MyToons
| Product type | Online Animation Community |
|---|---|
| Owner | MyToons Holdings, Inc. Co-Founders: Paul Ford, Stacey Ford, Dan Kraus |
| Country | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Introduced | 2006, launched March 2007 |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Website | http://www.mytoons.com |
MyToons was an online business that developed 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
- Adobe – Sponsor of Get with the Times! contest, June 2008[6]
- Adobe Media Player (AMP) Channel Partner, March 2008[7]
- MonsterJam Animation Contest – Co-Sponsor, May 2008[8]
- Warner Bros., Entertainment – Contest Partner, May 2008[9]
- The Second Annual Animation Book Look – Co-Sponsor, May 2008[10]
- Google – Google Search Appliance (GSA), April 2008[11]
- DRAW Exhibit, London – Co-Sponsor, March 2008[13]
- IMAX – Contest Partner, February 2008[14]
- Krispy Kreme – Contest Partner, February 2008[14]
- 35th Annual Annie Awards, Hollywood, CA – Silver Sponsor and After-Party Entertainment Sponsor, February 2008[15]
- Animation Army – Monthly Meetings Sponsor, 2007 – 2008[16]
- INTERspectacular Design and Concept Studio – Bumper Blastoff! contest partner, December 2007[17]
- Best In The Southwest Flash Animation Festival – Gold Sponsor, Albuquerque NM, October 2007[18]
- Los Angeles Animation Festival (L.A.A.F.) – Major Sponsor, October 2007[19]
- Animators: Andrew Gordon, Mike Wellins, Rusty Mills – Bust In and Win! contest Judges, September 2007[20]
- Ottawa International Animation Festival – Major Sponsor and Panel Speaker, September 2007[21]
- Anime Expo – Event, Promotions and Panel Speaker, June – July 2007[22]
- Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) – Bronze Sponsor, May 2007[23]
- Limelight Networks – Flash Video Streaming Infrastructure, April 2007[24]
- Draw/MyToons Launch – Platinum Sponsor for DRAW exhibit & Gallery Lombardi, SXSW Austin, TX, March 2007[25]
References
- ^ About the MyToons Online Animation Community Mytoons.com
- ^ MyToons.com Invited Animators and Artists to Share Their Wares, Business Wire, March 14, 2007
- ^ a b MyToons.com lays off some staff Deprecated link archived 2009-02-02 at archive.today San Antonio Express-News online, January 29, 2009
- ^ Streamingmedia.com: Limelight Networks Tapped By MyToons.com To Provide Flash Delivery Of Animations
- ^ New HD Animation Technology Provides Highest Quality Experience For Animators And Fans Around the World On MyToons.com
- ^ a b MyToons.com to Deliver High Definition Online Animation Contest Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Business Wire, June 24, 2008
- ^ "MyToons.com Delivers Animations to Viewers On New Adobe Media Player"
- ^ Mytoons.com co-sponsors MonsterJam animation contest
- ^ WarnerBros Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Animation Book Festival Brings Artists and Authors to Sherman Oaks, CA Archived 2008-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ MyToons Animation Site Signs on with Google Search Appliance
- ^ MyToons Animation Site Inks Deal With YouTube Channel
- ^ The Briefing Room » London Gallery Exhibits Drawings by Animation, Tattoo, Urban and Skateboard Artists
- ^ a b The Briefing Room » MyToons Celebrates Simpsons’ Creator’s Birthday And Opening of Spiderwick Chronicles IMAX Movie
- ^ Annie Awards Welcomes You
- ^ ANIMATION ARMY - The LA Social Networking Group for Everyone who's into Animation!
- ^ New MyToons.com Animation Contest Launches With $7000 in Cash Prizes
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ About LAAF 2007 Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ MyToons.com Contest Offers Artists iPhones, Motion Tablet PCs, and Cash Prizes | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET
- ^ Ottawa 07 International Animation Festival – 2007 Sponsors Archived 2009-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ eigoMANGA – Anime Expo 2007 – Anime News Network
- ^ Kalamazoo Animation Festival International Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ MyWire | PR Newswire: Limelight Networks Tapped by MyToons.com to Provide Flash Delivery of Animations
- ^ Draw Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
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