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▲[[File:Bilbao - Edificio Bami - ETB 01.jpg|thumb|EiTB headquarters in Bilbao]]

▲'''Euskal Irrati Telebista''' ('''EiTB''', Basque Radio-television) is the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Autonomous Community]]'s public [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] service. Its main brand is '''Euskal Telebista''' ('''ETB''', Basque Television).

▲EiTB is the leading [[Mass media|media]] group in the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain with four domestic [[television channel]]s and five [[radio station]]s. Their channels are also broadcast in the whole [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]], and people in nearby territories such as [[Burgos (province)|Burgos]] (in [[Castile and León]]), [[Cantabria]], [[Huesca (province)]] and [[Zaragoza (province)]] (in [[Aragon]]), [[La Rioja (autonomous community)|La Rioja]], and [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] (in [[France]]) can also get the signal. It has been running since 1982 and during this period it has established itself as a major [[Mass media|media]] [[organisation]], connecting with more than a [[million]] people every day. The majority of EiTB's broadcasts deal with local [[news]] and [[entertainment]].

▲In [[Francoist Spain]], the Basque underground had an independent voice, Radio Euskadi, which operated on [[shortwave]] from two continents.<ref>[http://www.radionetherlandsarchives.org/a-voice-from-outside-of-town-radio-euzkadi-the-voice-of-the-basque-underground/ "A voice from outside of town – Radio Euskadi, the Voice of the Basque underground", Radio Netherlands Archives, February 27, 1997]</ref>

▲On 20 May 1982 the [[Basque Parliament]] unanimously approved the law that set up Euskal Irrati Telebista and on 23 November, the radio channel Euskadi Irratia started broadcasting. ETB, for its part, reached Basque households at midnight on 31 December 1982 with a presentation by the Basque [[Lehendakari]] [[Carlos Garaikoetxea]] and its programmes were regularized, starting from 16 February in the following year. At the time about 30 people worked in the ETB centre in [[Iurreta]] to provide programmes exclusively in [[Basque language|Basque]].

▲Several years later, [[ETB 2]], its second flagship television channel, commenced operations on 31 May 1986 broadcasting in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and at the present time it has a further two international channels. Following an agreement between Sogecable and EiTB, 87 million households all over [[Europe]] have been able to pick up [[ETB Sat]] from the [[Astra (satellites)|Astra]] satellite since May 2001. It may be picked up via Sogecable's Digital Plus satellite-TV service throughout Spain. The EiTB Group's fourth television channel is [[Canal Vasco]], a medium specifically geared towards the [[Americas]], where it reaches viewers through American DTH and cable companies.

▲Following the implementation of [[Digital terrestrial television]], the Basque government allowed EiTB to create two new digital television channels.<ref>[http://www.diariovasco.com/prensa/20070711/television_y_radio/autorizan-crear-nuevos-canales_20070711.html Autorizan a ETB a crear dos nuevos canales TDT. diariovasco.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The first, [[ETB 3]], started broadcasting in October 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eitb.com/television/etb3/detalle/14532/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728102443/http://www.eitb.com/television/etb3/detalle/14532/ |archive-date=2011-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> offering programming for children and youngsters in [[Basque language|Basque]]. The second, [[ETB 4]] was first expected to be a [[Multilingualism|bilingual]] [[news channel]], but was later redefined as a [[sports channel]].<ref>[http://www.deia.com/es/impresa/2007/11/09/bizkaia/telebista/415670.php ETB pondrá en marcha un tercer canal de TDT y establecerá las bases de un cuarto en 2008 DEIA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deia.com/2010/02/24/ocio-y-cultura/comunicacion/etb-4-sera-un-canal-deportivo-con-emisiones-en-euskera-y-castellano-al-50 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120731024926/http://www.deia.com/2010/02/24/ocio-y-cultura/comunicacion/etb-4-sera-un-canal-deportivo-con-emisiones-en-euskera-y-castellano-al-50 |archivedate=2012-07-31 }}</ref> Its launch was postponed but ETB 4 subsequently launched officially on 29 October 2014.

▲The EiTB group also has five [[radio station]]s with more than 300,000 listeners every day - [[Euskadi Irratia]], [[Radio Euskadi]], [[Radio Vitoria]], [[Euskadi Gaztea]] and [[EiTB Musika]] respectively.