Joanna Padovano Tong

LOS ANGELES: A number of new licensing partners from around the world have signed on for Saban Brands's long-running hit property Power Rangers.

LOS ANGELES: Dee Bradley Baker, who served as the voice of Olmec in the 1990s Nickelodeon game show Legends of the Hidden Temple, has joined the cast of the network's upcoming TV movie of the same name.

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has given the go-ahead to a sixth season of the popular family sitcom The Amazing World of Gumball.

LAS VEGAS: 4K Media has inked a licensing deal with Udon Entertainment for the publishing of art books based on more than 7,000 images from the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading-card game series.

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has placed renewals for three of its hit animated preschool programs, including Blaze and the Monster Machines, totaling more than 65 episodes.

LOS ANGELES: Saban Brands and Cirque du Soleil Média have appointed Funrise Toy Corporation as the global master licensee for Cirque du Soleil Junior – Luna Petunia, a new animated preschool property.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment's Nelvana and Sony Pictures Animation have licensed the global broadcast and on-demand rights for Hotel Transylvania: The Television Series to Disney Channels Worldwide.

LONDON: FremantleMedia Kids & Family has inked a number of new licensing deals in North America for the popular preschool series Kate & Mim-Mim, which recently kicked off its second season in the U.S.

GLENDALE: Noddy Toyland Detective, DreamWorks Animation's first original preschool program, is slated to make its U.S. debut on NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment's Sprout this fall.

LONDON: Nickelodeon has extended its partnership with Leomil Group to bring apparel and footwear based on the hit preschool property PAW Patrol to parts of Europe.