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.
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.