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FremantleMedia (doing business as Fremantle) is a British-based media conglomerate company founded on 20 August 2001, as a merger of Pearson Television and CLT-UFA; the companies merged to become "RTL Group" and by renaming the production arm to FremantleMedia, who currently owns the All American, Mark Goodson, and Reg Grundy libraries, among other formats. In 2003, FremantleMedia acquired Australian production company Crackerjack Productions, who merged with Grundy Television to form "FremantleMedia Australia". On 7 September 2018, the company changed its onscreen name to simply "Fremantle," though FremantleMedia remains its legal name. Today, Fremantle is a division of the RTL Group, and is 90% owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, which is 80.9% owned by the Bertelsmann Foundation and 19.1% owned by the Mohn Family.

FremantleMedia

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(31 January 2002-1 February 2019)

Fremantle

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(10 September 2018-)

FremantleMedia

(31 January 2002-1 February 2019)

Early variant
Early variant with the text "Distributed by FREMANTLE INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION"
SD version
SD version with distribution
North American HD version squeezed to SD
Vietnamese SD version with Dong Tay promotion logo
Vietnamese SD version
SD version, black background
FremantleMedia Enterprises SD version, black background
FremantleMedia Enterprises SD version
FremantleMedia Enterprises SD version with distribution
SD version with the text "Distributed by FREMANTLE INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION"
North American SD verison
Australian SD version
Australian SD version, darker blue background
SD version, lighter blue background
French SD version
French HD version
HD version
HD version, gray background
HD version, black background
HD version with vignette
North American HD version
Vietnamese HD version
Polish HD version
International HD version with distribution
FremantleMedia Enterprises HD version with distribution
Australian HD version, black background
Australian HD version with URL
In-credit The Price is Right variant #1
In-credit The Price is Right variant #2
In-credit The Price is Right variant #3
In-credit Hole in the Wall variant
In-credit international variant
In-credit variant with Australian version
In-credit Australian Family Feud variant
SD in-credit X Factor Romania variant
HD in-credit X Factor Romania variant
SD version with URL

Logo: On a royal blue background, white paint (which looks more like milk or whipped cream) "bubbles" out in the center, then pulls back and to the right as the paint orbits around to form a stylized atom design. The text "FREMANTLEMEDIA", in Futura font with different font weights, blurs in to the left of the atom. Afterwards, four white paint drops appear around the atom.

Variants:

