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 PLAY is launched. 28 November – HBO operates in Spain for the first time.
Debuts
Television shows
Ending this year
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.