The International Academy of Web Television http://iawtv.org Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:31:19 +0000 en hourly 1 Member Spotlight: Casey McKinnon http://iawtv.org/2012/02/17/member-spotlight-casey-mckinnon/ http://iawtv.org/2012/02/17/member-spotlight-casey-mckinnon/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:56 +0000 Patrick Bardwell http://iawtv.org/?p=1958 Casey McKinnon is an actress and the IAWTV and Streamy Award nominated host of A ComicBook Orange, which recently took home the 1st IAWTV Non-Fiction Writing award for her producing partner and fiance’ Rudy Jahchan.

Casey McKinnon

Back in 2005, Casey was running a successful blog and wanted to do something to set her site apart from others.When she read a Wired article about podcasting, she went on to create her first show Kitkast with Rudy and, because of the recent announcement of the first iPod made to support video, shot to the top of the iTunes podcasting charts.

She believes the reason her first shows garnered such a large audience was her early adoption of new distribution platforms and not from posting stuff on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. “When my show Galacticast hit its’ peak in 2007, I uploaded it to at least seven different sites,” she said.

The more places you post, the more opportunity it has to get seen, build a fanbase, and build revenue. Don’t knock a site before trying it; see what you can do to have your work featured on that site!

Recently she’s been working on keeping in contact with her audience on social networking sites and focusing on her acting, doing guest appearances in several shows and auditioning for television roles in Canada. “My goal in life is to act in a cult science fiction show and I’m pursuing that dream on whatever distribution platform I can.” McKinnon said.

As an early member of the IAWTV, Casey wanted to be part of an organization that would work to assist other web creators as well as other actors. “My fellow actors can benefit greatly from the IAWTV by learning how to be their own writers and producers or by gaining exposure through networking events and Bernie Su’s famous Writer’s Group where they can participate in cold readings of other members’ projects.” she said.

And as the IAWTV has expanded she also hopes to see it take on some of the bigger political issues that affect the industry, such as the recent debate over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA).

You can stay up to date on Casey’s latest happenings at her official website: http://caseymckinnon.com

By Matt Newcomb

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Check out the IAWTV Insider.

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]]> http://iawtv.org/2012/02/10/february-2012-iawtv-insider-newsletter/feed/ 0 IAWTV Awards Educational and Industry Panel Videos Are Online http://iawtv.org/2012/02/02/iawtv-awards-educational-and-industry-panel-videos-are-online/ http://iawtv.org/2012/02/02/iawtv-awards-educational-and-industry-panel-videos-are-online/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:42:39 +0000 Patrick Bardwell http://iawtv.org/?p=1828 During the IAWTV Awards held at CES 2012, there was a series of educational panels and industry discussions to educate and build the web tv community, hosted by the IAWTV. The panels featured top industry professional sharing their knowledge and insight. The panels were recorded thanks to the efforts of IAWTV member Adam A. Lohnes and through a sponsorship by Moviola.

Check out the panel videos from this year’s IAWTV Awards. We’ve uploaded the sessions to our partner YouTube channel for those who weren’t able
to attend.

Panels include:

You can view all panels below and scroll through to view the one you want.
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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, Koldcast, 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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