On North American-produced shows, the words "NORTH AMERICA", in a non-bold Futura typeface, appear right under "FREMANTLEMEDIA" next to the bubble.
For Australia, the word "AUSTRALIA" would appear under the name.
For Poland, "POLSKA" would appear under the name in a basic font (either Arial or Helvetica).
Starting in 2005, the logo was remade in HD, and a 5th paint drop is added.
In some cases, the paint drops randomly appear.
For Polska, "POLSKA" would appear in a non-bold Futura. It was seen on Kuba Wojewódzki, old Familiada episodes, and Season 1 of Brzydula.
On old Familiada episodes, a paint stroke appears, until the show fades.
On the North America variant, the short version sometimes fades in.
The text "Distributed by" appears above the name for distribution of shows from the UK.
The text "Distributed by FREMANTLE INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION" appears underneath the logo for global distribution since 2003.
For other shows that they produced or distributed globally such as MTV's Eye Candy, either the text Enterprises or International fades in.
A 16:9 stretched to 4:3 variant of the "International" logo also exists, which appears at the end of the French dub of the live-action series of Mr. Bean.
An early variant has been spotted with a white background, black text, a blue atom, and no animation on the final season of Bruce's Price is Right, an early 2000s reissue print of a 1996 episode of Neighbours (following the mid-1996 production variant of the 1988 Grundy Television logo), and a September 14, 2022 airing of The Sweeney episode "In From The Cold" on ITV4, plastering the 1969 Thames Colour Production endcap. Some episodes of US TPIR from 2002 (like the 30th Anniversary Special) also have this logo. This variant is also used on games based on TV shows.
- An in-credit version appears on the first 2 seasons of Tree Fu Tom, along with the second series of Kate & Mim-Mim (with white text); season 1 of Kate & Mim-Mim used an in-credit variant with the white background.
- On the Finnish TV quiz show Voitto kotiin from 2002, the black text and a blue atom are seen quickly fading in on a white background.
Another variant of the early version has an enlarged second half of the blue atom on a white background on the first half; beside it is a small FremantleMedia logo. Copyright information is below.
The logo is on the right on some shows like Philippines Got Talent (blue atom, black text on white background).
A long version exists. In this version, a splash of white paint flies through the air, going from left to right. Then, it fades into a scene of two more splashes: one other direction, and the other flying down from left to right. Afterwards, it fades in to what is described in the more commonplace short version.
Some versions of this logo are stretched out, such as the one appearing after episodes of The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular from 2008.
On the 2014 Australian version of Family Feud, the short version of the logo is superimposed onto a blue background with a shining yellow line on top of it, This is superimposed onto the final few seconds of the program.
Starting with the 36th season of The Price Is Right, the FremantleMedia logo can be seen on the show's credits, replacing the Mark Goodson Productions logo. "FREMANTLEMEDIA" is in white, and the atom symbol is royal blue. The logo is accompanied by the following announcement: "This is (announcer's name) speaking for The Price is Right, a FremantleMedia production."
There is a B/W variant.
On some BBC airings of Neighbours, the URL "www.bbc.co.uk/neighbours" appears below.
The logo appears superimposed, inside a box, on the pilots for Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck and later episodes of 100 Mexicanos Dijeron (Mexico's version of Family Feud).
The fully animated logo also appears on ¿Que Dice la Gente?, inside a box (with a white border), against a black background.
On Portugal's O Preco Certo (em Euros), the phrase "Uma producao RTP executada por:" ("An output performed by RTP") appears above the logo, and is true for all shows on RTP from the company.
The French version of Going for Gold, titled Questions pour un Champion, has the logo superimposed into a blue rippling background, and after it finishes animating, a copyright stamp appears under the logo.
On Komunikata, the logo is on the left along with TPI and copyright below superimposing the background with Komunikata logo.
An in-credit version appears above the Endemol logo on the Netherlands' version of TPIR, Cash en Carlo.
A superimposed version of the logo appears in rectangular form, above the Caracol TV logo, on 100 Colombianos Dicen (Colombia's version of FF).
On the Cartoon Network version of Hole in the Wall, the short logo is superimposed in the credits after the HITW theme ends. The logo plays with a +1 pitch in a blue rectangle, and after the superimposed logo ends, the American version of the logo plays.
A still shot version of any of the variants exist.
On the UK DVD release of Count Duckula: Vampire Vacation, the URL "www.fremantlehomeentertainment.com" appears below the logo.
On older editions of X Factor Romania, an in-credit notice with the logo in a white box appears. The phrase "Produs în asociere cu FremantleMedia" (Produced in association with FremantleMedia) fades alongside it. After a few seconds, a copyright stamp also appears.

Technique: Computer animation, mixed with live-action footage.

Music/Sounds: First, we hear a low guitar strum, segueing into a synthesized percussion-driven instrumental. It then culminates with a three-strum guitar jingle, the last note of which echoes. This was composed by Score Productions, which did music for The Price is Right, Family Feud and the 1986 Lorimar-Telepictures logo.

Music/Sounds Variants:

