Saudi Arabia set for news kids channel

Saudi Arabian authorities are set to launch a public service kids channels.

The network, which will be broadcast 24 hours a day in Arabic from Cairo, will be designed to make kids aware of their rights in society. It will feature animated series designed by international child behaviour specialists in association with the country’s Ministry of Culture and Information’s Children’s Rights Awareness campaign, which was launched to reduce the number of cases of violent crimes against children in the country.