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    43rd Student Academy Awards honor 17 winners

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    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented its 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards® on Thursday, September 22, in Beverly Hills. Pictured (left to right): Elise Conklin, Daisy Ridley, Daphne Matziaraki and Rongfei Guo (photo by Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S)
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    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored 17 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 43rd Student Academy Awards® ceremony, held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.  The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards were announced and presented by actors Joel Edgerton, Lucy Liu, Daisy Ridley and Parker Sawyers. 

    The 2016 Student Academy Award® winners are:

    Alternative
    Gold: “All These Voices,” David Henry Gerson, American Film Institute
    Silver: “Cloud Kumo,” Yvonne Ng, City College of New York
    Bronze: “The Swan Girl,” Johnny Coffeen, Maharishi University of Management

    Animation
    Gold: “Once upon a Line,” Alicja Jasina, USC
    Silver: “The Wishgranter,” Echo Wu, Ringling College of Art and Design
    Bronze: “Die Flucht,” Carter Boyce, DePaul University

    Documentary
    Gold: “4.1 Miles,” Daphne Matziaraki, University of California, Berkeley
    Silver: “Fairy Tales,” Rongfei Guo, New York University
    Bronze: “From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City,” Elise Conklin, Michigan State University

    Narrative
    Gold: “Nocturne in Black,” Jimmy Keyrouz, Columbia University
    Silver: “It’s Just a Gun,” Brian Robau, Chapman University
    Bronze: “Rocket,” Brenna Malloy, Chapman University

    Foreign Narrative
    Gold: “Invention of Trust,” Alex Schaad, University of Television and Film Munich (Germany)
    Silver: “Where the Woods End,” Felix Ahrens, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (Germany)
    Bronze: “Tenants,” Klara Kochanska, The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (Poland)

    Foreign Animation
    Gold: “Ayny – My Second Eye,” Ahmad Saleh, Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Germany)

    Foreign Documentary
    Gold: “The Most Beautiful Woman,” Maya Sarfaty, Tel Aviv University (Israel)

    New this year, the Foreign Film category was expanded to include separate awards for narrative, animation and documentary entries. All categories had three potential placements except for the Foreign Animation and Foreign Documentary categories, in which only Gold Medal awards were given.

    The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work.  Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 51 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared nine awards.  They include Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker and Robert Zemeckis. 

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    DirecTV calls off acquisition of rival Dish, possibly ending a yearslong pursuit

    Friday, November 22, 2024
    Dish Network satellite dishes are shown at an apartment complex in Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

    DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company.

    The deal was reliant on Dish bond holders agreeing to trade in the debt they held for debt in the new company, a swap that would have cost them about $1.6 billion, collectively.

    The retreat by DirecTV this week may end a years-long effort by the company to acquire both Dish and Sling after it announced the bid in September.

    DirecTV was looking to acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that included a payment of $1, plus the assumption of approximately $9.8 billion in debt. The deal was contingent on several factors, including regulatory approvals and bondholders writing off debt related to Dish.

    "While we believed a combination of DirecTV and Dish would have benefited all stakeholders, we have terminated the transaction because the proposed exchange terms were necessary to protect DirecTV's balance sheet and our operational flexibility," DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow said in a statement.

    The prospect of a DirecTV-Dish combo has long been rumored, and reported talks resurfaced over the years. And the two almost merged more than two decades ago — but the Federal Communications Commission blocked the deal valued at the time at $18.5 billion deal, citing antitrust concerns.

    The pay-for-TV market has shifted significantly since. As more and more consumers tune into online streaming platforms, demand for more traditional satellite entertainment continues to shrink.

    DirecTV says that it will continue to invest in next-generation streaming platforms and offer new packaging options while integrating content from live TV alongside direct-to-consumer... Read More

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