In other cases, the end-title theme plays over, the generic network theme on CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox or The CW, or it's silent.
High tone and low tone variants exist, with the low tone variant appearing on Baywatch, episodes of The Price is Right on the 2008 DVD "Best of" set, episodes of Family Feud from season 14 and onward, and all game shows aired on Buzzr.
A long version exists. It uses the extended version thereof, complete with a piano note in the middle of the sound.
There is a very short version with the last four notes of the theme.
On Challenge's airings of Strike It Lucky in the UK, the end of the theme plays over the logo on the first two seasons; on the third season, the logo jingle plays, cutting of the theme music presumably due to a plastering error.
- A similar variant of this theme exists when Challenge airs the 1995 series of Bruce's Price is Right where it cuts off the theme music due to plastering.
On DVD releases of the 1983 television film Adam, the closing theme of this movie is heard, and, after the logo has finished, then the short version of the 1978 Alan Landsburg Productions theme over the finished logo. The ALP logo is seen before the FremantleMedia logo.
On Where the Hell's that Gold???!!! on its DVD release, it uses the low tone variant of the 1997 Pearson Television music on the "North America" version, as a result of double plaster.
There is a variant that has the long version jingle played on the common variant "paint bubble". The logo freeze-frames for a few seconds here.
On the Komunikata variant, a voiceover in Indonesian says "Komunikata is a production of FremantleMedia in association with TPI. Nusrin Nuerdin speaking". The closing theme is used (sometimes after the jingle plays).
On current prints of series 1 of Count Duckula, the downpour of rain is heard due to this logo plastering over the 1969 Thames Television logo.

Availability:

Short Version
- With the sounder, it can be seen on the current version of Family Feud in syndication and GSN, the second season of Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck on GSN, live editions of Fox's American Idol, The Price is Right, and Let's Make a Deal on CBS, Grojband on Teletoon and Cartoon Network, Max Steel on Disney XD, and Buzzr airing of Match Game (in lower pitch, nonetheless).
- The Enterprises and International version appears on shows that it's companies produced or shows that Fremantle only distributed.
- This plasters the Thames Television logo on episodes of Strike It Lucky, and the 1998 Central/Carlton logo on episodes of Dale's Supermarket Sweep, when aired on Challenge in the UK.
- Some episodes of the 1995 series of Bruce's Price is Right have this logo plastering the Yorkshire/Talbot variant.
- One episode of the 2000 series of the latter also have this logo plastering the Yorkshire/Grundy variant.
- The Australian version appears on post-2006 episodes of Neighbours and Temptation, among other then-current, then-new and former series in Australia.
- It was last seen on Hole in the Wall on Cartoon Network.
- It also appears on seasons 3-8 DVD releases of The Bill and on Baywatch on the now-defunct More>Movies ("More Than Movies") in the UK.
- This also was seen at the end of every game show episode aired on their network Buzzr, and still occasionally shows up there unplastered.
- It also appears at the end of Jack The Ripper (1988) after the final credit that precedes the 1986 Lorimar-Telepictures logo since it's a Thames production.
- When Mr. Bean (the live action series) aired on Disney Channel Asia, both a still "Distributed by" version or a short animated version with Distributed by appeared.
- This also appeared on the October 29, 2020 episode of ABC's Match Game (over a year after it was last used), as it was recorded in 2019.
- It was also seen at the end of Challenge airings of Lily Savage's Blankety Blank after the 2001 Thames logo.
- It also appears at the end of ITV3 airings of Never the Twain, following the 1969 Thames Colour Production logo.
- The short version of the "International" variant of this logo also appears at the end of the French dub of the live-action series of Mr. Bean.

Long Version
- It appears on Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck's first season with the show's theme playing over it.
- It was also sighted on The Aquabats! Super Show! on Hub Network (before the rebrand to Discovery Family), My Babysitter's a Vampire on Disney Channel, and Monsuno on Nicktoons.
- With the sounder, it can be found on ¿Que Dice la Gente? (the Spanish-language version of Family Feud) on Telefutura, on DVD releases of American Idol, Match Game, Family Feud, and The Price is Right, Fatal Love (plastering over ACI logo), The Moving of Sophia Myles (plastering over Pearson TV International logo). and was also seen on Temptation: The All-New Sale of the Century, when last seen on MyNetworkTV. It also appears on S1 and S2 episodes of Asia's Got Talent on AXN, following the Sony/SPT (S1), or Sony Pictures Television Networks (S2).
- It is also used as a de-facto home video logo in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States (in the latter country, Fremantle licenses its content to thrid-party distributors, but their logo is followed by this logo).
- It also appears at the end of current prints of Count Duckula, either by plastering over the Thames Television logo (on episodes from series 1) or being seen after the Thames Television logo (on episodes from series 2) and being seen after Cosgrove Hall Productions's second logo (on episodes from series 3).
- It also appears on 2014-2018 Familiada episodes.
- The Polska version appears on Season 1 of Brzydula and later episodes of Kuba Wojewódzki.

