The International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) was founded in 2008 and is devoted to the advancement of the arts and sciences of
streaming television
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and
web series
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production.
Since 2011, the academy has hosted an annual awards ceremony called the
IAWTV Awards
The IAWTV Awards is an annual event hosted by the International Academy of Web Television, currently based in Los Angeles, that honors web series creators and talent in more than two dozen categories.
History
The IAWTV Awards are hosted annuall ...
, which honors
web series
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creators and talent in over a dozen categories, voted on by the IAWTV membership.
Background
In the past, IAWTV membership was by invitation only, however, membership is now open to a range of digital professionals through a
online application form Members represent a full cross-section of roles and specialties in web television creation, production and distribution.
In 2017, the IAWTV became a division of The Caucus, an organization that began in the 1970s to elevate television programming for producers, writers and directors. Members of The Caucus include an elite group of talent, including
J. J. Abrams
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,
Vin Di Bona
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,
Norman Lear
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,
Tom Hanks
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,
Dick Wolf
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,
Gale Anne Hurd
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Early life
Hu ...
, and many more.
Governance
The IAWTV is a membership-based organization.
Members of the current board are:
* Tina Cesa Ward, Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee Member of The Caucus
* Sandra Payne, Vice Chairman
IAWTV Awards
In 2010, the IAWTV hosted the
2nd annual Streamy Awards
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.
The
poor reception of the event, and the surrounding controversy,
resulted in a two-year hiatus for the Streamy Awards, and the subsequent creation of the
IAWTV Awards
The IAWTV Awards is an annual event hosted by the International Academy of Web Television, currently based in Los Angeles, that honors web series creators and talent in more than two dozen categories.
History
The IAWTV Awards are hosted annuall ...
. The two awards ceremonies are both still running annually, though as completely separate entities.
Since its inception in 2011, the IAWTV has held award ceremonies every year (with the exception of 2016), presenting awards to web series creators and talent in over a dozen categories, covering several genres. Notable IAWTV winners include
Felicia Day
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,
Julia Stiles
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and
Milo Ventimiglia, as well as the critically acclaimed web series ''
The Guild'', ''
Blue
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'', ''
Anyone But Me
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Husbands
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'', and ''
Whatever, Linda
''Whatever, Linda'' is a Canadian web series co-created and co-written by Hannah Cheesman and Julian De Zotti. The series stars Cheesman as Linda Thoroughbred, a woman in the 1970s who gets a job as a secretary for financier Barney Lahnar (inspir ...
''.
Between 2012 and 2015, the IAWTV Awards were held in
Las Vegas
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.
The 2017 ceremony took place in
Los Angeles
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.
See also
*
Streamy Awards
The YouTube Streamy Awards, also known as the Streamy Awards or Streamys, are presented annually by Dick Clark Productions and Tubefilter to recognize excellence in online video, including directing, acting, producing, and writing. The formal ...
*
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States. It is a 501(c)(6) non-prof ...
References
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External links
Official IAWTV websiteOfficial Caucus website
Streamy Awards
Arts organizations based in California
Television organizations in the United States
Organizations based in Los Angeles
New media
Digital media organizations
Organizations established in 2008
2008 establishments in the United States