Joanna Padovano Tong

EL SEGUNDO: Playmates Toys has become the master toy licensee for DreamWorks Animation's Voltron: Legendary Defender, a reimagining of the classic property that is headed to Netflix.

MADRID: Nottingham Forest has picked up the licensing, merchandising and promotion rights for the animated series Sammy & Co from STUDIOCANAL, the property's master agent.

NEW YORK/LONDON: Silvergate Media has signed a three-year master toy renewal agreement for the underwater-themed preschool property Octonauts with Mattel's Fisher-Price.

STOCKHOLM: Bron/Broen producer Filmlance International has inked a licensing deal with Moomin Characters and Bulls Licensing to develop the new Moomin animated show.

PARIS: Turner France has revealed that the animation channel Toonami, known as the "Home of Superheroes," has launched in the country.

BURBANK: Disney XD in the U.S. is due to debut LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, an all-new animated show produced by Wil Film, the LEGO Group and Lucasfilm, this summer.

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment's preschool channel Sprout is slated to begin airing the first season of Little People, a new animated series from Mattel's HIT Entertainment, early next month.

NEW YORK/ATLANTA: New toy agreements have been secured for the rebooted Cartoon Network properties The Powerpuff Girls and Ben 10.

PARIS/LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: Betty Boop takes center stage in a new animated series being developed by Normaal Animation (Peanuts), marking the first time the iconic character will star in her own show in three decades.

MIAMI/ARLINGTON: Public Media Distribution has launched SkipRope, a new label created for the release of children's programming on DVD and digital.