Legacy: It's not seen as popular due to its wide prevalence on television, in part due to its plastering older logos, though it's not on the scale of Sony Pictures Television, the pre-2020 20th Television or CBS Television Distribution.

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HD version
SD version
HD version with distribution
HD version with distribution and production
HD version with copyright stamp
In-credit The Price is Right variant

Logo: On a black background, two shots fade in and out depicting the letters "Fr" and "e" in white being written out in cursive. A third shot shows a cursive white "m" being drawn, which zooms out to reveal the words "Fremantle" being drawn out in cursive handwriting. The stem of the "t" is the last of the lettering to be drawn after the zoom out.

Variants:

A shorter version with the first two shots omitted has also been shown.
An in-credit version appears on most episodes of The Price Is Right, accompanied by a revised announcement: "This is (announcer's name) speaking for The Price Is Right, a Fremantle production." Other episodes have the shortened logo, with the final bit of the show's closing theme playing over it.
On some older shows distributed by Fremantle, the text "Distributed by" or "Produced and Distributed by" appears above the logo.
A still version of the "Distributed by" variant also exists, which is seen on the miniseries Jack the Ripper (1988).
- The Price is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker uses this variant without "Distributed by".
Rarely, the theme plays over a black screen. This has appeared on Buzzr airings of a 1972 episode (#1662) of What's My Line?, episode #530 of Match Game '75, and episode #1331 of Match Game '78, respectively.
A 4:3 version also exists.
A version stretched from 4:3 to 16:9 also exists, which appeared on programming aired on Buzzr around May 20, 2021 and on Stan streaming prints of both Jamie's Chef and Jamie's Great Escape, respectively, due to a scaling error.
On the 2022 Filipino version of Family Feud from the March 25, 2022 episode (episode 3) onward, the script, in still form, appears before a copyright stamp on a black background; the first two episodes just use the stamp.
- Starting with episode 6, aired on March 30, 2022, the full animation plays, but sped up in order to fit with the show's runtime.
A zoomed-in variant also exists as well.
On the Netflix series Wellmania, the copyright notice reading "(C) 2023 Fremantle Media Australia Pty Ltd." appears at the bottom of the screen.
A variant with the words "IN ASSOCATION WITH" also exists, which appears at the beginning of Little Bird.
On the pilot of Family Feud Africa, the words "Distributed by FreMantle Media International" appear at the top of the screen above the logo which also exists.

Technique: 2D animation by Venturethree.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic three-note orchestral string theme followed by a chorus stinger when the stem of the "t" is drawn. This was composed by Reuben Shaljean.

Music/Sounds Variants:

The shorter version cuts out the first two notes.
In some cases, the final bit of the show's closing theme plays over the logo, omitting either the first note or the first two notes.
On Let's Make a Deal, the music starts playing over the show's closing theme.
On almost all CBS programs, the network's guitar-driven generic theme from the 2003-04 on-air look (which is slightly high-pitched since 2008) is used.
ABC and NBC airings use the respective channels' generic themes.
Sometimes, the logo has the previous logo's theme if it plasters that logo, or the show's ending theme.
High tone and low tone variants both also exist.
Rarely, the theme is slightly re-arranged.

Availability:

