Goanimate.com.  It’s implications are multi-fold-  in it’s simplest essence- it’s an animation site for the average computer user- no flash required, no advanced skills, just an interest in creating fun cartoons online!  When finished, animations can be embedded into social networks, sent to friends, etc.  Licenses allow users to bring their favorite show characters into their animations….

·         Election time is coming up and users can interact with political characters (we have a partnership in the works with a a political satirist for some webisodes)....

·         From a branding/marketing standpoint- through this entertainment site, users can interact with brands in active ways- it’s essentially free and powerful marketing.

·         From an entertainment standpoint, Historically, only big professional studios can produce great TV- series like animation.  With the licensing deals, GoAnimate is helping all the little guys out there to produce their own TV animated Series.  Current licenses include Classic Media for their Richie Rich, Mr. Magoo, and Underdog Properties and Paul Dini and Misty Lee for their Monkey Talk series… more to come (including one big network deal)

A list of some great (and entertaining) examples:

Make an Impact
URL - http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0JDd05BQyJ0o/1

Super Rica and Rashy
URL- http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0s0vgs-BZ3Yw/1

Clawverfield
URL- http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0hfrVcQBI5a8/1