Streamy Awards

Gli Streamy Awards, comunemente noti come Streamys,^[1] sono dei premi presentati annualmente dalla Dick Clark Productions e Tubefilter,^[2] con la partecipazione della International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV), in riconoscimento all'eccellenza nel campo della creazione di webserie e Web TV, comprendenti regia, recitazione, produzione e sceneggiatura.^[3] La cerimonia di consegna dei premi avviene a Los Angeles, e la selezione dei vincitori avviene in base al voto del pubblico.^[4]

Sono stati i primi premi tenuti e presentati interamente in diretta streaming^[5] e si dividono in oltre 30 categorie.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Edizioni

Prima edizione (2009)

La prima edizione si è svolta il 28 marzo 2009 al Wadsworth Theatre di Los Angeles.

Best Comedy Web Series: The Guild
Best Drama Web Series: Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy
Best Hosted Web Series: EPIC FU
Best Reality or Documentary Web Series: The Shatner Project
Best News or Politics Web Series: Alive in Baghdad
Audience Choice: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series: Joss Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series: Blake Calhoun (Pink)
Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series: Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series: Jane Espenson, Seamus Kevin Fahey, Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy)
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Felicia Day (The Guild)
Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series: Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy)
Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series: Rosario Dawson (Gemini Division)
Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series: The Guild
Best Guest Star in a Web Series: Paul Rudd (Wainy Days)
Best Web Series Host: Alex Albrecht (Project Lore)
Best Editing in a Web Series: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Lisa Lassek)
Best Cinematography in a Web Series: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Ryan Green)
Best Art Direction in a Web Series: Tiki Bar TV (Kim Bailey)
Best Visual Effects in a Web Series: Backyard FX (Erik Beck)
Best Animation in a Web Series: The Meth Minute 39 (Dan Meth)
Best Original Music for a Web Series: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Jed Whedon)

Seconda edizione (2010)

La seconda cerimonia annuale si è svolta all'Orpheum Theatre l'11 aprile 2010.^[9] Condotta dall'attore Paul Scheer, è stata fortemente criticata per una serie di problemi tecnici, per la volgarità delle battute e per degli inconvenienti procurati da due streakers che sono saliti nudi sul palco e hanno interrotto i presentatori.^[10] La presentazione di Chris Hardwick e Lisa Donovan è stata inoltre interrotta da Shay Carl Butler (di SHAYTARDS) e da "HiimRawn".^[11] A causa della scarsa organizzazione e della pessima ricezione da parte del pubblico di questa edizione, la IAWTV ha cessato di produrre la cerimonia, che ha subito una interruzione di due anni, e ha creato dei propri premi, gli IAWTV Awards.^[12]

Best Comedy Web Series: Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Best Drama Web Series: The Bannen Way
Best Hosted Web Series: Diggnation
Best Reality or Documentary Web Series: The Secret Life of Scientists
Best News or Politics Web Series: Auto-Tune the News
Best Foreign Web Series: OZGirl
Best New Web Series: Odd Jobs
Best Companion Web Series: The Office: Subtle Sexuality
Best Animated Web Series: How It Should Have Ended
Best Branded Entertainment Web Series: Back on Topps
Best Experimental Web Series: Auto-Tune the News
Audience Choice: Agents of Cracked
Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series: Sean Becker (The Guild)
Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series: Jesse Warren (The Bannen Way)
Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series: David Wain (Wainy Days)
Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series: Bernie Su (Compulsions)
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Zach Galifianakis (Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis)
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Felicia Day (The Guild)
Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series: Mark Gantt (The Bannen Way)
Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series: Rachael Hip-Flores (Anyone But Me)
Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series: Easy to Assemble
Best Guest Star in a Web Series: "Weird Al" Yankovic (Know Your Meme)
Best Web Series Host: Zadi Diaz (EPIC FU)
Best Vlogger: Shane Dawson (ShaneDawsonTV)
Best Editing in a Web Series: The Bannen Way (Zack Arnold)
Best Cinematography in a Web Series: Riese (Christopher Charles Kempinski)
Best Art Direction in a Web Series: Green Porno (Rick Gilbert)
Best Sound Design in a Web Series: Fear Clinic (Kunal Rajan)
Best Visual Effects in a Web Series: Fear Clinic
Best Animation in a Web Series: theGoob (Magnus Jansson)
Best Live Production in a Web Series: Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show
Best Interactive Experience in a Web Series: Valemont
Best Product Integration in a Web Series: Easy to Assemble (IKEA)
Best Mobile Experience in a Web Series: Valemont
Visionary Award (menzione speciale):^[13] Chad Hurley

