Distribution
Even before the series was fully animated, Visionary signed online syndication deals with five affiliates, and WhirlGirl debuted in March 1998 on BMG's BUGjuice, E-Pub's Amused, ICL's GamesZone, Microsoft's WebTV Networks, and Canada's BeyondTV. That July, the site began running on Lycos as well.
In January 1999, Showtime licensed WhirlGirl for online and on-air use, making it the first regularly scheduled animated web series and the first independently produced web series licensed by a national television network. Showtime's parent company, Viacom, took an undisclosed equity stake in Visionary Media. All 100 episodes were also dubbed into Spanish and distributed on Yupi., one of the first major Spanish-language online networks.
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