Trifecta Entertainment & Media

Background

Trifecta Entertainment & Media is a prominent American syndication and distribution company formed in 2006 by two former executives of MGM Television. It primarily serves as a distribution company and also handles advertising sales in exchange for syndication deals with local television stations, cable outlets, and digital media; it also produces and/or distributes television shows such as Whacked Out Sports and Dish Nation and made-for-TV and direct-to-video movies.

Trifecta also distributes movies, including those before 1928 and after 1949 from Paramount Pictures (as well as the Republic Pictures library, including the releases of Taft Entertainment Pictures), films from Screen Media Ventures, pre-2010 films from DreamWorks Pictures, pre-2013 films from DreamWorks Animation under license from Universal Pictures and NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, films from Cannon Films, Epic Productions, 21st Century Film Corporation and Nelson Entertainment under license from Amazon MGM Studios, the Rysher Entertainment film library including titles from Bing Crosby Productions, the Miramax Films library including pre-2005 Dimension Films releases, the CBS Films library including titles from Cinema Center Films and CBS Theatrical Films, American television rights to films from the Lionsgate Films library including all of Lionsgate's predecessors and acquisitions, and the Carolco Pictures library under license from StudioCanal (with the exception of Cliffhanger, which is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment in countries where TriStar Pictures distributed the film, including the US and France, as a result of Carolco providing half of the film's budget to TriStar in exchange for complete distribution rights in such countries).

Trifecta has offices in Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York.

Logo (2006-)

Visuals: On a black background, three shiny powder blue lines come together and form an outline of a powder blue right triangle. After the triangle forms, it suddenly fills with powder blue, then moves upward to the right and the word "TRIFECTA" appears, with the "T" inside the triangle and "ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA" in powder blue under "FECTA". A shine moves right across the triangle and text, after which the word "TRIFECTA" flashes and gains a shiny metallic texture. A reflection of the logo fades in after that.

Variants:

An enhanced version for HD, where the metallic texture is more detailed and the "ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA" text is in a slightly thinner font, exists. There is no reflection here.
A short version that starts when the logo is in place and the shine starts from the left of the triangle across the text exists. The music is shortened.
Another short version starts at the beginning of the logo and cuts to black after "TRIFECTA" flashes and gains a metallic texture.
A long version can be seen on syndicated prints of Dog: The Bounty Hunter, where the finished logo remains on-screen for a little longer and fades out slowly.
On Bloopers, the reflection of the logo is cut off.
On syndicated prints of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (the TV series), a still version of the logo is seen on a white background.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A rising choir sound, followed by a short electronic theme with three notes at the end. Judge Faith and Protection Court use the closing theme.

Availability:

It is seen on syndicated prints of films that the company provides syndication distribution for, including those from Paramount, Carolco, Miramax, DreamWorks, Cannon, and Lionsgate.
It is also seen on syndicated prints of Punk'D, Leverage (but not on Reelz and ION Television), Bloopers, and American prints of Republic of Doyle.
It's also spotted on syndicated prints of Forensic Files, Impractical Jokers, The Carbonaro Effect, Storage Wars, Court Cam and Whacked Out Sports, among others.
The white background variant was only seen on syndicated prints of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Outside syndication, it occasionally pops up at the end of Paramount/DreamWorks films on NewsNation, BizTV, Movies!, ThisTV, Comet and Charge!. It's also seen on Judge Faith on BounceTV and on Protection Court.

External Links

Trifecta Entertainment & Media article on Wikipedia
Official Website for Trifecta Entertainment & Media
Trifecta Entertainment & Media credits on IMDb