Here it is, this spring’s upfront schedule

Today El Rey Network, the new Spanish-language cable channel created by director Robert Rodriguez, kicked off upfront season with its first-ever upfront presentation.

Over the coming weeks dozens of cable networks will unveil their programming plans for the coming year, culminating in the second week of May, when the broadcast networks introduce their fall schedules.

Things have changed over the past few years. A few of the bigger cable channels, eager to put themselves on par with broadcast, have moved their upfronts to the same week as the Big Five.

Digital video providers have added an “upfront” of their own, dubbed the newfront, that’s coordinated by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and takes place in late April and early May.

And some networks have abandoned the upfront altogether, arguing the lavish galas are outdated.

They instead opt to send sales teams and programmers around the country meeting with individual agencies. Cartoon Network, the Disney Channel and Spike, among others, have adopted this approach in recent years.

Here’s a complete guide to dates for the cable, digital and broadcast upfronts. Some networks are still setting their schedule, and this list will be updated as they firm up their dates.

Note: All upfront and newfront presentations are in New York City unless otherwise noted. Newfront presentations are denoted with a star.

March 4

Weather Channel

March 13

Crown Media (Hallmark, Hallmark Movie Channel)

Nickelodeon

March 18

GSN

ABC Family

Scripps Networks (Boston)

March 20

Scripps Networks (Dallas)

IFC

March 25

Syfy

March 26

Scripps Networks (Detroit)

AMC Networks

March 27

AMC Networks (day two)

BBC America (Chicago)

April 2

Gannett

April 2

CMT

Scripps Networks (Los Angeles)

April 3

Discovery Networks

April 8

Bravo

Oxygen

April 9

Reelz Channel

Scripps Networks (Chicago)

April 10

CNN Worldwide

BBC America

April 16

Pivot

April 17

CNBC

April 22

Scripps Networks

April 24

MTV

April 28

New York Times*

Buzzfeed*

Microsoft*

Yahoo*

Scripps Networks (Atlanta)

April 29

Time Warner Cable*

Conde Nast*

AOL*

April 30

Hulu*

Sony/Crackle*

Google/ YouTube*

Scripps Network*

May 1

Scripps Networks (Minneapolis)

Time Inc.*

Digitas LBi*

PopSugar*

May 2

Glam Media/Project M*

May 5

Vevo*

May 6

Dow Jones & Co./Wall Street Journal*

National Geographic*

Maker Studio*

May 7

Vice*

A&E Networks (tentative date)

May 8

A&E Networks (tentative day two)

May 12

Fox

NUVOtv

May 13

Univision

ABC

Telemundo

Discovery U.S. Hispanic

May 14

CBS

NCM Media Networks

TBS and TNT

MundoFox

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