will this be the future of television and newspapers?

From Inquirer.com:

"The Japanese giant behind the Panasonic brand said Tuesday that it will introduce Internet-ready plasma TVs in North America in the spring that allow users to browse videos on YouTube and photos from Google-based web albums.
Rival Sony Corp. also announced that from this spring it will launch televisions offering access to free Internet video content from providers including AOL, Yahoo, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony BMG Music.
The TVs will be able to receive streaming broadband video, including high-definition content, Sony said. Both announcements were made at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas."

will this be a threat to cable companies? there isnt much to watch on cable channels anyway (especially when SkyCable dropped the Solar channels and replaced them with crappy ones. sorry but i really dont like any of the new channels). i watch my late shows, tv series, and sitcoms in my PC. and in YouTube, you can sometimes watch a lot more interesting stuff than whatever's available in cable (or whatever you missed in cable). So these announcements of an internet-ready TV is really an interesting development. but then again, cable companies are also providing cable internet services. so, i guess they would also be covered by whatever benefit would arise from internet-ready TVs.

im still more interested with the development of an electronic paper where you can download e-books or online newspapers on a device that looks like a broadsheet thats a little thicker than bond paper. its like a large version of a paperlike foldable LCD screen which has a USB slot so you can just dowload from the PC stuff you want to read. its like a reusable paper and would make it possible for a newspaper to be like the Daily Prophet with moving pictures. not sure if there is such a development. there's only a foldable LCD screen which i think Sony has produced (or planning to produce) for cellphones. i think with this technology, a reusable electronic paper would be possible. no need to wait for your newspaper every morning. Newspaper companies would just have to produce a format for an electronic paper and there would be no need to use paper or read the news from the PC. its like a high-tech old school newspaper. and also waterproof (no worries with spilling the coffee). but of course, the question would be, how much would it take to produce and develop this technology. and online newspapers might start charging the downloads since newspaper companies cant operate for free (assuming people start switching to this method of reading newspapers). am i the only one who wants to have newspapers that's similar to the Daily Prophet? or have a reusable electronic paper?