London, United Kingdom – KidsCo has confirmed that the Syfy Kids programming block with launch in Asia in July 2013.

Syfy Kids, the product of a partnership between KidsCo and Syfy, will debut with a content line-up featuring original programming and recently acquired titles from Platinum Films and KidsCo joint-venture partners, NBCUniversal and Corus Entertainment.

The Syfy Kids-branded block will air exclusively on KidsCo at peak viewing times and will be fully dubbed into local languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, Malaysian and Indonesian. It will be enhanced with a new graphics package and a line-up of imagination-based content.

Syfy Kids will launch with a first-run exclusive of KidsCo’s original production Zuzu & the Supernuffs (Matchbox Pictures). The block with also feature the recently acquired hit CG-animated series Matt Hatter Chronicles from Platinum Films, Z-Squad from Corus-owned Nelvana Enterprises and Enemes, and animated series Back to the Future from NBCUniversal International Television Distribution.

Hendrik McDermott, Managing Director of KidsCo, says, “We are delighted to arrive in Asia this week to announce the launch of Syfy Kids. We have acquired a raft of quality, imagination-based content, including the acclaimed series Matt Hatter Chronicles, which once fully dubbed will bring Syfy Kids to life.”