Online video: The next big thing? Plenty of start-ups are hoping to cash in on the online video craze. Is there enough money to go around? [...]
So sites that are offering something unique could thrive. But companies that are simply libraries for user-generated videos could wind up needing to sell-out to a company with deeper-pockets.
"Many of these video-sharing sites are all variations on a theme," said Greg Sterling, founding principal of Sterling Market Intelligence, a consulting and research firm. "So at some point, we're going to see consolidation."
