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Background

Ludorum plc was a British studio and media investment company founded in 2005 by former HIT Entertainment CEO Rob Lawes and former Learning Curve CEO Dick Rockhopft. The studio's first, and only production was Chuggington which debuted on CBeebies in the UK in 2008. The company was also responsible for managing the Dennis and Gnasher and Marvo the Wonder Chicken franchises on behalf of DC Thomson & Co., the owner of the Beano magazine as well as producing a number of Chuggington-related spin-offs such as Badge Quest and Little Trainees.

During Chuggington's later years, the company terminated its contract with its toy licensee Tomy (which purchased the show's master toy licensee RC2 in 2011 and said company funded the production of season 5 of the show), which led to the appointment of Jazwares as a replacement and the production of Little Trainees in 2016. As a result of the failure of Little Trainees and the Jazzwares agreement failing to meet the company's expectations, Fuji Television (the show's Japanese broadcaster) purchased all rights to the franchise in Japan from Ludorum in 2017, followed by a sale of the franchise to Herschend Studios a year later, which began production on a sixth season (titled Tales from the Rails) as well as Discover Chuggington: All Aboard!. After that, Ludorum was put into liquidation and shuttered itself in 2019.

Logo (September 22, 2008-December 29, 2018)

Visuals: On a dark starry sky background, an orange ball with a hole carved out atop of it drops down from the sky and bounces before it stops as it locks in place. Then, the text "a ludorum production" with the words "ludorum" in orange, appears sliding in from the left with a line fading in below the wordmark. After that, copyright information fades at the bottom of the logo in white.

Variants:

The animated logo appears in-credit on Chuggington: Badge Quest.
A still version on a white background exists.
Other still versions exist with the logo being placed on a white rectangle (sometimes with round corners) and on a black or blue background.
The still logo can be found placed next to the Budge Studios logo on Chuggington apps/games developed and published by Budge Studios.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on Chuggington. and its spin-off Chuggington: Badge Quest as well as some Chuggington DVDs/VCDs and apps/games, such as Ready to Build.

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 ===Background===
+'''Ludorum plc''' was a British studio and media investment company founded in 2005 by former [[HIT Entertainment]] CEO Rob Lawes and former Learning Curve CEO Dick Rockhopft. The studio's first, and only production was ''Chuggington'' which debuted on [[CBeebies]] in the UK in 2008. The company was also responsible for managing the ''Dennis and Gnasher'' and ''Marvo the Wonder Chicken'' franchises on behalf of DC Thomson & Co., the owner of the ''Beano'' magazine as well as producing a number of ''Chuggington''-related spin-offs such as ''Badge Quest'' and ''Little Trainees''.
-'''Ludorum''' was a American-British television animation company, which made the studio a subsidiary of IDT Entertainment (later [[Starz Distribution]]). Founded in 2005, the only shows Ludorum have produced so far only are ''Chuggington'' and the spinoff series ''Chuggington: Badge Quest''. It did not yet use a onscreen logo until 2008. In 2018, it was acquired by [[Herschend Studios]].
+During ''Chuggington''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s later years, the company terminated its contract with its toy licensee [[Takara Tomy|Tomy]] (which purchased the show's master toy licensee RC2 in 2011 and said company funded the production of season 5 of the show), which led to the appointment of Jazwares as a replacement and the production of ''Little Trainees'' in 2016. As a result of the failure of ''Little Trainees'' and the Jazzwares agreement failing to meet the company's expectations, [[Fuji Television Network|Fuji Television]] (the show's Japanese broadcaster) purchased all rights to the franchise in Japan from Ludorum in 2017, followed by a sale of the franchise to [[Herschend Studios]] a year later, which began production on a sixth season (titled ''Tales from the Rails'') as well as ''Discover Chuggington: All Aboard!''. After that, Ludorum was put into liquidation and shuttered itself in 2019.
-===(September 22, 2008-December 29, 2018)===
+===Logo (September 22, 2008-December 29, 2018)===
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-'''Visuals:''' On a blue starry background (a la [[Disney DVD]], [[Academy Entertainment]], and [[Jim Henson Home Entertainment]]), an orange ball with a hole carved out drops down from the sky and bounces, and then stops. At the same time, the text "a ludorum production" with "ludorum  in orange, is written with a line also fading in below "ludorum". Copyright information fades in below.
+'''Visuals:''' On a dark starry sky background, an orange ball with a hole carved out atop of it drops down from the sky and bounces before it stops as it locks in place. Then, the text "a ludorum production" with the words "ludorum" in orange, appears sliding in from the left with a line fading in below the wordmark. After that, copyright information fades at the bottom of the logo in white.
 '''Variants:'''
 *The animated logo appears in-credit on ''Chuggington: Badge Quest''.
 *A still version on a white background exists.
-*Other still versions exist with the logo in a white rectangle (sometimes with round corners) and on a black or blue background.
+*Other still versions exist with the logo being placed on a white rectangle (sometimes with round corners) and on a black or blue background.
-*The still logo can be found placed next to the [[Budge Studios]] logo on Budge Studios' ''Chuggington'' apps/games.
+*The still logo can be found placed next to the [[Budge Studios]] logo on ''Chuggington'' apps/games developed and published by Budge Studios.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Technique:''' The text writing in and ball dropping and the copyright notice fading in.
 '''Audio:''' The ending theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Chuggington''. and its spin-off ''Chuggington: Badge Quest'' spinoff. Also it can be seen on some ''Chuggington'' DVDs and apps/games.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Chuggington''. and its spin-off ''Chuggington: Badge Quest'' as well as some ''Chuggington'' DVDs/VCDs and apps/games, such as ''Ready to Build''.
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