EITB is the leading media group in the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain with five domestic television channels and six radio stations.
Their channels are also broadcast in the whole Basque Country, and people in nearby territories such as Burgos (in Castile and León), Cantabria, Huesca and Saragossa (in Aragon), La Rioja, and the non-Basque-speaking region of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in France) can also get the signal.
[1] 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.
Following an agreement between Sogecable and EITB, 87 million households all over Europe were able to pick up ETB Sat from the Astra satellite since May 2001.
The corporation also launched Canal Vasco, a medium specifically geared towards the Americas, where it reached viewers through American DTH and cable companies.
[8][9] The controversy was denounced by the Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN), the 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.
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".