Terza edizione (2013)

La terza edizione è stata prodotta da Tubefilter insieme a Dick Clark productions.^[14] Benché chiamata "terza edizione annuale", si è tenuta a distanza di tre anni dall'edizione precedente (2010). Tenutasi il 17 febbraio 2013 all'Hollywood Palladium di Los Angeles,^[15] la premiazione è stata condotta da Chris Hardwick di Nerdist Industries;^[16] in realtà, 19 dei 35 premi erano stati già annunciati prima della cerimonia.^[17] Nello spettacolo di premiazione si sono esibiti Soulja Boy, Shontelle (con Lisa Lavie, Kurt Hugo Schneider, Sam Tsui e Savannah Outen), Boyce Avenue, Vanilla Ice (con Mike Tompkins e Chester See).

Best Comedy Web Series: Burning Love
Best Drama Web Series: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
Best Animated Web Series: Tom Hanks’ Electric City
Best Branded Entertainment Web Series: Leap Year
Best Action or Sci-Fi Series: H+: The Digital Series
Best First-Person Series: DailyGrace
Best Non-Fiction or Reality Series: Kids React
Best Derivative Series: The Walking Dead "Cold Storage”
Best News and Culture Series: The Philip DeFranco Show
Best DIY or How-To Series: Masterclass
Best Live Event: Red Bull Stratos
Best Live Series: What’s Trending with Shira Lazar
Best Music: Epic Rap Battles of History
Best International Series: Travel Story
Audience Choice: SourceFed
Best Direction: Stewart Hendler (H+: The Digital Series)
Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series: Bernie Su (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries)
Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series: Tony Valenzuela (Black Box TV)
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Ken Marino (Burning Love)
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Hannah Hart (My Drunk Kitchen)
Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series: Xander Berkeley (The Booth at the End)
Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series: Missy Peregrym (Cybergeddon)
Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series: Burning Love
Best Guest Star in a Web Series: Ken Jeong (Burning Love)
Best Host: KassemG (California On)
Best Online Musician: Peter Shukoff (Epic Rap Battles of History)
Best Editing in a Web Series: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Michael Louis Hill)
Best Cinematography in a Web Series: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Brett Pawlak)
Best Visual Effects in a Web Series: DR0NE (Oliver Hotz and Matthew A. Rubin)
Best Song: Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates in Epic Rap Battles of History (Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist)
Best Interactive Experience in a Web Series: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Best Production Design: Kasra Farahani (Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn)
Best Use of Fashion and Design: Epic Rap Battles of History (Mary "MaryDoodles" Gutfleisch)
Best Coreography: Lindsey Stirling

Quarta edizione (2014)

