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{{Short description|Basque Radio Television}}
{{Infobox Network|
| network_name = Euskal Irrati Telebista
| network_logo = [[Image:Eitb_corp.svg|250px]]
| network_type = Media
| network_slogan =
| country= Spain
| headquarters = [[Bilbao]], [[Biscay]]
| broadcast_area= [[Basque Autonomous Community]]<br/>[[Navarre]]<br/>[[French Basque Country]]
| affiliations = [[FORTA]]
| owner = Department of Culture of the [[Basque Government]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1982|5|20|df=y}}
| website = [http://www.eitb.eus eitb.eus]
| past_names =
}}
[[File:Bilbao - Edificio Bami - ETB 01.jpg|thumb|EITB headquarters in Bilbao]]
'''Euskal Irrati Telebista''' ({{IPA|eu|eus̺kal irat̪i t̪elebis̺t̪a|lang}}; {{translation|Basque Radio Television}}; acronym '''EITB''', branded '''eitb''') is the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Autonomous Community]]'s public [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] service, which broadcasts throughout the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]]. 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 five domestic [[television channel]]s and six [[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]], [[Province of Huesca|Huesca]] and [[Province of Zaragoza|Saragossa]] (in [[Aragon]]), [[La Rioja (autonomous community)|La Rioja]], and the non-Basque-speaking region of [[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]].

== History ==
In [[Francoist Spain]], the Basque underground had an independent voice, Radio Euskadi, which operated on [[shortwave]] from two continents.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 1997 |title=A voice from outside of town: Radio Euskadi, the voice of the Basque underground |url=https://www.radionetherlandsarchives.org/a-voice-from-outside-of-town-radio-euzkadi-the-voice-of-the-basque-underground/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |website=Radio Netherlands Archives |language=en}}</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 1|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]] were able to pick up [[ETB Sat]] from the [[Astra (satellites)|Astra]] satellite since May 2001. The corporation also launched [[Canal Vasco]], a medium specifically geared towards the [[Americas]], where it reached viewers through American [[Satellite television|DTH]] and [[Cable television|cable]] companies. Both of these were merged into [[ETB Basque]] in early 2021.

Following the implementation of [[Digital terrestrial television]], the Basque government allowed EITB to create two new digital television channels.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 July 2007 |title=Autorizan a ETB a crear dos nuevos canales TDT |language=es |work=El Diario Vasco |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/prensa/20070711/television_y_radio/autorizan-crear-nuevos-canales_20070711.html |access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> The first, [[ETB 3]], started broadcasting in October 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2008 |title=Las emisiones de ETB-3 han comenzado con las palabras del Lehendakari |url=http://www.eitb.com/television/etb3/detalle/14532/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013132533/http://www.eitb.com/television/etb3/detalle/14532/ |archive-date=13 October 2008 |access-date=11 October 2008 |website=EITB |language=es}}</ref> offering programming for children and youth in [[Basque language|Basque]]. The second, [[ETB 4]], was first expected to be a bilingual [[News broadcasting|news channel]], but was later redefined as a [[sports channel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2007 |title=ETB pondrá en marcha un tercer canal de TDT y establecerá las bases de un cuarto en 2008 DEIA |url=http://www.deia.com/es/impresa/2007/11/09/bizkaia/telebista/415670.php |url-status= |website=Deia.com |language=es}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2010 |title=ETB-4 será un canal deportivo |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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/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 |archive-date=31 July 2012 |access-date=27 November 2014 |website=Deia.com |language=es}}</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.

== Notable Staff ==
Among many notable staff, [[Urtzi Urrutikoetxea]] has worked at EITB and is a prominent writer in his current community of Washington, DC where he substitutes at a DC public school.

== Iberia Flight 610 ==
On 19 February 1985, [[Iberia Flight 610]], a [[Boeing]] [[Boeing 727|727]] from Madrid to Bilbao, crashed onto an EITB antenna during approach to [[Bilbao Airport]], causing the deaths of all 148 occupants inside the jet.<ref>{{Citation |last=Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Commission |title=[Report] |url=https://www.fomento.es/NR/rdonlyres/FCDC0DE3-4C05-43AE-AEF2-703A6AA6FDD1/13043/1985_009_A_ENG.pdf |mode=cs1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401115241/https://www.fomento.es/NR/rdonlyres/FCDC0DE3-4C05-43AE-AEF2-703A6AA6FDD1/13043/1985_009_A_ENG.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Budget==
The Basque community has increased its 2015 budget to 124.6 million euro up from 107.6 million the year before.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 October 2014 |title=El presupuesto de EiTB para 2015 será de 124,6 millones de euros, un 2,3% más que este año |language=es |work=Europa Press |url=https://www.europapress.es/euskadi/noticia-presupuesto-eitb-2015-sera-1246-millones-euros-23-mas-ano-20141021205546.html |access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
Both EITB and ETB have been at the center of some controversy over their content and audiovisual productions.

