVE.^[21]
• 2 October - TV channel A&E starts broadcasting, replacing The Biography Channel.
• 23 October – José Antonio Sánchez Domínguez is appointed Chairman of RTVE.^[22]
• 29 October –
  • Julio Somoano is replaced by José Antonio Álvarez Gundín as Head of the News Department in Televisión Española.^[23]
  • Television channel ETB 4 starts broadcasting.
• 24 December – First Royal Christmas Message of the new King of Spain Felipe VI with 8,2 million views and 73.4% of share.^[24]

Debuts

Television shows

Ending this year

Changes of network affiliation

Deaths

• 22 January – Manu Leguineche, writer and journalist, 72.^[104]
• 6 February – Tatiana Sisquella, journalist, 35.^[105]
• 24 February – Juan José Plans, writer and journalist, 70.^[106]
• 28 February – Dunia Ayaso, director and writer, 53.^[107]
• 2 April – Alfonso Bayard, actor, 47.^[108]
• 3 April – Pere Ventura, actor, 54.^[109]
• 21 April – Ramón Pons, actor, 73.^[110]
• 6 June – Darío Barrio, chef and host, 42.^[111]
• 4 July – Carmen Hornillos, hostess and journalist, 52.^[112]
• 20 July – Álex Angulo, actor, 61.^[113]
• 29 July – María Antonia Iglesias, journalist, 69.^[114]
• 28 August – Roberto Cairo, actor, 51.^[115]
• 2 September – Daniel Dicenta, actor, 76.^[116]
• 3 September – Miguel Alcobendas, director, 74.^[117]
• 2 October – Pedro Peña, actor, 88.^[118]
• 4 October – Joan Molina, actor, 73.^[119]
• 15 November – Emiliano Redondo, actor, 77.^[120]
• 16 November – Josep Maria Bachs, host, 70.^[121]
• 19 November – Koldo Losada, actor, 54.^[122]

See also

• 2014 in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 2014

References

This page was last edited on 25 February 2024, at 21:44