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MyToons

MyToons was an online business that developed a free online community for animation that supported content sharing and social networking. MyToons.com was headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

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MyToons
Product typeOnline Animation Community
OwnerMyToons Holdings, Inc. Co-Founders: Paul Ford, Stacey Ford, Dan Kraus
CountrySan Antonio, Texas, USA
Introduced2006, launched March 2007
MarketsWorldwide
Websitehttp://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 20086
  • MonsterJam Animation Contest – Co-Sponsor, May 20088
  • Warner Bros., Entertainment – Contest Partner, May 20089
  • The Second Annual Animation Book Look – Co-Sponsor, May 200810
  • Google – Google Search Appliance (GSA), April 200811
  • DRAW Exhibit, London – Co-Sponsor, March 200813
  • IMAX – Contest Partner, February 200814
  • Krispy Kreme – Contest Partner, February 200814
  • 35th Annual Annie Awards, Hollywood, CA – Silver Sponsor and After-Party Entertainment Sponsor, February 200815
  • Animation Army – Monthly Meetings Sponsor, 2007 – 200816
  • INTERspectacular Design and Concept Studio – Bumper Blastoff! contest partner, December 200717
  • Best In The Southwest Flash Animation Festival – Gold Sponsor, Albuquerque NM, October 200718
  • Los Angeles Animation Festival (L.A.A.F.) – Major Sponsor, October 200719
  • Animators: Andrew Gordon, Mike Wellins, Rusty Mills – Bust In and Win! contest Judges, September 200720
  • Ottawa International Animation Festival – Major Sponsor and Panel Speaker, September 200721
  • Anime Expo – Event, Promotions and Panel Speaker, June – July 200722
  • Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) – Bronze Sponsor, May 200723
  • Limelight Networks – Flash Video Streaming Infrastructure, April 200724
  • Draw/MyToons Launch – Platinum Sponsor for DRAW exhibit & Gallery Lombardi, SXSW Austin, TX, March 200725
References

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. MyToons.com lays off some staff Deprecated link archived 2009-02-02 at archive.today 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. MyToons.com to Deliver High Definition Online Animation Contest Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Animation Book Festival Brings Artists and Authors to Sherman Oaks, CA Archived 2008-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  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. 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. "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)
  19. About LAAF 2007 Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  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 Archived 2009-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  22. eigoMANGA – Anime Expo 2007 – Anime News Network
  23. Kalamazoo Animation Festival International Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  24. MyWire | PR Newswire: Limelight Networks Tapped by MyToons.com to Provide Flash Delivery of Animations
  25. Draw Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
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