laSexta

{{Short description|Spanish television channel}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = La Sexta

| logo = LaSexta 2024 Logo.svg

| logo_size = 120px

| launch_date = {{Start date and years ago|2001|4|1|df=y}} (as Beca TV)
{{Start date and years ago|2005|11|25|df=y}} (as LaSexta) (test broadcast)
{{Start date and years ago|2006|3|27|df=y}} (official broadcast)

| closed_date = {{End date|2003|7|21|df=y}} (as Beca TV)

| picture_format = 1080i HDTV

| owner = Atresmedia

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

| area = Spain
Andorra
International

| former_names =

| replaced = Beca TV

| sister_channels = Antena 3
Neox
Nova
Mega
Atreseries

| headquarters = San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid

| timeshift_service =

| website = [https://www.lasexta.com www.lasexta.com]

| terr_serv_1 = Digital terrestrial television

| terr_chan_1 = Mux 34 (Madrid)
Mux 27 (Barcelona)
Mux 36 (Andorra)

| online_serv_1 = Atresplayer

| online_chan_1 = [https://www.atresplayer.com/directos/lasexta/ Watch live]

}}

La Sexta ({{IPA|es|la ˈseɣsta|lang}}; {{literally|The Sixth}}; stylised as laSexta) is a privately owned Spanish free-to-air television channel that was founded on 18 March 2001 as Beca TV and began broadcasting on 1 April 2001. By 21 July 2003, the channel ran into debt and was shut down, but two years later in 2005, it was replaced by a new channel called La Sexta that began test transmissions on 25 November 2005, and a year later, it started broadcasting officially on 27 March 2006. The channel's programming is generalist, however, there is an emphasis on humour and entertainment. The channel broadcasts a large amount of American and sports programming, and in recent years it has covered political events such as elections, including extensive debate through three key programmes: Al rojo vivo (Red-hot), El objetivo (The Lens) and Salvados (Saved). The political alignment of its news and debate programmes is left-leaning.{{cite news |url=http://www.elplural.com/2012/08/28/el-pp-asume-que-la-sexta-seguira-siendo-una-television-de-izquierdas/ |title=El PP asume que la Sexta seguirá siendo una televisión de izquierdas |trans-title=PP assumes LaSexta will remain being a left-wing television station|newspaper=El Plural |first=Marcos |last=Paradinas |date=28 August 2012 |access-date=5 September 2019 |language=es}}

In 2012 the channel was acquired by Grupo Antena 3, later named Atresmedia.{{cite news |url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1611152/0/fusion-antena3/la-sexta-linea-editorial/informativos-separados/ |title=Fusión entre Antena 3 y La Sexta: línea editorial e informativos independientes |trans-title=Fusion between Antena 3 and La Sexta |newspaper=20 Minutos |date=8 October 2012 |access-date=5 September 2019 |language=es}}