stage6 = dead

['bat]

For the people like me who were too late to hear the news:
Stage6 · Upload Video Clips. Share, Watch, Download Videos

source: TechCrunch

Yesterday San Diego based DivX announced the shutdown of popular video site Stage6, to the surprise and dismay of the site’s 17.4 million happy monthly visitors (the post on the shutdown has over 5,000 comments). There’s lots of speculation around why DivX is shutting the site down, ranging from piracy issues to the spiraling CDN costs of streaming all that HD content. But what really happened, according to multiple sources, is that a ridiculous battle of egos at the DivX board level caused most of the team to simply quit. DivX, essentially, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

First a bit of history - just before DivX went public in late 2006 it launched Stage6 as a way to show off the capabilities of the DivX codec. Without any promotion at all the site quickly gathered users. By mid 2007, when the site went into beta, it had millions of users and tens of millions of page views. The high quality video was key - users simply flocked to it.

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So then DivX announced the closure of Stage6. When it shuts down all those millions of DivX downloads and associated Yahoo revenue goes away with it. At the end of the day DivX threw out the baby, the bathwater, millions of dollars in revenue and tens of millions of users. Their board and executive team, in short, look like fools. Investors seem to agree - the stock hit an all time low today.

:'( there goes a lot of **** i wanted to dl, and one of the best video streaming sites ever.

a site i never heard of called veoh is supposed to be taking the wheel now, hopefully itll be just as good as stage6.
watch this episode of 30 rock. Its one of the funnier ones.
Online videos: From home videos to premium internet television content | Veoh Video Network

[TheReaper89]

Wow that sucks. Veoh is very good, they always have great selections. good luck finding a movie though.......they dont name em correctly. like transformers was: Optimus prime kicks ass. Lol, we will see if they can fill these enormous shoes!

Best bet for movies ( just to watch ) ( idk if u can DL em now since Divx is done... ) : 2008 (Most Recent Films) - Movie Forumz

Thats a link to the 2008 Movies ;D, they go all out, Anime, 200-2008, and its all well placed ^^

[curry]

check surfthechannel its a new tvlinks website it streams movies and tv shows

[punture]

**** MY Stage 6 was AWESOME for watching PRison Break...