Calico Media/Logos/Summary

Background: Lance Media was formed in 1979, and declared bankruptcy in mid-1992 due to an accounting scandal. On October 4th, 1992, Argosy Media bought outright Lance Media, renaming it to Calico Media to distance itself from the scandal. As of 2010, over 3,000 people work at Calico Media. Calico Media is currently a low-budget unit of Argosy Media.

1979-1983
Logo: On a space background, "Lance Media Presents" (the font and alignment depends on the show), in yellow with a green outline, spins horizontally and settles onto a rainbow. The rainbow then turns red.

FX/SFX: The space background, the rainbow, and the text.

Music/Sounds: None, or the opening to the show.

Availability: Seen on all shows distributed by the company until 1983.

1983-1992


Logo: On a brown background, the word "LANCE" in orange zooms in. After that, the word "MEDIA" zooms out. Then, the orange box outline fades in.

FX/SFX: The zooming, the fading.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show or none.

Availability: Rare.

1992-1993 (prototype)


Logo: On a white background, we see the words "Calico Media" in a big orange serif font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show, or none.

Availability: Only seen at the end of a few TV movies. (Airings on Argosy Retro plaster this logo with either the current MTM Enterprises logo or the Argosy Media logo instead.)

1993-present


Logo: (TBA)

Bylines:
 * 1993-1996: AN INTERNATIONAL FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
 * 1996-1999: A SHAW COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
 * 1999-2006: A CORUS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
 * 2006-2011: AN ARGOSY COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
 * 2011-present: Part of ArgosyMTM Group

Variants:
 * A bylineless version exists.

FX/SFX: (TBA)

Music/Sounds: A cat meow and a ding sound when the text appears.

Availability: Current. Can be seen on shows from the company.