IPTV and TV guide times in Spain

IPTV Complete Forum editorial desk

2026-11-13

Open the Canarias guide when the islands are the source

RTVE publishes a national schedule and a separate TVE Canarias guide with its own La 1 and La 2 entries. The name La 1 on a tile cannot tell you which guide is supplying the next programme. Open the specific edition you want and look at the row for the programme before and after it.

If you live in Madrid and want a Canary Islands programme, use the Canary Islands broadcaster listing as the source clock. A receiver in Madrid can display the same event one hour later on its local clock. A different Canarias and national programme at the same moment is evidence of different feeds, even if the logo is identical.

One programme and two clocks

Suppose a guide entry starts at 21:30 in Madrid on 15 January 2026. On the same instant the Canary Islands clock reads 15 Jan 2026, 20:30 WET. If the regional guide instead schedules its own programme for 21:30 in the islands, that entry starts an hour later than the Madrid example.

Test the late-night boundary too when the guide groups by day. Take an example from the night in question and convert its start and end to UTC. A single programme can start on different local calendar dates depending on where the viewer is.

1. Record the exact Spanish title and regional suffix in the provider’s guide.
2. Write down the two clock values with their zones and label which one came from the broadcaster.
3. If the title remains wrong after the time conversion, send the supplier both feed labels and the programme row around the mismatch.

🇪🇸 Spain · ES

Use the local programme and station ID together. The catalogue records AMC Crime as AMCCrime.es in Spain.

Check the local source in Spain

RTVE publishes separate channel schedules and a Canary Islands guide. La 1 programming on the national schedule is a different reference from the Canarias listing.

For a one-hour mismatch, open the Canarias guide alongside the national one and compare the same programme date. Confirm which feed the receiver selected before applying an offset.

Identify the exact station in the guide

For AMC Crime, check season and episode. If your source uses a different identifier from AMCCrime.es, use the source’s actual channel field for the mapping.

Convert a programme to the source clock

Spain has 2 distinct offset patterns across the zones shown for these two dates. Start with the exact city or local station. 20:00 in Europe/Madrid resolves to 15 Jul 2025 · 18:00 UTC in the July example.

Audio and captions

Retain the original Spanish title and the Canarias qualifier in a support request.

Which device and account details should you check?

1. Use the broadcaster's own market listing for Spain when checking a current app, subscription or rights question.
2. Look up the app publisher and exact TV or box model in the local device store. Check live versus replay features and separate app charges.
3. For a schedule issue, save the exact channel ID, programme title, local date and time zone without sharing account or playlist details.

Browse channel references for Spain

Channel references to check

• 7 La Rioja
• 8madrid TV
• AMC Break
• AMC Crime
• AMC Living
• AMC Western
• AXN CEE

Find the exact local station

The channel finder contains 164 station records for Spain in this edition. Each result opens the catalogue ID and local guide example for that feed.

• Deportes 2 por Movistar+ Deportes2porMovistarPlus.es Sports
• 7 La Rioja 7LaRioja.es General
• 8madrid TV 8madridTV.es Movies
• AMC Break AMCBreak.es Entertainment
• Cap Terre CapTerre.es Documentary
• AMC Crime AMCCrime.es Series
• Boing Boing.es Kids
• AMC Living AMCLiving.es Lifestyle

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