an old stage6 screenshot
I am writting this to inform the fanpop community that the video sharing site stage6.com will be shut down tomorrow. I am not writting this soapbox to recieve props...in fact I don't even expect to rate this soapbox. This is soapbox just contains information that debs and I feel everyone should know. Below follows a soapbox I geplaatst on the Angel spot that should explain everything to everyone.
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Here is the official posting from stage6.com
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 u that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. uploaden 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 populair 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 door 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 dag 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, u 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 door 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 jaar 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 of 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 of door 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 dag new DivX Certified devices arrive on the market making it easy to verplaats video beyond the PC. Products powered door DivX Connected, our new initiative that lets users stream video, photos, muziek 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 u for making Stage6 everything that it was.
--Tom
Debs and I just thought that the rest of fanpop should be made aware of this unfortunate turn of events. So, watch your stage6 vids now...becuase tomorrow, they'll be gone.
With great sorrow as I am the bearer of bad tidings,
scififan
