ETB1
CountrySpain
Broadcast areaBasque Country and Navarre
NetworkETB
HeadquartersBilbao, Basque Country
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
OwnerEITB
Sister channelsETB 2
ETB 3
ETB 4
ETB Basque
History
Launched31 December 1982 (1982-12-31) (testing)
16 February 1983 (1983-02-16) (official)
Links
Websiteeitb.eus/eu/telebista/etb1/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionÁlava: Channel 45
Biscay: Channel 35
French Basque Country: Channel 33
Gipuzkoa: Channel 48
Navarre: Channel 26
EiTB's television channels control room in Bilbao

ETB 1 is the first television channel from the Euskal Irrati Telebista group in the Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre and the French Basque Country.

The channel broadcasts entirely in the Basque language.

History

In 1979 the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country was approved, the document contained the possibility of creating broadcast media owned by the Basque government,[1] which would be used for the normalization of the Basque language.[2]

The channel began test transmissions on 31 December 1982 and officially launched on 16 February 1983 as ETB, using this name until the launch of its sister ETB 2 on 31 May 1986, at which point ETB was renamed to ETB 1. A HD feed of ETB 1 was launched on 21 December 2016.

ETB 1 was the first regional channel in Spain, also becoming the first channel to break the monopoly held by TVE 1 and TVE 2.[3]

Its reception area comprises the whole Basque Country — i.e. the Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre and the Northern Basque Country — and some surrounding places.

Programming

Its programming includes: interviews, films, documentaries, sports, youth and children's programmes, making a strong emphasis on sports and children's programming.

The EiTB group's second main television channel, ETB 2, broadcasts in Spanish.

See also

  • Betizu
  • Egin Kantu!
  • Euskal Herria Zuzenean
  • Gure kasa

References

  1. ↑ "Ley Orgánica 3/1979, de 18 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para el País Vasco" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish): 10. 18 December 1979. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ley 5/1982, de 20 de mayo, de creación del Ente Público "Radio Televisión Vasca"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Lakunza, Rosana (30 December 2012). "ETB: aquel 31 de diciembre del 82". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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