Every once in awhile life opens a door and lets you glimpse into the future. Rocketboom is such an experience. The site officially launches on Monday, but there’s plenty to see there even now. It is a video blog (vlog) and probably the best I’ve seen so far. Sites like this are the pioneers of an age that will take advertising dollars from broadcasters. I’ve seen some pretty awful vlogs, but this one is different. Very clever. Very creative.

But the real gem here is that it’s delivered via RSS enclosures. You can choose to have it delivered in the player you wish. I selected Windows Media Player. This simple delivery system is a way to send your news videos to potential users, along with a short ad or promo. You can even make raw footage available this way, or use RSS to alert people to live, breaking news.

Video blogs are in the birthing stage, and unless broadcasters get onboard this train, they will abdicate their niche as providers of video news to an assortment of citizen journalists armed with a camera, editor and RSS delivery. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

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