Atlantyca Entertainment will sign with Future Today for the hit series, “Bat Pat’s.” Through this agreement, the children's show is set to air on Happy Kids, to be distributed across Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, among other platforms. The network has expanded the series across the US, UK, and Canada. “Bat Pat is a captivating animated series for young children,” said David Di Lorenzo, SVP, Kids & Family at Future Today. “Our new partnership will allow our audience to be entertained by this wonderful series. We are happy to be working with Atlantyca Entertainment to provide broader access to their extensive library of quality and engaging children’s content.”
The 52 episodes of the series's first season are produced by Atlantyca with the participation of Rai and RTVE. The show been sold to over 100 countries, including Italy, Spain, the US, UK, Benelux, Sweden, Lithuania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, the Middle East. In 2019, the second season of the series debuted in Italy and Spain, with 52 brand new episodes even scarier and more fun. The second season is a Mondo TV Producciones Canarias, Bat Pat AIE co-production with Rai Ragazzi and Clan TVE. “Kids and families have loved “Bat Pat” globally and through this new partnership with HappyKids, we are truly eager to be able to reach a whole new group of young children who can experience the wonderful friendship and adventures that take place in this fun series,” said Alessandra Dematteis, Distribution Manager in Atlantyca.
Future Today and the HappyKids network of channels have quickly become one of the largest publishers of family-friendly content on streaming platforms, with a portfolio of over 150 apps for channels dedicated to the genre, and provides 24/7 access to many of today’s most popular TV series and movies free of charge to viewers across the world. “HappyKids offers the perfect age group and is dedicated to providing entertaining safe content for children and their families, which we are so excited to be part of their programming line-up,” Dematteis said.
The HappyKids channel is free of cost and COPPA compliant, available across numerous streaming platforms and devices, such as Roku, Apple TV, AndroidTV, Amazon Fire TV, Comcast Xfinity, Cox Contour, iOS, Android, and most recently, as a linear channel on Vizio Smart TVs. The season will become available starting 8th February. The first season of “Bat Pat” follows the spooky and comical animated adventures of “Bat Pat” and his friends Martin, Leo, and Rebecca Silver as they unravel mysteries and cross paths with supernatural creatures of the night that lurk, haunt, shriek, and dig themselves up in every dark corner of their small hometown of Fogville.