Is Someone Building a New Stage6?
Is some die-hard DivX fan trying to resurrect the shuttered Stage 6 video sharing service? Ghacks was tipped by a commenter to Stage6 clone DiVxit.net.
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The site is live with the messages “DivX Stage6 returns here on April 29th 2008,” and “Stage6 Alternative / Clone.” There are also some status indicators saying the backbone and media servers are online, the GUI is completed, and the Divixit Core coverter is “near completion.”
Update: How quickly things change. Kevin alerted us in our comments that DivXit now redirects to VReel.net and the launch has been pushed back to May 6th. There’s also a Q&A section that has some basic answers, but not much detail. Here’s a snippet:
Q: Will [Vreel] have the video database that Stage6 used to have?
A: No, Vreel is simply using the DivX codec & webplayer in order to provide the public with a free, High Definition video-streaming website. We have no official Affiliation with the DivX corperation, or the Stage6 platform. Our Video database will be built from the ground up from day one onwards. And once again, we’d like to express our thanks to DivX for allowing us to use their codec and webplayer for this platform.
Though DivXit.net uses the DivX logo, DiVx corporate told us it has no affiliation with upstart, and there is no contact information on the site.
Stage6 was shut down earlier this year as the video sharing site had grown too expensive to maintain and was facing potential legal action. The official Stage6 site currently suggests Veoh for people to upload and share video (though many jumped ship to Vimeo).
DivXit.net isn’t the only entity out there who can’t let go of Stage6, hostmedia.us is asking for donations as it tries to build its own replacement.
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UPDATE: DivXit.net is now VReel.net and is now expected to launch May 6th
Kevin G on April 24th, 2008 at 11:39 pm - Permalink
This is a brilliant business plan, find a company that failed and emulate their model! Hope someone does it though, bandwidth keeps getting cheaper and certain countries have different copyright laws so maybe it could work, Stage6 was great.
Paul on April 24th, 2008 at 11:54 pm - Permalink
[...] you can understand why I tend to be skeptical about these sorts of promises. With DivX Inc. having come out and denied any affiliation with the site, I can’t help but wonder how far they will let this get before they [...]
Stage6, Part Deux? on April 26th, 2008 at 5:48 am - Permalink
well apparently there was supposed to be some “big news” today… April 29th 2008 from vreel.net, but I have yet to see any discussion about it on forums, or a press release, etc. I’m starting to think this website is run by a couple of high school kids who are playing a big “APRIL FOOLS!” joke.
Mike on April 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am - Permalink
http://www.stage-next.com/ was open before any of these wannabes.
Stage-Next on April 30th, 2008 at 11:48 am - Permalink
divxvine.com has been online a couple of months now, not exactly stage6 when it comes to community but the streaming speeds are high and video don’t get compressed
jayjay on May 4th, 2008 at 10:39 pm - Permalink
There is a completely functional stage6 replacement, clone and alternative to stage6 over at http://hostmedia.us
SetVid on May 15th, 2008 at 2:55 pm - Permalink
Stage6.com is gone but http://stage6.999.org is here
It has the same look as stage6 with channels etc. and a great community.
VICER0Y on May 16th, 2008 at 3:40 am - Permalink
Vreel.net is run by a member of anti Scientology group anonymous, the same group who hacked stage6 and posted the member passwords list on the 4chan board, Vreel is rumoured to be another Eon8
About Vreel.net http://stage6.18.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=2244
Justink on May 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm - Permalink
Justink is full of crap – they’re just trying to dissuade people from visiting vreel, and instead flock to low-quality and poorly run alternatives.
Gooo Vreel! :D (open beta next week!!!)
Codex on June 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm - Permalink