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Batibot
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.
The precursor of Batibot was Sesame!, a Filipino version of the American children's show, Sesame Street. 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. 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.
Government support ended in 1984 and the co-production arrangement with CTW was cancelled.
PCTF decided to produce the show Batibot. Debuting in February 1985, 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, 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.
By February 1989, the producers were experiencing financial constraints which placed uncertainty regarding the future airing of the show. 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. In 1994, Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing were returned to CTW's new management.
In 1999, Batibot was relaunched as Batang Batibot airing on a Saturday morning timeslot.
Batibot ended its run on June 30, 2002.
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Batibot
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.
The precursor of Batibot was Sesame!, a Filipino version of the American children's show, Sesame Street. 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. 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.
Government support ended in 1984 and the co-production arrangement with CTW was cancelled.
PCTF decided to produce the show Batibot. Debuting in February 1985, 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, 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.
By February 1989, the producers were experiencing financial constraints which placed uncertainty regarding the future airing of the show. 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. In 1994, Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing were returned to CTW's new management.
In 1999, Batibot was relaunched as Batang Batibot airing on a Saturday morning timeslot.
Batibot ended its run on June 30, 2002.