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. That is also the vision of CNN Interactive, which has gone online print publications one step better. 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 an extraordinary rivalry to watch.