Comments on: DivX to Nix Stage6

By: What Veoh’s Court Victory Means for Online Video Sites

What Veoh’s Court Victory Means for Online Video Sites — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:03:32 +0000

[...] the past — or at least ones that were driven out of business by its lawsuits, like Bolt and Stage6. Another, Grouper, sold itself to Sony in part to get help fighting UMG. Veoh, which is known to be [...]

By: DivX Lays Off 21 People « NewTeeVee

DivX Lays Off 21 People « NewTeeVee — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:37:40 +0000

[...] been a tough year for DivX. The company kicked off 2008 by shuttering its video-sharing site Stage6 in February amidst increased operating expenses and pre-emptive copyright litigation. [...]

By: Veoh Blocks Some International Access « NewTeeVee

Veoh Blocks Some International Access « NewTeeVee — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:31:42 +0000

[...] for themselves yet. Lack of overseas revenue is hardly their only problem. Earlier this year, when DivX shut down Stage6, its high-quality video-sharing option, it cited operating expenses. Ironically enough, Stage6 (now [...]

By: Is Someone Building a New Stage6? « NewTeeVee

Is Someone Building a New Stage6? « NewTeeVee — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:15:34 +0000

[...] was shut down earlier this year as the video sharing site had grown too expensive to maintain and was facing [...]

By: Weekend Reader: Hulu, Stage6, WB « NewTeeVee

Weekend Reader: Hulu, Stage6, WB « NewTeeVee — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:31:11 +0000

[...] to combine Stage6 with its recent Revver acquisition and its LiveVideo site. DivX declined and shut down Stage6. Now LiveUniverse has launched a LiveVideo account (huh?) for shareholders to rally around. (press [...]

By: lovespuds

lovespuds — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:19:59 +0000

I’m really annoyed about this. Stage 6 was billed as one of the big selling points of the Divx connected machine and now Divx has just pulled the plug on it just like that. It’s still listed on the divx connected website for the machine as a selling point for goodness sake and so far theres no software update for the machine to take out the options yet on the machine either. You would have though Divx would have had the common sense to sort out there existing customers who paid for the machine before pulling the plug. I can’t help feeling a bit cheated

By: ekai

ekai — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:07:32 +0000

I am quite bummed. Stage6 was a great platform for indie producers like us. They’re also super nice people, glad to know they’ll still be active with their DivX Connected platform.

By: Stage6 Steps Out of the Limelight « NewTeeVee

Stage6 Steps Out of the Limelight « NewTeeVee — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:53:26 +0000

[...] Steps Out of the Limelight Among the victims of Stage6’s imminent demise will be its CDN, Limelight Networks, according to CDN business insiders. There is speculation that [...]

By: jeremy

jeremy — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:17:46 +0000

looks like there was a lot of competition for this market anyway. Still, sad to see it go.

By: Pierre Col | UbicMedia

Pierre Col | UbicMedia — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:16:15 +0000

It appears now as an evidence: the diffusion of “full HD” (720 or 1080 pixel height by 1280 or 1920 pixel width screen definition in 16/9 format, with 24 fps and a bitrate ranging from 8 to 30 MB/s) on the Internet will not be done with basic streaming or regular downloading (even with the help of CDNs like Akamai, Limewire etc) for cost issues.

The diffusion of HD, and the online availability of huge catalogues of movies today available in SD but not yet released will force the content providers to use peer-to-peer technologies, or other smartly distributed systems allowing to globally optimize the use of IP bandwidth available worldwide. That is exactly the reason why BitTorrent or Mininova have launched their “low cost P2P CDN” offers.

PS : a very bright showcase of “Full HD” movie (87 MB for 11 s) shot with a professional digital movie camera, available thru regular download:
http://red.cachefly.net/video/milkgirls1080p.mov
as well as on BitTorrent P2P, for lowering the cost:
http://torrents.red.com:6969/torrents/milkgirls1080p.mov.torrent

To discover a new solution to distribute high-definition films in a “new generation & post-DRM VOD” approach, you can try http://exemple.pumit.com (on a PC only, until we raise enough fund to port it on Mac, Wii etc).
To understand how it works, just visit http://www.pumit.com
Finally, to know who makes it, visit http://www.ubicmedia.com

Enjoy :-)

By: Ups and Downs of Social Video / Fast Forward - FWD:labs

Ups and Downs of Social Video / Fast Forward - FWD:labs — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:10:31 +0000

[...] coverage: NewTeeVee, The Business of Online Video, [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:00:21 +0000

Like Stage6, Vuze (www.vuze.com) focuses on a high-quality video viewing experience. With content from independent as well as larger publishers, we welcome all Stage6 users to check out Vuze.

You'll be joining a global audience with over 20 million client downloads and counting.

Chris Maliwat Vuze Product Management

By: Shakir Razak

Shakir Razak — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:15:36 +0000

Hi,

There are and will continue to be other solutions, because youtube is the warehouse not the boutique, and will never care about specific users or their needs, just the mass, lowest-common denominator.

For example, www.SUMO.TV that operate with a different model to youtube and has local operations from Brazil, israel, India to China.

However, sometimes, companies/people just don't want to fight on.

Yours kindly,

Shakir Razak