If you weren’t able to cast a vote for one of over 100 of the 2009 Video start-ups, sit back and take a look at the top start-up of 2009. On December 17th, at 6:30 pm @ the Columbia Business School, a winner will be crowned, via live SMS vote. Some of the competitors this year have really made a great initiative into the new age of online video and pushed the online video fever into new realms. Currently sitting atop the crowd:

• Kaltura: With 35,100 publishers worldwide who have integrated Kaltura’s open source video platform, Kaltura is revolutionizing the industry by providing the first and only open source video solution stack.
• Zixi: Zixi turns high-speed Internet and Intranet connections into Instant Video Delivery Networks (IVDN’s) with its Zync™ platform, making any website or corporate network a broadcasting hub with standard to HD capabilities.
• PopScreen: PopScreen is a bookmarking tool for online videos and live web shows. We empower users with a simple set of tools to collect, organize and share all their favorites in one location.
• 5min.com: 5min is the leading syndication platform for broadband instructional, knowledge and lifestyle videos.
• Motionbox: Motionbox makes it easy for individuals and families to upload, edit, store, and share their personal video memories, including those that have been captured in High Definition. In addition to free membership options, Motionbox has a subscription-based Premium service featuring HD playback and sharing, unlimited storage, and download capabilities, and a Professional video hosting solution for small businesses and organizations.

It was impressive to see that WellcomeMat made it into the top 20, while Ooyala just missed the top 20. If any of you aren’t familiar with WellcomeMat, they are heavily focused on a real estate video community. I would have guessed, that Ooyala would have been a much more significant influence (especially more than WellcomeMat) at this years NY Video top start-up competition. Blip.tv even outranked Ooyala. To RSVP, click here.