2014 in Spanish television

• 1 January – Animax stops broadcasting. • 7 February – MTV España becomes a Pay television service under satellite broadcasting platform Canal+. • 13 February – Intereconomía TV, owned by Intereconomía Corporation, becomes a Pay television, excluding Madrid and Valencia where it keeps broadcasting free-to-air. • 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. • 2 March – La 1 broadcasts a documentary about rares diseases hosted by Isabel Gemio, with Crowdfunding aims, getting 1,2 Million euros. • 6 May – Spanish TV Channels Xplora, Nitro, La Sexta 3, LaSiete and Nueve close down after a Supreme Court of Spain warrant. • 25 September – Leopoldo González-Echenique resigns as Chairman of RTVE. • 2 October - TV channel A&E starts broadcasting, replacing The Biography Channel. • 23 October – José Antonio Sánchez Domínguez is appointed Chairman of RTVE. • 29 October – • Julio Somoano is replaced by José Antonio Álvarez Gundín as Head of the News Department in Televisión Española. • 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. ==Debuts==

==Changes of network affiliation==

• 22 January – Manu Leguineche, writer and journalist, 72. • 6 February – Tatiana Sisquella, journalist, 35. • 24 February – Juan José Plans, writer and journalist, 70. • 28 February – Dunia Ayaso, director and writer, 53. • 2 April – Alfonso Bayard, actor, 47. • 3 April – Pere Ventura, actor, 54. • 21 April – Ramón Pons, actor, 73. • 6 June – Darío Barrio, chef and host, 42. • 4 July – Carmen Hornillos, hostess and journalist, 52. • 20 July – Álex Angulo, actor, 61. • 29 July – María Antonia Iglesias, journalist, 69. • 28 August – Roberto Cairo, actor, 51. • 2 September – Daniel Dicenta, actor, 76. • 3 September – Miguel Alcobendas, director, 74. • 2 October – Pedro Peña, actor, 88. • 4 October – Joan Molina, actor, 73. • 15 November – Emiliano Redondo, actor, 77. • 16 November – Josep Maria Bachs, host, 70. • 19 November – Koldo Losada, actor, 54. ==See also==