Such stupid arrogance! The socialist gov't doesn't give its own citizens credit for any intelligence. History teaches otherwise.
The Russian communists thought they could kill God, by destroying churches and murdering priests. It only forces people underground where the light of faith continues to kindle in and strengthen the hearts of mankind.
Two questions: is it still possible to watch the St. Joseph Network via satellite dish? and what is the term of office for the Spanish gov't leader?
Unfortunately, Zapatero has two more years. He governs by a coalition of Socialists and several regional "nationalist" parties. Spain will vote in March, 2008, unless ZP succeeds in breaking up the entire country before then. Something that the left hates almost as much as the Church is the concept of Spain as a nation (even though Spain as such has had a national identity since the time of the Romans, who governed it as a territory divided into various administrative divisions).
As for satellite TV, I don't know. Europe has extremely restrictive laws on broadcasting, communications services, etc. I am always amazed that they can simply declare that a particular channel, station or network is no longer permitted, usually for some "infraction" such as criticizing the local politicians. The Spanish bishops' council has a radio network (COPE) that can be heard in most of Spain, although various hostile local governments have tried and even briefly succeeded in preventing them from broadcasting in particular areas. In some places, COPE also provides television programming in cable packages, but that is less widespread. It consists of their own programming, which can be very interesting and includes talk shows and panel discussions, and rebroadcasts of EWTN shows in Spanish, with the rest of the day being occupied by classic movies and documentaries or children's programming. However, it's not widely available and in Catalonia, COPE has been under attack for some time. Catalunya is very left-leaning, and obviously the authorities there are going to make it rough for any kind of Catholic programming.