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Stage6 to Shut Down on February 28I'm Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the company behind the service. I'm writing this message today to inform you that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. Upload functionality has already been turned off, and you'll be able to view and download videos until Thursday.
I know this news will come as a shock and disappointment to many Stage6 users, and I'd like to take a few moments to explain the reasons behind our decision.
We created Stage6 with the mission of empowering content creators and viewers to discover a new kind of video experience. Stage6 began as an experiment, and we always knew there was a chance that it might not succeed.
In many ways, though, the service did succeed, beyond even our own initial expectations. Stage6 became very popular very quickly. We helped gain exposure for some talented filmmakers who brought great videos to the attention of an engaged community. We helped prove that it's possible to distribute true high definition video on the Internet. And we helped broaden the Internet video experience by offering content that is compatible with DVD players, mobile devices and other products beyond the PC.
So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide. There are a lot of other details involved, but at the end of the day it's really as simple as that.
Now, why didn't we think of that before we decided to create Stage6 in the first place, you may ask? That's a good question. When we first created Stage6, there was a clear need for a service that would offer a true high-quality video experience online because other video destinations on the Internet simply weren't providing that to users. A gap existed, and Stage6 arrived to fill it.
As Stage6 grew quickly and dramatically (accompanied by an explosion of other sites delivering high-quality video), it became clear that operating the service as a part of the larger DivX business no longer made sense. We couldn't continue to run Stage6 and focus on our broader strategy to make it possible for anyone to enjoy high-quality video on any device. So, in July of last year we announced that we were kicking off an effort to explore
strategic alternatives for Stage6, which is a fancy way of saying we decided we would either have to sell it, spin it out into a private company or shut it down.
I won't (and can't, really) go into too much detail on those first two options other than to say that we tried really hard to find a way to keep Stage6 alive, either as its own private entity or by selling it to another company. Ultimately neither of those two scenarios was possible, and we made the hard decision to turn the lights off and cease operation of the service.
So that's where we are today. After February 28, Stage6 will cease to exist as an online destination. But the larger DivX universe will continue to thrive. Every day new DivX Certified devices arrive on the market making it easy to move video beyond the PC. Products powered by DivX Connected, our new initiative that lets users stream video, photos, music and Internet services from the PC to the TV, are hitting retail outlets. We remain committed to empowering content creators to deliver high-quality video to a
wide audience, and we'll continue to offer services that will make it easy to find videos online in the DivX format.
It's been a wild ride, and none of it would have been possible without the support of our users. Thank you for making Stage6 everything that it was.
--Tom
http://www.stage6.com/
Stage6 to Shut Down on February 28I'm Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the company behind the service. I'm writing this message today to inform you that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. Upload functionality has already been turned off, and you'll be able to view and download videos until Thursday.
I know this news will come as a shock and disappointment to many Stage6 users, and I'd like to take a few moments to explain the reasons behind our decision.
We created Stage6 with the mission of empowering content creators and viewers to discover a new kind of video experience. Stage6 began as an experiment, and we always knew there was a chance that it might not succeed.
In many ways, though, the service did succeed, beyond even our own initial expectations. Stage6 became very popular very quickly. We helped gain exposure for some talented filmmakers who brought great videos to the attention of an engaged community. We helped prove that it's possible to distribute true high definition video on the Internet. And we helped broaden the Internet video experience by offering content that is compatible with DVD players, mobile devices and other products beyond the PC.
So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide. There are a lot of other details involved, but at the end of the day it's really as simple as that.
Now, why didn't we think of that before we decided to create Stage6 in the first place, you may ask? That's a good question. When we first created Stage6, there was a clear need for a service that would offer a true high-quality video experience online because other video destinations on the Internet simply weren't providing that to users. A gap existed, and Stage6 arrived to fill it.
As Stage6 grew quickly and dramatically (accompanied by an explosion of other sites delivering high-quality video), it became clear that operating the service as a part of the larger DivX business no longer made sense. We couldn't continue to run Stage6 and focus on our broader strategy to make it possible for anyone to enjoy high-quality video on any device. So, in July of last year we announced that we were kicking off an effort to explore
strategic alternatives for Stage6, which is a fancy way of saying we decided we would either have to sell it, spin it out into a private company or shut it down.
