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Baiko Pilota —named Asegarce until January 2019
("Asegarce will be renamed Baiko Pilota"), ''Mundo Deportivo'', 27 December 2018— is a Basque event production and deportive license company, mainly devoted to
Basque pelota Basque pelota ( Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronto ...
. Through the Bainet company, it has also made audiovisual productions.


History

It was established in 1992 by
Karlos Arguiñano Karlos Arguiñano UrkiolaNote the mixed spelling of his name. ''Karlos'' and '' Urkiola'' are spelled in Basque, not the Spanish ''Carlos'' and ''Urquiola'', but ''Arguiñano'' is spelled in Spanish, not the Basque ''Argiñano''. (born September ...
and Iñaki Aseguinolaza, among others. Its creation was revolutionary for
Basque pelota Basque pelota ( Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronto ...
, giving it a professional structure, and starting the TV transmission of the sport, mainly in the Basque Country,
La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, an ...
and
Castilla y León Castile, Castille or Castilla may refer to: Places Spain *Castile (historical region), a vaguely defined historical region of Spain covering most of Castile and León, all of the Community of Madrid and most of Castilla–La Mancha *Kingdom of ...
. In 1993 it took the lead of Eusko – Basque, that had until then exclusive rights on professional
jai alai Jai alai (: ) is a sport involving bouncing a ball off a walled-in space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held wicker ''cesta''. It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term ''jai alai'', coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also of ...
. So, together with the rights it had achieved before, Asegarce had exclusive rights on the categories of hand-pelota, ''pala'' (bat) and jai alai.


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References

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External links


Official website of Baiko Pilota
Basque pelota Companies based in Navarre