Sonar Entertainment

Credits

Descriptions by
Torchlady, Eric S., James Fabiano, mr3rious and thehugetvfan

Captures by
Eric S., mr3rious, RSX-798, TheEriccorpinc and CnowEnt

Editions by
RSX-798

Video captures courtesy of
Eric S., EnormousRat, mcydodge919, ClosingLogosHD, LogicSmash and Broken Saw

Background

In March 2012, RHI Entertainment became Sonar Entertainment after Halmi stepped down a year earlier, with Stewart Till taking over. On May 3, 2017, the company acquired the Toronto-based producer and distributor Tricon Films & Television to expand its content and folded it into the latter. In April 2021, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment acquired the company and rebranded it as Halcyon Studios.

Contents
1st Logo (2012-2017)	2nd Logo (2017-2021)

1st Logo (2012-2017)

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Visuals: On a black background is several multicolored lines rapidly zooming out. Then, as the screen zooms out is them at an angle forming the word "SONAR". Once the word shifts into place, the word "E N T E R T A I N M E N T" fades in below, and several thin colored lines appear vertically above and below the words.

Trivia: The many different colors of the bars represent the many genres of films Sonar made and the many platforms they are available on, while their glow represents the films' creativity.

Variant: A short version of the logo exists.

Technique: CGI by yU+co.

Audio: None, or the ending theme of the show. Sometimes, but rarely, a 2-note synth choir theme is used instead.

Audio Variant: On The Rooftop Christmas Tree, the Johnson Production Group theme is heard due to an editing error.

Availability: The full version is seen at the end of current prints of Hallmark and RHI-era TV movies (plastering the aforementioned logos). The short version of the logo was seen on early episodes of The Shannara Chronicles. On a Starz Encore airing of Earthsea, this plastered the Hallmark Entertainment logo. It's also appears seen at the end Is There Life Out There?, after RHI Entertainment Presents logo.

2nd Logo (2017-2021)

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Visuals: On the black background is the same text from the previous logo zooming in to the center.

Variants:

• A version has a white background with the word "SONAR" in blue and "E N T E R T A I N M E N T" in black.
• On Go Away, Unicorn!, there's the text "PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY" above the logo and a copyright notice below it.
• On The Movie Central's YouTube print of Part 1 of the TV miniseries Snow Queen, the text from the 1996 Hallmark Entertainment logo is seen scrolling up from the bottom of the logo, and then disappearing into it, due to a terrible plastering error.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio Variant: On current prints of To Dance with Olivia, the early Hallmark Entertainment theme is used due to bad plastering.

Availability: Seen on modern prints of Hallmark/Qintex/RHI-era TV movies, such as The Canterville Ghost, among others. It was also seen on Mr. Mercedes, The Shannara Chronicles, Go Away, Unicorn! and AMC's The Son, among others.

References

◄ RHI Entertainment (2006-2012)

Sonar Entertainment

Halcyon Studios ►