Batibot

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Batibot
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GenreEducational
Created by
Directed byKokoy Jimenez[1]
Opening themeBatibot theme song
Country of originPhilippines
Original languageTagalog
No. of seasons4
Production
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Production companyPhilippine Children's Television Foundation[2]
Original release
Network
Release1985 (1985) –
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)
ReleaseNovember 27, 2010 (2010-11-27) –
2013 (2013)
Related
Sesame! (1983–84)

Batibot is a Philippine television educational show produced by the Philippine Children's Television Foundation (PCTF). It debuted in 1985, a co-production of PCTV and the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) from 1983 to 1984.[3]

Background

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Main article: Sesame!

The precursor of Batibot was Sesame!, a Filipino version of the American children's show, Sesame Street.[4] Sesame! was a co-production of the Philippine Children's Television Foundation (PCTF) and the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) with support from the Philippine government. It aired in 1983 as a bilingual (Filipino and English) program.[5][6] The series featured two Muppet-style characters Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing. Both characters were inspired from a Filipino fable, "The Turtle and the Monkey", which was annotated to English by José Rizal in 1889.[7]

Government support ended in 1984 and the co-production arrangement with CTW was cancelled.[8]

History

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Batibot (1985–2002)

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PCTF decided to produce the show Batibot. Debuting in February 1985,[9] it was conceptualized and produced by Feny Delos Angeles-Bautista, a teacher from the Community of Learners Foundation and writer Rene Villanueva. Unlike the bilingual (Filipino and English) Sesame!, Batibot was done entirely in Filipino and featured stories in a Philippine context. An arrangement with CTW was made in order for the characters Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing to continue their appearance including one human character Kuya Mario.

Airing on weekdays with a time slot of 10:30 AM,[10][11] the series consistently ranked in 1985 among the top 10 daytime shows in the Philippines, outdoing the ratings of Sesame! and Sesame Street, which first aired in the country in 1970.[9]

By February 1989, the producers were experiencing financial constraints which placed uncertainty regarding the future airing of the show.[8] PCTF were in negotiations for an Indonesian version of Batibot; coincidentally, CTW were also in negotiations for an Indonesian version of Sesame Street. Shortly thereafter, CTW informed PCTF of their decision to repossess the characters Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing. PCTF negotiated with CTW for the continued use of the characters for four more years under a license arrangement. Despite, the extension to use the characters, PCTF decided to phase out their appearances because of the costs.[3] In 1994, Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing were returned to CTW's new management.[5]

In 1999, Batibot was relaunched as Batang Batibot airing on a Saturday morning timeslot.[12]

Batibot ended its run on June 30, 2002.[13][14][4][15]

TV5's Batibot (2010–13)

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TV5 announced in 2010 that it would revive Batibot. It premiered on November 27, 2010.[13] TV5's version of Batibot featured a different set of human characters, Ate Maya and Kuya Fidel. Instead of a Monday–Friday broadcast format, the new series was aired on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.[16] The airing of the series lasted until 2013.[6]

Cast and characters

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Batibot featured characters portrayed by puppets as well as human characters. Most of the puppets used for the show were locally made. Kiko Matsing and Pong Pagong who were among the main characters of the original Batibot were owned and crafted by CTW.[9]

Batibot

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Batibot (2010)

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  • – from the original Batibot

Accolades

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Accolades received by Batibot
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2000 14th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Children's Show Batang Batibot Won [18]
2011 20th KBP Golden Dove Awards Best Children’s Program Batibot Won [19]
Anak TV Seal Awards Won [20]
2012 Prix Jeunesse International Festival 2012 Up to 6 years old Non-fiction Finalist [21]
26th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Educational/Children's Program Nominated [22]
Anak TV Seal Awards Won [23]
2013 27th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Children Show Won [24]
Best Children Show Host Kakki Teodoro, Abner Delina Nominated

Video game

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Batibot Games
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DeveloperOrangeFix
Platforms
ReleaseAndroid
  • WW: August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)
iOS
  • WW: July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)
GenreEducational

On August 14, 2015, Smart Communications launched a videogame for Android devices, based on the show. Smart together with the Community of Learners Foundation commissioned OrangeFix to develop the app.[4] The development costed around one million Philippine pesos.[6] It was specifically targeted to children from kindergarten to Grade 3, and aligned with the Department of Education's kindergarten curriculum and is in Filipino. An iOS version of the app was released on July 5, 2017.[6]

References

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