ETB Basque Live

ETB Basque is the worldwide channel that the Euskal Irrati Telebista group sends beyond the Basque Country, with Bilbao as its reference point in northern Spain. Its purpose is to bring Basque television and Basque culture to Basques living abroad and to other audiences around the world who want a closer view of that community. In an Online TV context, this international feed keeps regional perspectives visible, even when viewers are far from local schedules and daily life across different time zones.

The backbone of the schedule is self-produced programming drawn mainly from the group's two flagship national channels, ETB 1 and ETB 2. Those two outlets are the main domestic sources the international channel relies on, so the programmes remain connected to what is being created for audiences at home. This origin matters because it anchors the channel in content produced within the same public media ecosystem, rather than relying on unrelated acquisitions. The result is a consistent editorial voice that can move between information and entertainment while staying tied to Basque society. For those following Live TV, the multilingual approach becomes part of the identity, with Spanish and Basque at the core and the presence of French completing the international offer.

Language choice here supports the channel's wider mission as much as the content itself. Spanish helps the programmes travel across borders, Basque keeps cultural continuity for people who grew up with the language, and French broadens access in a region that naturally connects with different linguistic spaces. This mix is not a separate add-on; it is built into a channel designed to carry Basque television and culture worldwide, using material that largely originates in ETB 1 and ETB 2.

As an international channel, ETB Basque acts as a bridge between the Basque diaspora and the daily output of Basque public television. By prioritising in-house productions from ETB 1 and ETB 2, it preserves regional references, ways of storytelling and cultural context that are difficult to replicate elsewhere. The Spanish, Basque and French offering also makes it easier for new viewers to enter the Basque world without losing what matters to long-time followers. Overall, it is a global-facing service shaped by Bilbao and by the Basque culture it was created to carry.