Inaugural IAWTV Awards from CES 2012

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The web television industry was out in full force this evening as the winners of the Inaugural IAWTV Awards were announced live from the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino during the International Academy of Web Television's (IAWTV) live streamed gala event at CES International.

The winners for the IAWTV Awards were chosen by majority vote of the active voting membership of the IAWTV from nominees who topped more than
350 officially submitted web series. The winners were presented with awards celebrating their outstanding achievements across 32 different categories.

"The inaugural IAWTV Awards winners represent the best of what is possible in Web television," said Paul Kontonis, Chairman of the Board
of Directors for IAWTV, and Vice President/Group Director of Brand Content at Digitas. "The content is premium, in all genres, produced independently
and by major studios and attractive to both audiences and advertisers."

Inaugural IAWTV Awards Winners




Best Comedy Web Series:  The Guild

Best Drama Web Series:  RCVR/Web Series

Best Hosted Taped Web Series:  The Web.Files

Best Hosted Live Web Series:  What's Trending with Shira Lazar

Best Animated Web Series:  Red vs. Blue

Best Documentary Web Series: White Collar Brawler

Best Variety Web Series:  Kids React

Best News Web Series:  Tech News Today

Best Educational Web Series:  DadLabs

Best Writing (Comedy):  Felicia Day, The Guild

Best Writing (Drama):  Susan Miller & Tina Cesa Ward, Anyone But Me

Best Writing (Non-Fiction):  Rudy Jahchan, A Comicbook Orange

Best Directing (Comedy):  Sean Becker, The Guild

Best Directing (Drama): Chris Preksta, The Mercury Men

Best Directing (Non-Fiction):  Brett Register, What's Trending with Shira Lazar

Best Female Performance (Comedy): Felicia Day (Codex), The Guild

Best Female Performance (Drama):  Rachael Hip-Flores (Vivian McMillan), Anyone But Me

Best Male Performance (Comedy): Jeff Lewis (Stan), The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour

Best Male Performance (Drama): Daniel Bonjour (Luke Weber), RCVR/Web Series

Best Host (Taped):  Kristyn Burtt, The Web.Files 

Best Host (Live):  Shira Lazar, What's Trending with Shira Lazar

Best Cinematography:  Joost van Starrenburg, RCVR/Web Series

Best Design:  Greg Aronowitz, Dragon Age: Redemption

Best Costume Design:  Shawna Trpcic, Dragon Age: Redemption

Best Makeup/Special Effects:  Greg Aronowitz and Kimberly Graczyk, Dragon Age: Redemption

Best Visual Effects:  Chris Preksta, The Mercury Men

Best Editing:  Tony E. Valenzuela, BlackBoxTV: The Series

Best Original Music:  Rob Gokee, Night of the Zombie King

Best Supplemental Content:  The Mercury Men

Best Interactive/Social Media Experience:  What's Trending with Shira Lazar

Best Web Site Design:  The Guild

Best Distribution Platform: Blip.tv

The Inaugural IAWTV Awards event was executive produced and directed by Carver Wright of Bryan Allen Events and sponsored by CES, YouTube, Yahoo!, My Damn Channel, Blip.tv, Crackle, Deca, Grab Networks, Lionsgate, Machinima, Vizio, King of the Web, SAG New Media, JTS.TV -- Just The Story, Break Media, Writers Guild of America, Vidcon, Newtek, Zingled, Beet.tv, and What's Trending with Shira Lazar.

Presenters who appeared at the event included: Kevin Pollak (Kevin Pollak's Chat Show, Vamped Out), Joshua Malina (American Horror Story, Backwash), Jane Espenson (Husbands, Once Upon a Time, Caprica, Dollhouse), Jeff Lewis (The Guild, Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour, The Legend of Neil), Alexis Boozer (Leap Year), Joe Nation (JoeNationTV), Rachel Hip-Flores (Anyone But Me, Good, People in Love), Michele Boyd (Team Unicorn, Solo: The Series), Clare Grant (Robot Chicken, Team Unicorn), Nar Williams (Fanboy Funhouse, NextMovie Daily), Melanie Merkosky (ElfQuest: A Fan Imagining, BlackBoxTV), Bernie Su (Compulsions), Al Thompson (Johnny B Homeless, Lennox Avenue, Odessa), Kai Hasson (White Collar Brawler), April "Destini" Grant (Indie Intertube), Amanda "Shadhavare" Shockley (Indie Intertube), Jesse Cox (December 2011 winner of King of the Web), Jeff Macke (Breakout), Woody Tondorf (The Morning After), Jourdan Gibson (CELL: The Web Series), Grace Helbig (DailyGrace), The Fine Brothers (Kids React), Taryn Southern (The Temp Life, BlackBoxTV, Battle Los Angeles, ElfQuest: A Fan Imagining) and Shira Lazar (What's Trending with Shira Lazar).

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[glaglsoogle]

grace definitely got the most laughs

[Iawtvorg]

she is fantastic!

[enigmas00]

DAILY GRACE~!

 1:44:00

[Danny Bell]

Rooster Teeth ftw!!

[cjmkael]

Holy crap 1h34m is so awkward.

[Bakubakuba]

Watched just the Jesse part.

[Wickerrman]

jesse cox, best king ever!

[FredAsta1re]

1:30:00 Jesse Cox & Felicia Day :)

[Turalcar]

55:05 So people really call her "Red 5"...

[RagDollSam]

the award ceremony reminded me of high school

[TicaA395]

the last time she presented when she said the twitter thing :) i know shes awsome :')

[iflymilly]

anyone know which part grace improvised? she's so good you can't even tell :')

[MrSasyB]

thank you <3

[x8xBABYx8x]

Rachael Hip-Flores! <3