It was a big year for Web2.0, especially with Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube.
But what about 2007? What can we expect?
I had a chance to interview a variety of top players in the space:
Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CTO of blinx:
In 2006, video sharing was the biggest trend with lots of companies -- especially the smaller sites -- growing really fast, which highlights the demand for online video. We also saw a great jump in user-generated content. But, traditional media and entertainment companies are catching up and seeing the Internet as a great distribution channel. In 2007, we expect to see even more content on the Web -- especially high-quality content -- and a greater need for better video search engines that can help Internet users navigate through the clutter. Also, with the Internet making content creation and distribution cheap, we expect to see a lot of experimentation with the length of videos and advertisements.
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