FremantleMedia Kids & Family

Background

FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment was the children's division of FremantleMedia formed in 2009. The division had a portfolio of more than 45 brands consisting of over 150 series and 800 hours of programming, consisting of archived content from the Thames Television catalogue and newer properties like Tree-Fu Tom, Biz and Bob and the reboot of Danger Mouse, produced in co-production with the BBC.

On January 25, 2018, FremantleMedia announced its exit from the children's television industry and effectively sold FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment to the Canadian-based entertainment company Boat Rocker Media, which was folded under their umbrella.

Logo (October 28, 2013-June 12, 2018)

Visuals: On a white background, an explosion occurs, making red dots that spin and form a stylized red atom from the FremantleMedia logo, while KIDS in a big, white, childish font appears one by one, and the yellow text "& FAMILY" appears in yellow. The logo zooms out as "FREMANTLEMEDIA", also from the FremantleMedia logo, slides from the atom in black.

Variants:

A short version exists on the 2015 revival of Danger Mouse, and a very short version appears on season 2 of Kate & Mim-Mim (with the final half of the sounder).
In-credit versions exist, with and without a white background.
An alternate and unused version exists where it begins with several dots moving to pop, and then the "FREMANTLEMEDIA" text is absent at the end.

Technique: CGI animation and compositing by Daniel Balzer at DixonBaxi.

Audio: A dance-pop theme with drum beats, followed by a vibey drum solo.

Audio Variants:

Sometimes, it's high-pitched and abridged.
The alternate version uses a different version of the theme.

Availability:

The still in-credit version appears on later seasons of Tree-Fu Tom, the first two seasons of the Danger Mouse reboot, and Series 1 of Bitz and Bob (which is shown after You Can Do It, Too!).
The animated variant appears mainly outside the United Kingdom and on streaming prints of the respective shows mentioned above.
- It appears as a de-facto home entertainment logo on Fremantle Home Entertainment DVD releases in the UK up until 2016 (when Universal took over).