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Scott E. Anderson - Owner, Digital Sandbox

Scott E. Anderson won an Oscar for his visual effects for Babe, as well as working on Superman Returns and a variety of other high-budget feature films. His company, Digital Sandbox, offers visual effects consulting and services to the entertainment industry, specializing in high-quality digital intermediates for film output, or tape mastering. This week, we’re talking to him about a production friendly digital workflow that can benefit producers with less than Olympian budgets.

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Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, rejoins us this week to bring us the latest gossip and scandal from the world of optical media. Or, we'll talk about getting work. Or music. With Bruce, we're never quite sure where the conversation will take us. Join us on the live chat and ask your own questions.

Chris Pfaff - CEO, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC

Chris Pfaff leads a consultancy – Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC – that represents some of the leading service providers, audio/video technology firms, networking vendors, and media companies in the world, from PRIMEDIA and Eastman Kodak to Cantor Telecom. A veteran of the venture world, Chris helped launch more than 20 ventures, including iBiquity Digital; Flarion; Lucent Digital Video, and GeoVideo Networks. He has helped launch AT&T’s Internet strategy; the Viacom New Media division of Viacom, Inc.; Sony Electronics’ Digital Betacam format, and Sharp Electronics’ LCD product division. In other words, Chris knows what it takes to get money. This week, we're gonna hit him up for every dollar he can spare.

David Dudas - VP, Product Management, Sorenson Media

David Dudas is the vice-president for product management at Sorenson Media. Last week. Sorenson launched a major new upgrade to Squeeze, their mainstream video compression software. Video compression is becoming an essential tool for almost all producers, but how do you choose between all the different software that's out there? What works, what doesn't, and how does Squeeze meet the needs of the market. This week, we'll find out.

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