=== EiTB controversy (2017) ===
In 2017, the [[ETB 1]] channel broadcast a program called ''Euskalduna naiz, eta zu?'' and one of the episodes broadcast was the source of much controversy due to some statements that were made in it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-06 |title=Los protagonistas de la polémica de EiTB y sus frases sobre los españoles |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/multimedia/album/cultura/2017-03-06/eitb-miren-gaztanaga-espanoles-protagonistas-guardian-invisible_1342912/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=El Confidencial |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Polémica por la emisión de un vídeo en EITB que tilda de "fachas", "paletos", "chonis", "atrasados" e "ignorantes" a los españoles |url=https://www.publico.es/politica/polemica-emision-video-eitb-tilda.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.publico.es|date=4 March 2017 }}</ref> The controversy was denounced by the [[Unión del Pueblo Navarro]] (UPN), the [[People's Party (Spain)|Popular Party]] (PP) and [[Covite]], who announced that they would carry the matter went to the courts and the European Commission and the [[PSE-EE]] asked the public entity to be held accountable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-04 |title=Polémica por un programa de ETB que presenta a los españoles como "paletos" y "fachas" |url=https://www.expansion.com/sociedad/2017/03/04/58bb04df468aebd44f8b4673.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Expansión.com |language=es}}</ref> The matter even reached the Spanish Senate. Finally EITB had to apologize for it.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gorospe |first1=Pedro |last2=Zugadi |first2=Ane |date=2017-03-06 |title=EITB pide disculpas por el vídeo que clasifica a los españoles en "fachas" y "chonis" |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2017/03/06/actualidad/1488813532_982252.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |issn=1134-6582}}</ref>

=== ''Betizu'' (2022) ===
[[File:Betizu (ETB) 2001-2009.png|thumb|''Betizu'' logo]]
In 2022 a small controversy arose with ''[[Betizu (TV program)|Betizu]]'' (2001–2011). The ''Betizu'' stars (presenters, actors, singers, etc.) were children and adolescents ([[Child actor|child stars]]). As adults, some of the stars spoke about the treatment they received on the program when they recorded it.

The singer and presenter [[Zuriñe Hidalgo]] was one of the many stars, where she has been since she was 11 years old. In the year 2022, as an adult, she recognized that it was not easy being so young on the programme and criticized the show and the [[ETB 1]] channel for certain facts, declaring that "''she suffered discrimination in situations ranging from the way she was dressed, to the way they treated her''".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferreira |first=Maialen |date=2022-12-06 |title=Zuriñe Hidalgo, an adolescence under the spotlight: "It took me a while to be aware of the violence I was receiving |url=https://www.eldiario.es/euskadi/referentes-en-femenino/zurine-hidalgo-adolescencia-focos-tarde-consciente-violencias-recibiendo_128_9774202.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=elDiario.es |language=es}}</ref>

==Services==
=== Television channels ===
*[[ETB 1]] – Generalist channel in Basque language.
*[[ETB 2]] – Generalist channel in Spanish language.
*[[ETB 3]] – Youth channel in Basque language.
*[[ETB 4]] – Bilingual entertainment channel in both Spanish and Basque.
*[[ETB Basque]] - Worldwide channel, both in Basque and Spanish languages, a direct heir of former [[ETB Sat]] and [[Canal Vasco]].

=== Radio stations ===
*{{ill|Euskadi Irratia|es}} – News/Talk radio station in Basque language
*{{ill|Radio Euskadi|es}} – News/Talk radio station in Spanish language
*{{ill|Radio Vitoria|es}} – News/Talk radio station aimed at the city of [[Vitoria, Spain|Vitoria]] in Spanish language
*{{ill|Gaztea|es}} – Music radio station in the Basque language aimed at the youth
*{{ill|EITB Musika|es}} – Cultural and soft music radio station in Basque and Spanish

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Euskal Irrati Telebista|EITB}}
* {{official website|https://www.eitb.eus/eu/}} {{in lang|eu}}
* {{official website|https://www.eitb.eus/es/}} {{in lang|es}}
* {{official website|https://www.eitb.eus/fr/}} {{in lang|fr}}

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