The Media Merchants Production

Background
The Media Merchants was an independent children's television production company run by Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds, known for producing series such as Art Attack. It merged with Television Support Services prior to a takeover by Gullane Entertainment in 2000, which was in turn was taken over by HIT Entertainment on July 5, 2002. The company was closed in 2007 after ITV cancelled Art Attack, and HIT later sold the rights to the show. Currently, Mattel controls the rights to Media Merchants's productions.

(January 8, 1993-June 29, 2007)
Visuals: On a matte paper background, the text "the media merchants" quickly flips up. After that, "the" then drops off and quickly swings about, resting at a 90 degree angle when it stops.

Variants:
 * Starting in 1995, the logo is completely still and has the word "production" below in . The word "the" also looks closer.
 * On ZZZap!, the text now appears in an explosion shape and in a different font.
 * Starting with season 10 of Art Attack, the background would have stains of different colors, like:
 * January 12, 1998-December 18, 2000: 5 paint colored stains of yellow, dark chrome green, purple, and . On seasons 12-13, the logo is shown next to the 2000 Scottish Television logo and appears in a box with the text appearing below the two logo reading "THE MEDIA MERCHANTS PRODUCTION FOR SCOTTISH TELEVISION".
 * March 26, 2001-December 22, 2003: 4 and 3D-rendered colored stains of yellow,, and , with the text "production for" appering below the SMG TV Productions logo.
 * August 30, 2004-June 29, 2007: 5 paint colored splats of, yellow, cyan, and  with the same text and the same SMG TV Productions logo being seen below.
 * On seasons 5-6 of the aforementioned program, the logo uses the text below the logo reading "production for Scottish Television Enterprises".
 * On British 1997 CITV airings of various programs such as Art Attack and Goggle Watch, the logo is shrunken and shown alongside other logos against a dimly lit background. "An" and "Programme (that's British English for "Program") for" appear above and below the logos whereas the 1989 ITV logo is underneath them all.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio:
 * Animated version: A slamming sound following with a like a door hinges without lubricant squeaking sound.
 * Still version: A cartoony noise, like the sound of a ruler being bent from the side of a table. The sound was removed on August 30, 2004 starting with season 17 of Art Attack.

Availability: Seen on seasons 5-17 of Art Attack, ZZZap! and Terror Towers, among others. The former has this logo intact on VHS releases such as Art Attack 8: Greatest Tips and Tricks.