2016 in Spanish television
This is a list of Spanish television related events from 2016.
Events
1 February – Canal+ is replaced by the new channel #0.21 April – TV Channel Be Mad, is launched.28 April – Two new channels start broadcasting: Ten and DKiss. Real Madrid TV broadcasts Free-to-air for the first time.1 June – Sport TV Channel GOL is launched.22 August – TV channel Canal+ Liga stops broadcasting. 28 November – HBO operates in Spain for the first time.Changes of network affiliation
Deaths
- 13 January – Ignacio Salas, host, 70.
- 13 February – Conchita Goyanes, actress, 69.
- 21 February – Eugenio Martín Rubio, meteorologist, 93.
- 30 March – Francisco Algora, actor, 67.
- 4 May – Ángel de Andrés López, actor, 64.
- 19 May – Miguel Lluch, director, 93.
- 20 May – Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, reporter, 84.
- 11 July – Emma Cohen, actress, 69.
- 29 September – Amparo Valle, actress, 79.
- 17 October – Elena Santonja, hostess, 84.
- 9 November – La Veneno, vedette, 52.