Streaming video will become much more prevalent, especially as these online news sites move to the TV screen. It's tough to read a story from across the room, but with products like Web TV, it works just fine if the story is mostly visual and audio. Until now, a video clip on the Web has been a small adjunct to a mostly text-based story, with an image about the size of a matchbook. People always ask us how they can see something that relates to what they're reading. This takes a big step in that direction.
Video rounds out the story.
It comes down to user choice, which is so important on the Web. Two or three times a day, CNN Interactive provides live video of a breaking news event. They just have to figure out what to do with it. It's going to be a extraordinary rivalry to watch.