Online, watching animated emigrants (9)
I believe the answer is:
streaming
'online watching' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are present participle verbs, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'animated emigrants' is the wordplay.
'animated' indicates an anagram.
'emigrants' anagrammed gives 'STREAMING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for streaming that I've seen before include "going in large quantities" , "moving en masse" , "Way of classifying the children" .)