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Background

Catalyst Distribution Inc. was a Canadian production company founded by Charles Falzon in 1996 that specialized in made-for-television films, miniseries, and shows. They were long affiliated with The Britt Allcroft Company/Gullane Entertainment, who held a stake in the company. In 2002, Catalyst merged with Cambium Productions to form CCI Entertainment (Cambium Catalyst International Entertainment).

Logo (October 8, 1997-2003)

Visuals: On a black background, a white parallelogram is seen on a royal blue square. Then, "CATALYST" flashes in below as does the parallelogram with the text revealing to be in the same color as the square when the flashing ceases.

Variants:

An in-credit version appears on The Longhouse Tales.
On Eckhart, copyright fades in below.
On season 2 episodes of Shining Time Station, the background is white.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The ending theme. On Grandma, Look What I Found a synth cymbal drone is heard. On Shining Time Station, this is silent.

Availability: It was seen on the television films: Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework, Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms, Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business, What Katy Did, Virtual Mom, the miniseries I Was a Rat, and the shows Eckhart, The Longhouse Tales, and Entrada: Journeys in Latin American Cuisine. It also appeared on Nick Jr. reruns of Shining Time Station's second season.

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 ===Background===
-'''Catalyst Distribution Inc.''' was a Canadian production company that specialized in made-for-television films, miniseries, and shows. In 2002, Catalyst merged with [[Cambium Productions|Cambium Productions]] to form [[CCI Entertainment|CCI Entertainment]] (Cambium Catalyst International Entertainment).
+'''Catalyst Distribution Inc.''' was a Canadian production company founded by Charles Falzon in 1996 that specialized in made-for-television films, miniseries, and shows. They were long affiliated with [[The Britt Allcroft Company]]/[[Gullane Entertainment]], who held a stake in the company. In 2002, Catalyst merged with [[Cambium Productions]] to form [[CCI Entertainment]] (Cambium Catalyst International Entertainment).
-===(October 8, 1997-2003)===
+===Logo (October 8, 1997-2003)===
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+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a white parallelogram is seen on a {{color|royalblue|royal blue}} square. Then, "{{color|royalblue|CATALYST}}" flashes in below as does the parallelogram with the text revealing to be in the same color as the square when the flashing ceases.
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Parallelogram", "The Flashing Parallelogram", "Catalyst Parallelogram"
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, a white parallelogram is seen on a royal blue square. Then, "{{color|blue|CATALYST}}" flashes in below as does the parallelogram with the text revealing to be in the same color as the square when the flashing ceases.
 '''Variants:'''
-* An in-credit version appeared on ''The Longhouse Tales''.
+* An in-credit version appears on <u>''The Longhouse Tales''</u>.
-* On ''Eckhart'', copyright fades in below.
+* On <u>''Eckhart''</u>, copyright fades in below.
+* On season 2 episodes of ''Shining Time Station'', the background is white.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The name appearing and flashing.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. It was seen on the television films: ''Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework'', ''Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms'', ''Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business'', ''What Katy Did'', ''Virtual Mom'', the miniseries ''I Was a Rat'', and the shows ''Eckhart'', ''The Longhouse Tales'', and ''Entrada: Journeys in Latin American Cuisine''.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme. On ''Grandma, Look What I Found'' a synth cymbal drone is heard. On ''Shining Time Station'', this is silent.
+'''Availability:'''  It was seen on the television films: ''Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework'', ''Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms'', ''Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business'', ''What Katy Did'', ''Virtual Mom'', the miniseries ''I Was a Rat'', and the shows ''Eckhart'', ''The Longhouse Tales'', and ''Entrada: Journeys in Latin American Cuisine''. It also appeared on Nick Jr. reruns of ''Shining Time Station''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s second season.
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-[[Category:Canadian logos]]
+[[Category:Canada]]
 [[Category:Television logos]]
-[[Category:9 Story Media Group (Canada)]]
+[[Category:9 Story Media Group]]