It first appeared on the September 10, 2018 episode of Neighbours.
It debuted in the U.S. on the September 11, 2018 episode of America's Got Talent and later appeared on both The Price is Right and Let's Make a Deal on the 17th of that same month.
The logo also appears on most of the shows airing on Buzzr, replacing the previous logo, starting with the newly acquired Classic Concentration.
The logo should appear on newer episodes of American shows and Australian shows that once bore the previous logo.
The logo also appears on new and future American and Australian shows such as Unleashed, Game of Talents, Lie With Me and About Last Night, among others.
It also appears on its rebooted game shows that they own like Card Sharks, Press Your Luck and Supermarket Sweep, respectively.
Season 20 of Family Feud also began using this logo on October of 2018.
Another place the logo appears is on S3 episodes of Asia's Got Talent.
Currently appears on the 2022 Filipino version of Family Feud (in still and animated forms starting with the episodes stated above).
The logo has also started to plaster the previous logo on prints of older shows outside of the United States as well.
It can also be found on later prints of the miniseries Jack the Ripper (1988) and also on HD remasters of Baywatch, currently on Amazon Prime and Pluto TV.
As with the last logo, it appears as a de-facto home video logo in the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as American DVD releases of Fremantle content released by third party companies.
It is also seen on season 2 of Brzydula and Familiada episodes from 2018 onwards.
It also appears at the end of the pilot to Wreck, SBS on Demand streaming prints of Empires of New York and Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes, and the US prints of Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne, respectively.
It also appears at the end of a UKTV Play streaming print of S13E01 of The Bill, following both the mid-1996 production variant of the 1990 Thames Television and the "Presentation for ITV" variant of the original version of the 1996 Carlton logos.
It also appears at the end of the Yle Areena streaming prints of Great Continental Railway Journeys, Royals Declassified (aka Secrets of the Royal Family) and First Ladies, respectively.
It also appears at the end of Stan streaming prints of Jamie's Chef, Jamie's Great Escape, Jamie's Fowl Dinners, Jamie's Ministry of Food and Jamie Saves Our Bacon, respectively, following the Fresh One Productions logo.
It also appears at the end of a Viaplay streaming print of Jamie Oliver: Together, following the Jamie Oliver Productions logo.
It also appears at the end of Jamie at Home, Cook and Save with Jamie and Jamie's Comfort Food on the TV2 Hungary website.
It also appears at the start and end of Little Bird as well.
It also appeared at the end of a September 22, 2022 airing of the Callan episode "Call Me Sir!" on Talking Pictures TV, after the mid-1996 production variant of the 1990 Thames Television logo.
It also appears at the end of both the SBS On Demand streaming prints of Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live and Toda la sangre aka (Pray For Blood), respectively.
It also appears at the end of a Replay.lv streaming print of Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta, following the Part2 Pictures logo.
It also appears at the end of a Replay.lv streaming print of I Am Alfred Hitchcock, following the Network logo.
It also appears at the end of a Replay.lv streaming print of A Year in the Ice: The Arctic Drift as well.
It also appears at the end of the Portuguese adaptation of Taskmaster as well.
It also appeared at the end of a July 19, 2022 airing of S01E02 of The Mind of Mr J.G. Reeder on Talking Pictures TV, following the still variant of the black background version of the 1968 Thames logo.
It also appeared at the end of a June 15, 2023 airing of S01E02 of Rumpole of the Bailey on Talking Pictures TV, following the 1997 Thames and Pearson Television International logos.
It also appears at the start and end of I Am Johnny Cash on the RTVSLO website.
It also appears at the end of a Britbox streaming print of Nigella's Cook, Eat, Repeat on The Roku Channel, following the BBC Studios Unscripted Productions logo.
It also appears at the end of Expedition with Steve Backshall on the RTHK website.
It also appeared at the end of a TVNZ airing of Negociador (aka Negotiator).
It also appeared at the end of a March 6, 2023 airing of a May 18, 2001 episode of the 2000 version of To Tell The Truth on Buzzr, following the 1997 Pearson Television logo.
It also appears at the end of a SBS On Demand streaming print of Roslund & Hellström: Cell 8 as well.
This logo with the previous logo's theme was also seen at the end of Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook on the TV2 Hungary website.

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 ** This also appeared on the October 29, 2020 episode of ABC's ''Match Game'' (over a year after it was last used), as it was recorded in 2019.
 ** It was also seen at the end of Challenge airings of ''Lily Savage's Blankety Blank'' after the 2001 Thames logo.
+** It also appears at the end of ITV3 airings of ''Never the Twain'', following the 1969 [[Thames (1968-2005)|Thames Colour Production]] logo.
 ** The short version of the "International" variant of this logo also appears at the end of the French dub of the live-action series of ''Mr. Bean''.