Best Comedy Web Series: My Drunk Kitchen
Best Drama Web Series: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Best Companion Web Series: Vandaveon and Mike (Key & Peele)
Best Animated Web Series: RWBY
Best Action or Sci-Fi Series: Video Game High School
Best First-Person Series: Jenna Marbles
Best Non-Fiction or Reality Series: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Best Live Event: #Tubeathon 2013
Best International Series: Noob
Best Beauty: Missglamorazzi
Best Dance Series: Jabbawockeez
Best Fashion: Bethany Mota
Best Food and Cousine: Epic Meal Time
Best Gaming: Smosh Games
Best Health and Wellness: Blogilates
Best Kids and Family: Kids React
Best News and Current Events: SourceFed
Best Pranks: Jack Vale
Best Educational: Vsauce
Best Sport: Red Bull
Best Indie: Little Horribles
Best Brand Campaign: Need For Speed: Ken Block's Gymkhana Six
Best Public Service: YouTube Stars Talk Health Care at the White House
Best Television Show: Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Audience Choice: EnchufeTV
Best Direction: Matt Arnold e Freddie Wong (Video Game High School)
Best Writing: Nice Peter, EpicLLOYD, Zach Sherwin, Dante Cimadamore, Mike Betette (Epic Rap Battles of History)
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series: David Milchard (Convos With My 2-Year-Old)
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Mamrie Hart (You Deserve A Drink)
Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series: Joey Graceffa (Storytellers)
Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series: Ashley Clements (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries)
Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series: Video Game High School
Best Collaboration: Zach Galifianakis e Barack Obama (Between Two Ferns)
Audience Choice: Tyler Oakley
Best Editing in a Web Series: Kids React (Dan Seibert, Justin Reager, Benny Fine, Rafi Fine, Jordan Towles)
Best Cinematography in a Web Series: Devinsupertramp (Devin Graham)
Best Visual Effects in a Web Series: Action Movie Kid (Daniel Hashimoto)
Best Original Score: Jeff Williams (RWBY)
Best Song: Whistle While I Work It (Chester See)
Best Coreography: Mortal Kombat: Legacy II (Garrett Warren e Larnell Stovall)
Best Cover Song: Pentatonix (Daft Punk Mashup)
Best Music Video: Goku vs Superman, Epic Rap Battles of History
Best Musical Artist: Lindsey Stirling
Best Costume Design: Epic Rap Battles of History (Sulai Lopez)
Best Vine Comedian: DeStorm Power
Best Vine Creativity: Zach King
Viner of the Year: Brittany Furlan

Quinta edizione (2015)

La quinta edizione è stata trasmessa in diretta su VH1.^[18]

Entertainer of The Year: Cameron Dallas
Show of The Year: Fouseytube
Animated: Cyanide & Happiness
Breakout Creator: Matthew Santoro
Comedy: Flula
Drama: Blackboxtv
First Person: Iisuperwomanii
Indie: Eat Our Feelings
International: Racka Racka
Non-Fiction: Good Mythical Morning
Spin-off: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Backstage
Action or Sci-Fi: Corridor Digital
Beauty: Gigi Gorgeous
Documentary or Investigative: Atari: Game Over
Fashion: Lauren Elizabeth
Food: Epic Meal Time
Gaming: PewDiePie
Health And Wellness: Blogilates
Kids And Family: What's Up Moms
Lifestyle: Ijustine
News And Culture: The Young Turks
Pranks: Prankvsprank
Science or Education: Vsauce
Sports: Dude Perfect
Actor: James Van Der Beek (Adi Shankar's Bootleg Universe)
Actress: Colleen Ballinger (Miranda Sings)
Collaboration: Nice Peter, Epiclloyd, Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart (Epic Rap Battles of History)
Dance: Dominic “d-Trix” Sandoval
Ensemble Cast: Video Game High School
Breakthrough Artist: Shawn Mendes
Cover Song: “weird Al” Yankovic, Foil (Lorde)
Original Song: Alessia Cara, Here
Cinematography: Devin Super Tramp, Devin Graham
Costume Design: Sulai Lopez (Epic Rap Battles of History)
Directing: Matt Arnold, Freddie Wong (Video Game High School)
Editing: Andrew Sherman, Ryan Moulton, Daniel Turcan, Peter Shukoff (Epic Rap Battles of History)
Visual And Special Effects: Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, Jake Watson (Corridor Digital)
Writing: Mamrie Hart (You Deserve A Drink)
Short Form Comedy: Logan Paul
Short Form Creativity: Snapperhero
Snapchat Storyteller: Shaun Mcbride (Shonduras)
Viner: King Bach
Brand Campaign: Roman Atwood, Crazy Plastic Ball Prank #withdad (Nissan)
Social Good Campaign: #proudtolove, Marriage Equality And Lgbt Pride Month

