Blogosphere

A couple of blog posts today worth checking out. The first is from Colin Keigher at the Gateway, a very positive note, that discusses more funding for an ad free CBC.

With the amount of new electronics that we buy on a day-to-day basis, I’m certain the CBC could eventually wean itself off of ad revenue with such a fee in place. By not having commercials every five minutes, we could have more informative newscasts, higher-quality dramas and more in-depth documentaries.
The CBC provides us with more than just hockey and news, it provides us with culture too, thanks to its focus on Canadian content. So instead of contributing your time and, indirectly, money, to greedy and directionless private networks, consider giving a little love to the Mother Corp.


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The second, while generally positive about the CBC is a little less than positive about downloading.

The 'man' in this case is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), who I normally have no beef with. Their flagship news show, The National, is one of the best sources for national and international news in North America. However, unsurprisingly their online division is run by a bunch of frigtards, hopelessly behind the times.

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The article goes on to tell you how to use Quicktime Pro and flip4mac to turn streaming video into a format that you can download, edit and redistribute. Handy information after the recent announcement that on demand hockey is coming.

note to content creators, distributors and broadcasters: I hate to keep pointing out the obvious but if you don't let people have your content the way they want it, they will do it themselves and then get mad at you for making them work harder. In other words, you are not 'protecting your content' but rather 'pissing off segments of your audience'.