Basque music refers to the music made in the Basque Country, reflecting traits related to its society/tradition, and devised by people from that territory. While traditionally more closely associated to rural based and Basque language music, the growing diversification of its production during the last decades has tipped the scale in favour of a broad definition.
Las noticias del guiñol was a satirical news programme that aired on Canal+ and Cuatro in Spain. It is somewhat based on a similar programme airing on its sister Canal+ network in France, Les Guignols de l'info, in that it features latex puppets. Latex casts may be shared among countries with local celebrities being used as anonymous citizens in foreign shows. It was initially hosted by the puppets of Marta Reyero and Hilario Pino, the real hosts of the channel daily news. Later, its host was a facsimile of Michael Robinson, an English-born football pundit; and in the final seasons it was conducted by the puppet of Iker Jiménez.
Euskal Irrati Telebista is the Basque Autonomous Community's public broadcast service, which broadcasts throughout the Basque Country. Its main brand is Euskal Telebista.
The Basque Country, also called the Basque Autonomous Community, is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay, and Gipuzkoa. It also surrounds an enclave called Treviño, which belongs to the neighboring autonomous community of Castile and León.
Mikel Rico Moreno is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Fernando Bengoetxea Altuna (1764–1823), commonly known as Pernando Amezketarra or—not so often—Fernando Amezketarra, was a bertsolari and humorist in the Basque region of Spain.
Gorka Otxoa Odriozola is a Spanish comedian and actor.
Arrayán was a Spanish TV soap opera which was aired on Canal Sur. It became the longest running soap opera in Spanish television history, more than 2.400 episodes were aired between 2001 and 2013. The duration of each episode was about 25 to 30 minutes and was aired from Monday to Thursday at 21.45 h.
Carlos Javier Sobera Pardo is a Spanish actor, television presenter and former law lecturer.
Veronika Moral is a Spanish actress known for appearing in the long-running telenovela Amar en tiempos revueltos and also for her acting in Compañeros, Física o Química, Qué vida más triste, Ciega a citas, Vis a vis, Lejos del mar, La novia and Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica.
Itziar Ituño Martínez is a Basque Spanish actress, who performs in her native Basque language as well as in Spanish. She is best known for her role as Inspector Raquel Murillo in the Spanish television series La Casa de Papel.
Loreto Mauleón is a Spanish actress. Early recognisable to a Basque audience for her performance in the soap opera Goenkale, she became known to a wider Spanish audience for her performances in El secreto de Puente Viejo and Patria. She has also featured in thriller film God's Crooked Lines (2022).
Ratones Coloraos was a Spanish premiere late-night television talk show series which was aired from 2002 to 2010. The television series was broadcast in two different time frames from 2002 to 2005 and then from 2007 to 2010. The television series was presented by Jesús Quintero and the script was narrated by Javier Salvago. The television show was widely regarded as a premier television show in Spain as it included interviews with politicians and various celebrities from across the world. The show was broadcast on Canal Sur, Telemadrid, ETB 2, 7RM, RTPA and TVE Internacional.
Patricia Jesusa Gaztañaga Artolozaga is a Spanish retired television broadcaster. She began her media career broadcasting the Los 40 Principales radio programme when she was 17 years old and went on to join the Basque regional public service broadcaster EITB, presenting multiple programmes for it. Gaztañaga presented more than 1,500 episodes of the weekday Antena 3 afternoon show Patricia's Diary between 2001 and 2008 as well as other various short-lived programmes on the channel. She returned to EITB for three years from 2012 to 2015 and her final work in television before her retirement from the industry came with RTVE in 2016.
Egin kantu! was a television program, a musical talent show, aired on EITB network from 2006 to 2010 and presented by Nerea Alias. A music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements, which aimed to find the country's next singing sensation.
Izar Algueró Txibite is a Spanish film, theater and television actress, singer, bertsolari and dancer.
Betizu was a Basque children's and youth television programming, by EITB Media, broadcast by the ETB 1 channel, between 2001 and 2011. It was not a television program itself, but a strip of television programming. It was replaced by the television space Hiru3 (2011–present).
Amane Ibañez Goikoetxea is a Spanish actress, journalist and TV presenter.
Jose Javier Mendizabal Aldalur, known as Joxe Mendizabal, is a Spanish musician, composer, music producer and record producer.
ETB Basque is a Basque public international television channel operated by Euskal Irrati Telebista. It was launched on 1 January 2021, as a result of the merger of ETB Sat and Canal Vasco. It broadcasts in both Basque and Castilian languages. It broadcasts through IPTV, cable and YouTube.
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