This is a list of Spanish television related events from 2024.

Events

* 14 February – All

digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television, in which television stations broadcast television content in a digital signal, digital format. Digital terrestrial television is a major technologica ...

stations cease to air in

standard definition Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. ''Standard'' refers to offering a similar resolution to the ...

, switching to or keeping their

HDTV High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. The term has been used since at least 1933; in more recent times, it ref ...

frequencies. * 11 March – Fox is rebranded as Star Channel. * 26 March –

José Pablo López José Pablo López Sánchez (born 15 May 1977) is a Spanish media executive. He has served as Chair of RTVE since 2 December 2024. Previously, he was content manager of RTVE from 2022 to 2024 and director-general of Radio Televisión Madrid (RTVM) ...

is removed as RTVE director of General Content and Elena Sánchez Caballero is removed as acting

Chair of RTVE The Chair of RTVE, officially Chair of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation, is the head of the RTVE, RTVE Corporation and of the RTVE Board. The chair of RTVE is the Chief executive officer, chief executive of the corporation and chairs ...

amid infighting within the corporation's governing board. * 27 March – Concepción Cascajosa is named new acting Chair of RTVE. * 15 May – Production company Fabricantes Studio launches streaming channel Canal Quickie. * 21 May – HBO Max is rebranded as

Max Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (American dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...

. * 22 May – Mediaset España announces the appointment of Cristina Garmendia as the new company president, replacing Borja Prado. * 2 December –

takes office as the new chair of

RTVE The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española (''Spanish Radio and Television'', RTVE), is the Spanish national public Broadcasting, television and radio broadcaster. It is a state-owned enterprise f ...

Debuts

Ending this year

Returning this year

Changes of network affiliation

Deaths

* 3 January –

Arévalo Arévalo is a municipality in Spain, it is situated in the province of Ávila and is part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. The name came from the Celtic word ''arevalon'', meaning "place near the wall." Regional importance The ...

, comedian, 76. * 13 January – Juli Mira, actor, 74. * 16 January – José Lifante, actor, 80. * 27 January – Eugenio Nasarre, former

, 77. * 17 February – Bartolomé Beltrán, doctor and television presenter, 74. * 18 February – Fernando Delgado, journalist, 77. * 19 February – Alejandro Echevarría, former chairman of

Mediaset España Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. (formerly Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. and Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.) is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian-based company MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., which i ...

, 81. * 13 March – Montse Miralles, voice actress, 67. * 18 March – Rosalía Dans, actress and painter, 68. * 23 March –

Silvia Tortosa Silvia Eulalia Tortosa López (8 March 1947 – 23 March 2024) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than sixty films beginning in 1966. Silvia Tortosa died of liver cancer on 23 March 2024, at the age of 77. Selected filmography Refer ...

, actress and presenter, 77. * 28 March – Anna Pérez Pagès, culture journalist and presenter, 49. * 9 April –

Jaime de Armiñán Jaime de Armiñán Oliver (9 March 1927 – 9 April 2024) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His films have been nominated for Academy Awards in the Foreign language film category twice, in 1972 for and in 1980 for ''The Nest (1980 ...

, director and screenwriter, 97. * 23 April – Itxaso Mardones, journalist, 45. * 1 May – Victoria Prego, journalist, 75. * 22 May – Miguel Ángel Díaz, director and screenwriter, 77. * 30 May – Ricardo Arques, journalist, 64. * 12 June – Fermí Reixach, actor, 77. * 15 June – Constantino Mediavilla, journalist, 63. * 28 June –

Txema Blasco José María Blasco Echeguren (13 July 1941 – 28 June 2024), better known as Txema Blasco, was a Spanish actor known mainly for his work in film and television. Early life Born in the early days of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship, Bl ...

, actor, 82. * 7 July – Enric Sopena, journalist, 78. * 23 July –

Teresa Gimpera Teresa Gimpera i Flaquer (21 September 1936 – 23 July 2024) was a Spanish film and television actress and model of the 1960s and 1970s. Biography Teresa Gimpera Flaquer was born in Igualada, province of Barcelona, on 21 September 1936. Her ...

, actress and model, 87. * 24 July – Elsa Llorente, journalist, 43. * 14 August – Carlos Ferrando, journalist, 76. * 17 September – Jimmy Giménez-Arnau, journalist and pundit, 81. * 28 September – Maite Brik, actress, 79. * 30 September – Paula Martel, actress, 88. * 9 October – Elisa Montés, actress, 89. * 12 October – Núria Gispert, journalist and writer, 66. * 13 October –

Mayra Gómez Kemp Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez (14 February 1948 – 13 October 2024), better known as Mayra Gómez Kemp, was a Cuban-Spanish television host, actress and singer. She was the host of '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' from 1982 to 1988. ...

, presenter, singer and actress, 76. * 16 October – Agustí Forné López, sports journalist, 62. * 15 November – Lola Cordón, actress, 88. * 5 December – José de la Torre, actor, 37. * 17 December – Marisa Paredes, actress, 78.

References

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