ETB Basque

ETB Basque was a Basque 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 and Canal Vasco. It broadcasts in both Basque and Castilian languages. It broadcasts through IPTV, cable and YouTube. It broadcasts programmes from the main Basque channels, ETB 1 and ETB 2, 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. 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.