The opportunity here is to “make media” and rich videos that drive direct response results and traffic back to your website. This is tied with new SEO techniques that will gain higher rankings in the search engines and displace your competitions text only search results.

This year and next year companies should start to create short form videos that are not “commercials” but rather “how to” or other that provide your audience with information that lead them to a purchasing decision.

Then when there is enough video media out there and standardized measurable formats, we will see video advertising really take hold.

One huge opportunity is connecting Video with QR Codes. The QR Codes are simple bar codes that may be read by mobile phone camera’s. The camera sends the images to a server that resolves the QR Codes to a URL that links to a video. This is standard in Japan.

Just this month, you are able to download the first QR Code Reader to your iPhone. QR Codes + new smart phones + WFI or quick internet connections (3G) will create a new flood of mobile video opportunities.

Creativity and perfect timing will create a wave for new startups to create a new paradigm for media. Internet Video + Mobile Video will rule.

Cheers, Tim Reha, Venture All Stars, Seattle

I think this prediction is good for each year going forward from here on out. Monetization is still somewhat of a problem. We are at the stage of online video as music was right before Apple made the iPod. Someone needs to make the The IPTV to put this video where its supposed to be. Then commercials are no big deal. Channels could be created. Essentially a global cable company down one pipe. Problem with that is that distribution rights will be at risk and violated, a step “A” video content providers will have to cross sometime. I personally thought that would have happened by now. Apple needs to make a uPod that puts the video in front of the couch. iPod put music in the pocket. Then video will explode. Just a thought.