Showmovies Kids to launch on July 1

Showtime Arabia, Pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, announced the launch of Showmovies Kids, the only 'family-friendly' 24-hour movie channel focused on delivering the best children's movies from around the world.

The new channel is available to Showtime subscribers from 1 July.

Showmovies Kids is designed to be family friendly and safe. The new channel will complement Showtime's growing range of educational and entertaining content for children which now includes Nat Geo Wild, Animal Planet, Discovery Science, Disney Channel, KidsCo, JimJam, The Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

Marc-Antoine d'Halluin, President and chief executive officer of Showtime Arabia said: "Launching the first children's only movies channel in the region adds to the best in child entertainment available on our television channels' network."

Showmovies Kids will offer safe premium entertainment with more than 100 new movie premieres. Movies will be subtitled or dubbed in Arabic for added convenience and choice and will be shown without commercial breaks. All current Showtime customers will enjoy Showmovies kids at no additional cost.

Showtime Arabia is based in Dubai and is owned by Gulf DTH, which is a joint venture between Kuwait Projects Company Holding and Viacom Inc.

It acquires, produces and packages programmes to deliver a broad range of programming to meet all of the family's entertainment needs on its branded channels. The network's owned channels are complemented with a premium selection of international partner channels including global brands such as Disney, Discovery, Nat Geo Wild, the Style Network, CNBC, BBC and many more.