links for 2008-08-12 [delicious.com]

• Anthony Rose on the BBC's use of the H.264 codec - BBC Internet Blog
  "Anyway, to cut a long story short, the good news for those looking for video quality improvements in BBC iPlayer is that, starting this week, we're going to be encoding our content in H.264 format at 800Kbps. Additionally, our media player now supports hardware acceleration in full-screen mode, giving a greatly improved image at lower CPU usage than before."
  (tags: bbc codec h.264 iplayer)
• BBC Internet Blog
  Erik Huggers: "The time has come for the BBC to start adopting open standards such as H.264 and AAC for our audio and video services on the web. These technologies have matured enough to make them viable alternatives to other solutions." via BBC Backstage Mailing List
  (tags: video bbc codec huggers open standards)