CBC Podcasting, BBC Dirac

While some media outlets are trying to stifle online media (MGM v. Grokster is going on in American courts right now), there are others that are actually trying to support online media, and open source projects at that. Some time ago I found out about Dirac, an open source video encoder using wavelet compression for some high-quality video encoding. It is funded and researched by none other than the British Broadcasting Corporation. Their hope is to use Dirac to do future online video feeds for BBC viewers.

Then there is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. I've known for some time (and written about it before on FvForces.net) that they have their geeky radio show "Quirks and Quarks" available online in .rm, .mp3, and .ogg audio formats (for some reason they have reduced the ogg to only certain segments of the show). Today I was browsing the main page of CBC.ca, and found out that they are doing podcasting trials. Use an RSS capable music player (or a audio capable RSS aggregator) to listen to "Quirks and Quarks" or "/Nerd". The podcasts are only available in MP3 format, but they'll eventually figure it out ;) Head on over to the CBC site, show your support for online media, courtesy of the CRTC!