max
Vela Incident
+1,652|6538|NYC / Hamburg

stage6 wrote:

I’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
link to stage6

thats too bad. I've always enjoyed stage6 videos
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot  xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
cablecopulate
Member
+449|6709|Massachusetts.
Well I am officially out of the bf2 movie making business.
SamTheMan:D
Banned
+856|5945|England

Thats why I fucking couldn't upload


EDIT:
also
feb 28th is my b day

Last edited by SamTheMan:D (2008-02-25 05:56:27)

RDMC
Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!
+736|6536|Area 51
Ah bollocks, why not shut down craptube or something.
Lieutenant_Jensen
Your cops are corrupt.
+200|6362|fåking denmark

RDMC wrote:

Ah bollocks, why not shut down crap loltube or something.
^*AlphA*^
F*ckers
+3,135|6709|The Hague, Netherlands

/starts downloading my fav. movies.

sucks tho, great quality there.
https://bf3s.com/sigs/36eac2cb6af70a43508fd8d1c93d3201f4e23435.png
Mint Sauce
Frighteningly average
+780|6257|eng
Try vbors?
#rekt
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|6591|Mhz

Comes as a bit of a supprise to me, they may have had a lot of competition pop up since they began but they were always miles ahead of all of the others in my eyes, their web player is brilliant, their codecs are also some of the best, upload and download speeds were usually better than everyone else too, I really can't see how it's not viable to run anymore, they were at the top of the game and now they decide to shut it all down, seems very strange

Suppose I best go download all the 'how it should have ended' videos as I refuse to watch anything like that on the fuzzy mess that is youtube.
^*AlphA*^
F*ckers
+3,135|6709|The Hague, Netherlands

TheEternalPessimist wrote:

Comes as a bit of a supprise to me, they may have had a lot of competition pop up since they began but they were always miles ahead of all of the others in my eyes, their web player is brilliant, their codecs are also some of the best, upload and download speeds were usually better than everyone else too, I really can't see how it's not viable to run anymore, they were at the top of the game and now they decide to shut it all down, seems very strange

Suppose I best go download all the 'how it should have ended' videos as I refuse to watch anything like that on the fuzzy mess that is youtube.

Stage6 guy wrote:

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.
https://bf3s.com/sigs/36eac2cb6af70a43508fd8d1c93d3201f4e23435.png
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|6591|Mhz

^*AlphA*^ wrote:

TheEternalPessimist wrote:

Comes as a bit of a supprise to me, they may have had a lot of competition pop up since they began but they were always miles ahead of all of the others in my eyes, their web player is brilliant, their codecs are also some of the best, upload and download speeds were usually better than everyone else too, I really can't see how it's not viable to run anymore, they were at the top of the game and now they decide to shut it all down, seems very strange

Suppose I best go download all the 'how it should have ended' videos as I refuse to watch anything like that on the fuzzy mess that is youtube.

Stage6 guy wrote:

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.
Making money for a company that large with a visitor count that high is not hard.

Sticking in a few sponsor ad's would have made them more than enough to continue running.
SamFisher199
Airwhore
+40|6284|Netherlands
Any alternatvies? (HD uploading)
_NL_Lt.EngineerFox
Big Mouth Prick
+219|6501|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition
W T F, now were doomed to YouTube, fuck!
OrangeHound
Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...
+1,335|6620|Washington DC

^*AlphA*^ wrote:

/starts downloading my fav. movies.
Yeah ...

Man, that really blows.  I loved stage6. 
voodoodolphins
Member
+92|6674
uh uh uh uh remember to dl this movie then he he.

I know you like it, I can make more if you want he he

anyway...yeah it sucks that stage6 is going to close, I really really liked it. I would also like to know of any similar sites that I can use instead?
cablecopulate
Member
+449|6709|Massachusetts.
There's http://www.wipido.com/

While not as high as stage6, it's worlds better than youtube.
LiGaLiZe
k?
+82|6090|sweden
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
PhaxeNor
:D
+119|6387|Norway | Unkown
Nooo!
I got lots movies to download

Last edited by PhaxeNor (2008-02-25 07:07:31)

kptk92
u
+972|6379|tc_london
max
Vela Incident
+1,652|6538|NYC / Hamburg

indeed. People better start rapidshitting their movies. I hate the crap youtube quality
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot  xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
OrangeHound
Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...
+1,335|6620|Washington DC

I think I figured out what is really going on ... it is the lawyers again.   Stage6 / DivX are losing court battles over content posted on their site, and they do not have enough financial resources to continue the legal battles:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/63562-c … e6-pirates
^*AlphA*^
F*ckers
+3,135|6709|The Hague, Netherlands

OrangeHound wrote:

I think I figured out what is really going on ... it is the lawyers again.   Stage6 / DivX are losing court battles over content posted on their site, and they do not have enough financial resources to continue the legal battles:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/63562-c … e6-pirates
yeah thought it would be something to that nature.
https://bf3s.com/sigs/36eac2cb6af70a43508fd8d1c93d3201f4e23435.png
[pt] KEIOS
srs bsns
+231|6623|pimelteror.de
crap. that sucks.
OmniDeath
~
+726|6615

OrangeHound wrote:

I think I figured out what is really going on ... it is the lawyers again.   Stage6 / DivX are losing court battles over content posted on their site, and they do not have enough financial resources to continue the legal battles:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/63562-c … e6-pirates
Lame
Noobeater
Northern numpty
+194|6418|Boulder, CO
DAMMIT, there goes my main source of films.

Any other source of high quality movies?
PRLR
Member
+5|5969|Northern Sweden

SamTheMan:D wrote:

Thats why I fucking couldn't upload


EDIT:
also
feb 28th is my b day
Gratz The 27th is mine

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