DivX shutting down Stage6

In a somewhat sudden announcement, DivX has decided to close the door on its Stage6 service. Reportedly, upload functionality has already been halted, but videos will still be available for viewing / downloading until February 28th. According to a DivX employee, the service simply became too unwieldy (and expensive) to manage, and while it did toss out the option of selling the service to someone else, things evidently didn't pan out. Adios, Stage6 -- 'twas a fun ride.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[KEROLiUKAS Posted Feb 25th 2008 3:47PM]

Sux..I'm not liking this.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2008 3:48PM]

I bet this had everything to do with bootleg movies showing up on the site. In the next couple of weeks or months, we'll see some studio investing in DivX.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2008 4:30PM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2008 5:08PM]

I know! I was so sad, just found out from their site. I use Stage6 all the time. Definitely "copyright infringement" was going on, but it wasn't a "pirate's central" either. There was lots of old foreign stuff, lots of shows made for free internet distribution, videogame screen grabs, etc. So much HD, 1080p stuff too.
I saw people on their forums saying "Stage6 Alternative" *blah blah*, but only linked to sites with crappy layouts and low quality flash video, basically youtube with less selection.
If anyone knows of something truly similar to Stage6, PLEASE post. :)

[SpydaKat Posted Feb 25th 2008 8:19PM]

The closest site i know of to Stage6 is Veoh

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2008 8:20PM]

Veoh still uses flash right?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 7:29AM]

dailymotion.com has hd videos now so that would get closest to stage6, but i think its flash video so it won't be as fast as stage6

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2008 5:32PM]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I love Stage6! Excellent quality, alot of diversity and amazing load times. Perhaps the service was too good.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2008 7:06PM]

Typical, I just started using it, and now its shutting down.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2008 7:46PM]

I know. I love it. The videos are awesome and all easy to find. Whenever I start to like something, it goes out. And it was free. I was willing to pay to get all the selection of hd music videos. Does anyone know of simmilar site with higher quality music videos, for free of, course?

Thanks

[SpydaKat Posted Feb 25th 2008 8:20PM]

Only Veoh comes close

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 6:00PM]

Dammit. What a loss. Let's hope Veoh and Dailymotion keep their love of Korean and Japanese TV programs going strong.

[ran Posted Feb 26th 2008 7:04PM]

Yeah got an email from them on this. What a disappointment. It was a nice community

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2008 12:33AM]

Its a damn shame, all of the other DIVX sites I know are pirate hangouts that get squashed within two weeks of going on line. Hopefully something rises to replace it

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2008 11:30PM]

guys i was using stage6 for downloading HD music videos for the past 1 week and now its not there can anybody please tell me any other sites which is offering please mail [e-mail]

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2008 6:25AM]

Stage6.com is gone but stage6.999.org is here

It has the same look as stage6 with channels etc. and a great community.