I won't (and can't, really) go into too much detail on those first two options other than to say that we tried really hard to find a way to keep Stage6 alive, either as its own private entity or by selling it to another company. Ultimately neither of those two scenarios was possible, and we made the hard decision to turn the lights off and cease operation of the service.
So that's where we are today. After February 28, Stage6 will cease to exist as an online destination. But the larger DivX universe will continue to thrive. Every day new DivX Certified devices arrive on the market making it easy to move video beyond the PC. Products powered by DivX Connected, our new initiative that lets users stream video, photos, music and Internet services from the PC to the TV, are hitting retail outlets. We remain committed to empowering content creators to deliver high-quality video to a
wide audience, and we'll continue to offer services that will make it easy to find videos online in the DivX format.
It's been a wild ride, and none of it would have been possible without the support of our users. Thank you for making Stage6 everything that it was.
--Tom
http://www.stage6.com/
#2
Ja jeg fik også mega nedtur på da jeg lige skulle ind og se et par hellgate videoer i ordentligt kvali! 8(
#3
Ja, det er ret ærgeligt. Men kunne man måske ikke også tro, at en anden grund til de lukker ned, er at de har gjort det muligt at se hele spillefilm på eller via Stage6, hvilket ikke kan være lovligt i så god kvalitet eller lovligt i det hele taget.
Jeg ved det ikke. Bare et bud.
Jeg ved det ikke. Bare et bud.
#4
hva satan er stage6? :D
#5
Stage6 var en HP som der automatisk kom et link til når man DL DivX. Siden var fyldt med en masse filmklip og her til sidst hele film, som de forskellige brugere havde lagt op.
En hel del af dem er jeg sikker på ikke var lovlige, men der var rigtig mange som var af lovlig karekter. Nogle af dem var af en temmelig ringe/dårlig kvallitet andre igen hvar rigtig gode, sågar filmklip i 1080p
En hel del af dem er jeg sikker på ikke var lovlige, men der var rigtig mange som var af lovlig karekter. Nogle af dem var af en temmelig ringe/dårlig kvallitet andre igen hvar rigtig gode, sågar filmklip i 1080p
#6
Der findes dog nogle fhv gode alternativer. Joox er ok.
#7
Øv da nød at se HD Trailers for de nye film. Og der var jo også en masse musikvideor derinde. Så tror faktisk der har ligget meget ulovligt der!
Men ked den lukker for interface var sku godt der inde :'-(
Men ked den lukker for interface var sku godt der inde :'-(
#8
Jeg gad godt at DivX tog sig sammen og købte det 😐 Det er trods alt den bedste online streamer der har været so far..
#9
jeg håber sku ikke de har lukket siden pga af at nogle brugere har uploadet copyrigtet matriale, det er sku svineri at lukke den ene side efter den anden forde den ene halvdel af befolkningen bruger hovedet og sparer lidt penge på ulovlige film osv. vi kommer sku ikke uden om at der nok ikke er en eneste side hvor man kan uploade til, hvor der heller ikke er blevet uploaded ulovligt matriale, og der er sku ikke nogle firmaer der har tid eller penge til at tjekke hver eneste fil der kommer op! udover dem som sagsøger fildelings siderne self!
så hvorfor fanden kan de ikke bare se at det bare ikke virker med at lukke den ene side efter den anden og så håbe på at det var den sidste hver gang?
så hvorfor fanden kan de ikke bare se at det bare ikke virker med at lukke den ene side efter den anden og så håbe på at det var den sidste hver gang?
#10
#9
Der står umiddelbart intet om det skulle være fordi der er foregået ulovlig aktivitet på stage6. Der står blot at servicen var for dyr at have kørende.
Der står umiddelbart intet om det skulle være fordi der er foregået ulovlig aktivitet på stage6. Der står blot at servicen var for dyr at have kørende.
#11
Her er et link til den side, som umidelebart har taget over efter stage6. http://www.veoh.com/stage6.htm...
Når man kommer ind på den er der utroligt mange ligheds punkter til det gamle Stage6.
Når man kommer ind på den er der utroligt mange ligheds punkter til det gamle Stage6.