ETB Basque is a

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public international television channel operated by Euskal Irrati Telebista. It was launched on 1 January 2021, as a result of the merger of

ETB Sat ETB Sat was an international television channel operated by Euskal Irrati Telebista. The channel aimed to bring television and Basque culture to Basques and others worldwide. Its programming was based primarily on self-produced content from t ...

and Canal Vasco. It broadcasts in both

and Castilian languages. It broadcasts through

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and YouTube. It broadcasts programmes from the main Basque channels, ETB 1 and

ETB 2 ETB 2 (''ETB Bi'') is the second television channel from the EITB, Euskal Irrati Telebista group in the Basque Autonomous Community, Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre, and the French Basque Country. The channel broadcasts entirely in Castilian ...

, abroad. Its programming is especially aimed at the Basque diaspora, both within Spain and in the rest of the world, particularly in Latin America, Europe and the United States.

History

The current ''EITB Basque'' channel is the direct heir of Canal Vasco/ETB Sat. The latter began broadcasting in March 2001, as an international channel run by ETB and aimed specifically at America and its Spanish-speaking population interested in the Basque world, for example, due to genealogical links. As a result, it was mainly made up of original Castilian language programming from ETB2, interspersed with a minimal amount of content in Basque from ETB1, which was always subtitled in Castilian. ETB carried out special events through this channel, such as the ''Concurso de Canal Vasco'', in which every summer (until 2012) trips to the Basque Country were raffled off to foreigners who were avid followers of its programming, who had to answer questions about it to win the prize.

, on the other hand was launched before Canal Vasco, on 3 June 1996, under the name of Euskal Telebista, distinguishing itself from ETB 1 and ETB 2. It was initially aimed at Europe (including the Basque Country) via the Astra satellite. Unlike the later channel, ETB's own and original satellite channel had an equal programming schedule in both the Basque and Castilian languages, without, in principle, prioritising one language over the other, and with no Castilian subtitles for the Basque language content. On 16 October 1998, ETB Sat began broadcasts in the Americas, until it was split back to just Europe with the creation of Canal Vasco. On 1 May 2013, ETB Sat (the European channel) was removed from the Astra satellite to focus on cable and internet broadcasting. On 1 January 2021, as part of a reorganisation of the EITB group, Canal Vasco and ETB Sat were unified into a single channel, becoming ''EITB Basque'', and as part of the continuity style reform carried out at the beginning of 2022, it was rebranded as ''ETB Basque''.

Main programmes

* '' Egun On Euskadi'': daily morning news in Basque (ETB1). * '' Gaur Egun'': main daily news programme in Basque (ETB1). * '' Teleberri'': main daily news programme in Castilian (ETB2). * '' Atrápame si puedes'': general culture quiz in Castilian (ETB2). * ''Kerman mintzalagun bila'': programme in basic Basque for learners of the language, with advice on how to use the language in everyday situations (ETB1, occasionally ETB2). * ''EITB Kultura'': artistic news programme (cinema, plastic arts, theatre, music, literature, etc.) (ETB1 and ETB2; usually broadcast in Castilian).

References

External links

Official website
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