Postman Pat - Broadcasters in Other Countries

Broadcasters in Other Countries

• In mainland China, the series launched on China’s dominant broadcast platform, China Central Television (CCTV) in July 2008. The show was dubbed into Chinese.
• In Hong Kong, Postman Pat Special Delivery has aired on ATV World in English.
• In New Zealand, the original series has aired on TV2 (New Zealand) and the new SDS series currently screens on Kidzone, the children's show on TVNZ6.
• In Australia Postman Pat is on Cartoon Network and ABC Kids.
• In 2005, Postman Pat was sold to the Japanese division of Disney Channel, finally putting to rest a long-standing misconception in the UK that Japanese television would not take the series because having only three fingers and a thumb on each hand (as Pat does) was a Yakuza symbol. The series is dubbed into Japanese.
• In the United States, newer episodes of Postman Pat initially aired weekdays at 8:00 AM Eastern time on the HBO Family cable network. The 2004 series currently broadcasts weekends on the Qubo Channel. The episodes are unaltered, leaving intact the accents and other distinctly British elements of the series.
• In Israel Postman Pat is known as "Dar Ha'davar" and is shown on Channel One, dubbed in to Hebrew.
• In India, Postman Pat was shown under the heading of "Half Ticket Express" which included various other shows aimed at children.
• In Iran, Postman Pat was broadcast in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The show was dubbed into Persian under the name Pat-e Postchi.
• In Malaysia, Postman Pat originally aired on RTM1 in the early 1990s. It reappeared on NTV7 in English in 2008. It is also shown on Astro Ceria bilingually, in both Malay and English. As of November 2009, NTV7 has completed airing of the 2004 series and is airing Postman Pat SDS in its place. As of January 2010, Astro Ceria no longer broadcasts Postman Pat. NTV7 airs Postman Pat SDS on weekends at 9:00 AM as usual.
• In the Philippines, the series aired on TV5, dubbed into Tagalog.
• In Canada, Postman Pat is shown on the Treehouse Children's Network.
• In Arabic, Postman Pat is known as ساعي البريد and shown on Baraem.