ETB SAT is
what Basque public television and radio (EITB-Euskal Irrati Telebista) provides
for European viewers. Its programmes are a summary of the contents of ETB-1 (in
Basque) and ETB-2 (in Spanish).
Since May 2001, following an agreement
between the Canal Satélite Digital and EiTB, 87 million households all over
Europe have been able to pick up ETB Sat from the ASTRA satellite. In the
Spanish State, it may be picked up via Canal Satélite Digital and through the
Vía Digital platform.
ETB SAT provides general programmes that are closely
connected to reality and which bear in mind that European viewers know and
follow the current situation in the Basque Country from close up. It takes into
account that a large part of its audience wish to be informed, educated and
entertained in Basque. It takes into account that there are Basques who speak
Spanish and French, as well as Basque.
