Batibot
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Directed by Kokoy Jimenez Country of origin Philippines First episode date 27 November 2010 | Opening theme Batibot theme song No. of seasons At least 10 Languages English, Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original language(s) Filipino (main)English (secondary) Similar Balitaang Tapat, The Medyo Late Night Show wit, Sapul sa Singko, Aksyon JournalisMO, Zhima Jie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batibot season 3 avp
Batibot was a Philippine children's television series produced by PCTV and based on Sesame Street. It first aired in 1984 on RPN as Sesame! and was co-produced by Children's Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop) but the partnership broke up. Sesame! later aired as Batibot in 1985, a full Filipino language series. It aired until 1998 and was aired in at least four television networks. TV5 later revived the show and aired it from 2010–2013. A mobile app based on the series was released in 2015.
Contents
- Batibot season 3 avp
- Batibot 1983 Soundtrack
- Conception and the first Batibot
- TV5s Batibot 20102013
- Cast and characters
- Sesame
- Original Batibot
- 2010 Batibot
- Mobile app
- References
Batibot (1983) | Soundtrack
Conception and the first Batibot
Batibot was conceptualized and produced by Feny Bautista, a teacher from the Community of Learners Foundation and writer Rene Villanueva. The show was inspired after American children's show, Sesame Street which educates preschoolers through dance, song, and role play.educational skills through songs, dance, and role-play.
First aired in the 1984, it debuted as Sesame!. It stars Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing which the characters were based on one of the Filipino stories, The Monkey and the Turtle popularized by the country's national hero, José Rizal. In the first year of its airing, the children's show was co-produced by the Philippine Children's Television Foundation and Children's Television Workshop with the support of then First Lady Imelda Marcos. Government support did not last long and ended within 1984 and the co-production deal was cancelled. The Philippine producers went on to produce a show based on Sesame Street in February 1985.
Batibot was then done wholly in Filipino and featured stories in a Philippine-context. At least in 1985, the series consistently ranked among the top 10 daytime shows in the Philippines outdoing its performance in 1984 when it was still a co-produced series and wholly American produced Sesame Street which first aired in the country in 1970.
By February 1989, Batibot was airing its sixth season. However the producers of the series was experiencing financial constraints which placed uncertainty regarding the future airing of the show.
Batibot was first aired in RPN and PTV, then it was later aired by ABS-CBN, then by GMA. After its airing in GMA, it was aired in RPN again. Batibot ceased airing in 1998 due to several factors among which is poor ratings.
TV5's Batibot (2010–2013)
TV5 announced in 2010 that it would revive the Batibot series that first aired in the 1980s. TV5's version of Batibot featured a different set of characters than the prior series–Ate Maya and Kuya Fidel, and Koko Kwik Kwak. Instead of a Monday–Friday broadcast format, the new series was broadcast aired Saturday at 8:30 a.m. The airing of the series lasted until 2013
Cast and characters
Batibot featured characters portrayed by puppets as well as human characters. The puppets used for the show were mostly locally made. Kiko Matsing and Pong Pagong who were among the main characters of the first Batibot were relatively more sophisticated and was crafted in New York.
Sesame!
Original Batibot
* – from Sesame!
2010 Batibot
Batibot as introduced by TV5 in 2010 featured a different cast from the original Batibot
* – from the original Batibot
Mobile app
In August 14, 2015, Smart Communications launched a mobile app for Android devices based from the children's show series.Smart together with the Community of Learners Foundation commissioned OrangeFix to develop the app. The development of the app content costed around ₱1 million.
The Batibot app is specifically targeted to children from kindergarten to Grade 3. It is aligned with the Department of Education's kindergarten curriculum and is in Filipino. An iOS version of the app is also planned to be released.