MyToons

MyToons
Product type Online Animation Community
Owner MyToons Holdings, Inc. Co-Founders: Paul Ford, Stacey Ford ,Dan Kraus
Country USA
Markets World-Wide
Website http://www.mytoons.com

MyToons was a free online community for animation that supported content sharing and social networking.[1] MyToons.com was headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.[2]

The site was founded in 2006 by Paul Ford, Stacey Ford and Dan Kraus as a spinoff of Bauhaus Software.[3] The Texas Emerging Technology Fund supported it with a $500,000 grant.[3]

After four months of private beta, the site launched publicly in March 2007 during the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, and began distributing member-created animation videos to Internet audiences worldwide. Three weeks after its launch, MyToons had received more than 1.5 million unique visitors.[4]

Milestones

In June 2008, MyToons.com became the first global animation community to offer users the ability to upload and view animations in High Definition.[5] At this time, the HD animation contest Get With the Times! was also launched.[6]

In January 2009, MyToons laid off a large part of its staff.

In April 2009, MyToons closed down completely after venture capital funding ceased.

Affiliates

References

  1. About the MyToons Online Animation Community Mytoons.com
  2. MyToons.com Invited Animators and Artists to Share Their Wares, Business Wire, March 14, 2007
  3. 1 2 MyToons.com lays off some staff San Antonio Express-News online, January 29, 2009
  4. Streamingmedia.com: Limelight Networks Tapped By MyToons.com To Provide Flash Delivery Of Animations
  5. New HD Animation Technology Provides Highest Quality Experience For Animators And Fans Around the World On MyToons.com
  6. 1 2 MyToons.com to Deliver High Definition Online Animation Contest, Business Wire, June 24, 2008
  7. "MyToons.com Delivers Animations to Viewers On New Adobe Media Player"
  8. Mytoons.com co-sponsors MonsterJam animation contest
  9. WarnerBros
  10. Animation Book Festival Brings Artists and Authors to Sherman Oaks, CA
  11. MyToons Animation Site Signs on with Google Search Appliance
  12. MyToons Animation Site Inks Deal With YouTube Channel
  13. The Briefing Room » London Gallery Exhibits Drawings by Animation, Tattoo, Urban and Skateboard Artists
  14. 1 2 The Briefing Room » MyToons Celebrates Simpsons’ Creator’s Birthday And Opening of Spiderwick Chronicles IMAX Movie
  15. Annie Awards Welcomes You
  16. ANIMATION ARMY - The LA Social Networking Group for Everyone who's into Animation!
  17. New MyToons.com Animation Contest Launches With $7000 in Cash Prizes
  18. http://bestinthesw.com/PDFs/PressRelease10.02.07.pdf
  19. About LAAF 2007
  20. MyToons.com Contest Offers Artists iPhones, Motion Tablet PCs, and Cash Prizes | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET
  21. Ottawa 07 International Animation Festival - 2007 Sponsors
  22. eigoMANGA - Anime Expo 2007 - Anime News Network
  23. Kalamazoo Animation Festival International
  24. MyWire | PR Newswire: Limelight Networks Tapped by MyToons.com to Provide Flash Delivery of Animations
  25. Draw

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