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===Background===
'''SFM Entertainment, LLC''' (formerly known as "SFM Media Service Corporation" and "SFM Media Corporation") is a television syndication company established on September 29, 1969 by Walter '''S'''taab, Robert '''F'''rank, and Stanley '''M'''oger (hence the initials of the company). SFM didn't use a logo until 1977. In 1998, media holding company Havas, owner of [[Vivendi Universal|Vivendi]] purchased '''SFM''', except for its '''SFM Entertainment''' division.
===1st Logo (January 17, 1977-December 21, 2000)===
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File:SFM Media Service Corporation (1977).jpg
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there are the white outlines
'''Variants:'''
*The original version had the text "AN SFM MEDIA SERVICE CORPORATION PRESENTATION" fading-in below. This was seen on 1977-1978 prints of ''The New Mickey Mouse Club''.
*A black and white version exists.
*Since 1998 onward, the word "ENTERTAINMENT" appears under the SFM logo. Sometimes, a copyright stamp is also seen below.
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*An in-credit variant can be seen in the 1982 game show pilot ''The Origins Game''.
*On ''Just the Facts: A Dragnet Case File'', there is a Universal Studios copyright stamp.
*A squished variant of the 1998 version also exists, which appears at the end of an October 8, 2022 UK airing of the 1987 TV movie ''The Quick and the Dead'' on GREAT! Movies Action.
'''Technique:''' Cel animation.
'''Audio
*1977-1978: None.
*1978-1980: The announcer's spiel was "An SFM Media Service Corporation Television Presentation".
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*1998-2000: Just the beeping sound.
'''Audio
*On some shows such as ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'', it has a theme consisting of seven dreamy synthesized notes. This was composed by ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'' composers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, around eight years before ''Power Rangers'' came along.
*A special variant features an announcer saying "Developed and Produced in Association with the SFM Entertainment Division of SFM Media Corporation".
*Another special variant from SFM Holiday Network airings has the announcer saying "A Television Presentation from the SFM Entertainment Division of SFM Media Corporation".
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'''Availability:'''
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*The original version was seen on 1977-78
*The 1980 version with the announcer can be seen on ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'' and on one episode of the ''
*The 1998 version
*The shortened version can be seen on Grit broadcasts of ''Death Valley Days''.
*The 1998 version
===2nd Logo (March 24, 2021)===
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'''Visuals:''' It is an in-credit logo, consisting of a flat representation of the previous logo with a vibrant, diagonal-angled color palette and no outlines for the logo. "ENTERTAINMENT" is smaller and spaced out.
'''Technique:''' A still image.
'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the program.
'''Availability:''' So far, it was seen on ''The 24th Annual Family Film Awards''.
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SFM Entertainment, LLC (formerly known as "SFM Media Service Corporation" and "SFM Media Corporation") is a television syndication company established on September 29, 1969 by Walter Staab, Robert Frank, and Stanley Moger (hence the initials of the company). SFM didn't use a logo until 1977. In 1998, media holding company Havas, owner of Vivendi purchased SFM, except for its SFM Entertainment division.
Visuals: On a black background, there are the white outlines of the letters "sfM" (in Optima medium font). Each letter is then filled with a rainbow pattern of colors. All but the "M" are filled from the top. The "M" is filled starting at its left.
Variants:
Technique: Cel animation.
Audio: A series of Morse code beeps typing out "SFM" in Morse code four times. Sometimes, the voice of SFM co-founder Stanley K. Moger was heard saying various announcements; these are seen below:
Audio Variants:
Availability:
Visuals: It is an in-credit logo, consisting of a flat representation of the previous logo with a vibrant, diagonal-angled color palette and no outlines for the logo. "ENTERTAINMENT" is smaller and spaced out.
Technique: A still image.
Audio: The closing theme of the program.
Availability: So far, it was seen on The 24th Annual Family Film Awards.