Chorion

Background
Chorion was an international media company operating in London, created in April 1998 and later expanding to US and (formerly) Australia. From 2011 to 2012, the company went into debts and sold its property to various owners due to the failure of the company's lenders to reach an agreement to restructure Chorion's debt burdens. Meanwhile, Waheed Alli and Elizabeth Dampier created, reorganized and relaunched as "Silvergate Media", as part of a management buy-out, when Alli purchased the rights to Octonauts and The World of Beatrix Potter from Chorion, a company he was previously chair of.

1st Logo (December 1, 2000-April 7, 2006)
Visuals: On a white background, there is a blue sphere. Roughly one quarter of the sphere is cut out, revealing a yellow sphere inside. Next to it, we see the word "CHORION" in a Friz Quadrata typeface.

Variants:
 * On most prints of the US dub of Make Way for Noddy, the background is a purple gradient and "INTELLECUTAL PROPERTIES" appears below.
 * On the UK dub of Make Way for Noddy, the background is dark blue, and above it is "A" and below it is "PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL 5" and a copyright notice.
 * On Channel 5 airings of said dub, an in-credit variant exists where the logo appears to the right of the Channel 5 endboard from the time.
 * Sometimes, the logo would zoom in . This was seen on specials like Noddy and the Magical Moondust, Noddy Saves Christmas and the half-hour version of Make Way for Noddy, and was also used as a de-facto home video logo.
 * On Noddy: A day in Toyland, the name appears below the sphere.

Technique: None or a zooming effect.

Audio: None or the closing theme of the show.

Audio Variant: On Noddy Saves Christmas, a sparkling sound is heard.

Availability:
 * Can be seen on Make Way for Noddy DVD releases from Universal and Funimation.
 * It first appeared on Noddy's Magic Adventure for PlayStation.

2nd Logo (February 4, 2008-February 11, 2013)
Visuals: Over a white background, the logo starts with the text "chorion" with the first "o" in pink. Copyright information is shown below, or sometimes not.

Variants:
 * An in-credit version exists, sometimes with white text.
 * There is a variant with the text and background colors switched.
 * A variant with blue text and a yellow background exists.

Technique: None.

Audio: None or the end theme of the show.

Audio Variant: On the US version of The Mr. Men Show, there is Mr. Tickle say, "I think somebody needs a tickle!".

Audio Variant Trivia: Mr. Tickle's line is sampled from The Mr. Men Show season 1 episodes, "Science" and "Bugs".

Availability:
 * Appears on seasons 4-5 of Max and Ruby and The Mr. Men Show.
 * The in-credit version can be seen on Olivia, Noddy in Toyland and with white text on the first series of Octonauts (though it is removed on Netflix prints) and Gaspard and Lisa, while the inverted color variant appears on Channel 5 prints of The Mr. Men Show and Noddy in Toyland, as well as on some Noddy DVD releases.