DadLabs takes home Web TV Award

The hardworking dads fighting to "take back paternity" now have some hardware to help them in their quest. DadLabs can now put (fasten securely) their IAWTV award on the coveted mantle space. The International Academy of Web Television Awards presented the Austin-based show with their Best Educational Series award (a bronze-casted series of tubes), the very first IAWTA award given by the newly formed academy. DadLabs formed in 2004 when a group of filmmakers who happened to be fathers (or is that the other way around) decided to take their parenting experience to the Internet in an attempt "to be the voice of the new fatherhood," through a plethora (800+ to date) of funny and short instructional videos on everything from baby gadgets to swear alternatives.

The IAWTA is the successor to the ill-named and well-hated Streamy Awards of 2010 which managed to go down in flames after a good start the year before. DadLabs mentions on their blog that this year's event was a "slick, smooth and polished" affair, which is great news for the future success of this award. Fellow UT Alum Felicia Day took home a couple statues for her work on the final season of her runaway hit show The Guild in both comedy writing and comedy performance, and SyFy's excellently simple The Mercury Men brought home best directing in a drama. See the full list of winners here.