The foundation, ten years ago, of Euskal Telebista (Basque Public Television) was an important step forward for Basque culture and language, and it was also a linguistic challenge. A great part of the programs, at first, came from abroad and were dubbed into Basque. Dubbing into Basque was an activity which practically began from scratch, and many of the words which appeared in the programs to be dubbed did not exist in the language itself, which for a long time had survived only at home.