With the advancement of all the online tools we have availble today there is no reason someone couldn't go on a virtual date using interactive web conferencing.
In the Web conferenceing system you can text chat, talk, show pictures even watch a movie together. For those considering virutal dating here is some free broadband internet TV channels you can choose to watch via your interactive web conference room.
Best 16 free online TV channels for watching, real free BROADBAND TV CHANNELS:
http://www.veoh.com/ - downloadable client, allows saving video and allows watching online
http://www.peekvideo.com/ - repository of movies and TV shows
http://www.ngtv.com/ - No Good TV(NGTV)
http://www.blinkx.com/ - Video/Audio search engine
http://www.channelchooser.com/ - large containers of series from TV channels
http://www.joost.com/ - Over 400 free TV channels
http://wwitv.com/ - world wide internet TV, over 2300 plus TV channels
http://www.channelking.com/ - over 280 free TV channels incorporated with Windows Media player for online streaming
http://tvunetworks.com/ 300+ free TV channels from around the globe.
http://www.mytvpal.com/ Said to be streamming HD TV channels. If you've got decent broadband, it'll be your next perfect bookmark for sure.
http://www.anytvplayer.com/ - Watch TV on your PC. Though it says it's free,there seems premium service for paid members. Looks good though.
http://www.tioti.com/ - Find,share and watch your favorite TV shows here
http://www.cybertelly.com/ - Powerful peer to peer TV as they say
http://www.freetvonline.com/ - Every computer is a free TV; nice slogan
http://www.freemoviescinema.com/ - Much of these movies are shown from paid channels. Pretty good and free movie site.
http://streamingtvepisodes.com/ - Streaming TV episodes. download Graboid as their client
http://www.channelhaven.com/ - All Indian +250 Channels here and this is news and other local indian entertainment channels like Sony TV, ZeeTV and much much more..
There you have it.. I can see cable companies an being a thing of the past. Virtual dating could be the "first date" before actually meeting in person kind of like a saftey net. I've personally seen relationships grow and flourish via web conferencing. We can call this virtual romance!