Note

^ Il nome è un riferimento alla tecnologia dello streaming
^ Sono stati ideati dai produttori esecutivi Drew Baldwin, Brady Brim-DeForest e Marc Hustvedt di Tubefilter e Joshua Cohen e Jamison Tilsner di Tilzy.tv. Cfr.
(EN) Virginia Heffernan, California Streamin’: A Night for Web Serials, su themedium.blogs.nytimes.com, New York Times, 31 marzo 2009. URL consultato il 25 maggio 2011.
(EN) Alexia Tsotsis, Web TV's Streamy Awards: Next Year It Could Be You Up There, su blogs.laweekly.com, LA Weekly, 30 marzo 2009. URL consultato il 25 maggio 2011 (archiviato dall'url originale l'11 giugno 2009).
^ (EN) David Sarno, The Streamy Awards will recognize the best online TV, su latimesblogs.latimes.com, LA Times, 19 dicembre 2008. URL consultato il 24 maggio 2011.
^ The Streamy Awards will recognize the best online T, in Los Angeles Times, 19 dicembre 2008.
^ Jamie Wetherbe, Get Streamy (PDF), Geek Monthly, March 2009. URL consultato il 4 ottobre 2015 (archiviato dall'url originale il 3 luglio 2011).
^ Winners Circle, su streamys.org, tubefilter. URL consultato il 23 maggio 2010 (archiviato dall'url originale il 23 gennaio 2010).
^ Watch Out, Emmys, Here Come the Streamys, su thewrap.com, The Wrap, 15 marzo 2009. URL consultato il 18 settembre 2009.
^ The Streamy Awards: Three cheers for online TV!, in Entertainment Weekly, 30 marzo 2009. URL consultato il 18 settembre 2009.
^ Streamy Awards 2010: tutti i vincitori, su cinetivu.com, CineTivù, 14 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 25 maggio 2011.
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* Liz Shannon Miller, The Streamy Awards: A Producer’s Apology And Its Three Fails, su gigaom.com, GigaOM, 12 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013 (archiviato dall'url originale il 2 luglio 2018).
- Where to Watch the Streamy Awards Online, su newteevee.com, NewTeeVee, 10 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 23 maggio 2010 (archiviato dall'url originale il 22 maggio 2010).
- Tune in to Watch the Streamy Awards Live, su mashable.com, mashable, 9 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 23 maggio 2010.
- Samuel Axon, Streamy Awards 2010: Here Are the Winners, su mashable.com, Mashable, 12 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013.
- Kevin Beaumont, 2nd Streamy awards descend into farce, su endofshow.com, End of Show, 12 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013.
- Megan O'Neill, How To Make Internet Video Look Bad: #streamyfail 2010, su socialtimes.com, Social Times, 12 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013.
- Jace Hall, The 2010 Streamys Award Show Disaster, su jacehallshow.com, Jace Hall Show, 12 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013 (archiviato dall'url originale il 16 maggio 2012).
^ iJustine, 2010 Streamy Awards, su ijustine.com, 12 aprile 2010. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013 (archiviato dall'url originale il 18 luglio 2013).
^ Aymar Jean Christian, On Giving the Streamys (and the IAWTV) a Chance, su tvisual.org, Televisual, 17 dicembre 2012. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013 (archiviato dall'url originale il 4 ottobre 2013).
^ La menzione speciale è stata conferita da una giuria dello IAWTV anziché dal pubblico della manifestazione. Visionary Award, su streamys.org, The Streamy Awards. URL consultato il 25 maggio 2011 (archiviato dall'url originale il 6 giugno 2011).
^ Alex Ben Block, Dick Clark Productions Joins Tubefilter to Produce Streamy Awards, su hollywoodreporter.com, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 agosto 2011. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013.
^ The Streamy Awards 3rd Annual Nominees, su streamys.org. URL consultato il 17 dicembre 2013.
^ Matthew Manarino, THE NERDIST’S CHRIS HARDWICK TO HOST THE THIRD ANNUAL STREAMY AWARD, su newmediarockstars.com, New Media Rockstars, 17 gennaio 2013. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2013.
^ Sam Gutelle, SourceFed Helps Celebrate Pre-Announced Streamys Winners, su tubefilter.com, Tubefilter, 14 febbraio 2013. URL consultato il 17 febbraio 2013.
^ Hurwitz, Daniel. "And the 2015 Streamy Awards nominees are ...", USA Today, August 12, 2015