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BUSINESS BLOGS
category: business
13 Feb 2008
related tags: Video | CBS |

I have been telling everyone and anyone who will listen that online video is where search was in 2001.  Essentially: a major component of the online media ecosystem desperately looking for a business model.  No one knew those little text ads would propel a $10B market.  But, they did.  No one knew Google would be one of America’s five most valuable companies, but it is.

Today CBS echoes what I have been saying, and, well, let’s face it, that bears a bit more stock than when I say it.  The statement comes from Patrick Keane, CBS’ CMO, who says: “The video market of 2008 ‘feels like search did in 2002.’ That is, it’s still in a “primordial” stage.”

It’s worth nothing, Keane was formerly at Google, you know, that little company that took over search and is trying to take over online video.

In fact, I project that online video will overtake search by 2018.