Turner Broadcasting has acquired the U.K. pay TV rights for Lupus Films’ animated preschool series “Toot the Tiny Tugboat.” The series will air on Cartoonito early next year.

“Toot the Tiny Tugboat” is produced by Lupus Films, the creators of The Snowman & The Snowdog, and Boom Kids, the largest independent producer of children’s programming in the U.K. Cardiff-based Cloth Cat Animation produces the series animation.

The show follows the aquatic adventures of Toot, an eager and energetic tug in his first year of service in the busy waters of the Harbor.

“We are delighted to have picked up the pay TV rights of this bright and breezy series and think that Toot the Tiny Tugboat has a big future ahead of him on Cartoonito,” says Sean Gorman, director, kids' channels, U.K. and Ireland, Turner Broadcasting.