Vreel: Stage6 Clone Launching May 6th 2008
April 25th, 2008
Two months ago we got the bad news that DIVX will be shutting down their video portal Stage6 for multiple reasons. Stage6 was so popular and successful but the costs were so high that in the end DIVX just had to pull the plug.
Now we read some new news that a Stage6 clone is in the making and going to be ready on the 29th of April 2008, at first the clone was named “DivXit” and had the domain name divxit.net, but now when I tried accessing that address it took me to another domain vreel.net.
So now the Stage6 clone is named Vreel and will launch on the 6th of May 2008 rather than 29th of April 2008. Why the quick change of name and delay in date of launch, well in their Q&A Session they say:
“Our lead programmer had a family emergency, which required him to take a leave of absence. Over this time, we continued to develop on the design and layout of Vreel, and we believe that this extra time will benefit the end user in the long run. We promise it’ll be worth the wait.”
For more Q&A Click Here.
So lets wait and see maybe tomorrow there will be another name and address I just hope its not a prank in the end.
[Via gHacks]
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5 Comments Add your own
1. cathy | May 1st, 2008 at 1:30 pm
There is already a working clone of stage6. Now7.tv already streams DIVX. Now7 works with divxvine.com in presenting HD media . Looks like stage6 too.
2. SetVid | May 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm
There is a working stage6 replacement that hosts all of its own videos at http://hostmedia.us/alpha
Their beta is releasing on May 8th and will add more features and a brand new design.
3. jayjay | May 5th, 2008 at 11:12 am
hostmedia is terrible, it has like 4 videos and the rest get deleted in 24 hours, the guy doesnt have money for the bandwidth it seems, divxvine/now7.tv however has been around and their platform seems to be stable.
4. Justink | May 24th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Vreel.net is run by a member of anti Scientology group anonymous who hacked stage6 and 4chan and rumoured to be another Eon8
About Vreel.net http://stage6.18.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=2244&view=getnewpost
5. Codex | June 7th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
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!
(open beta next week!!!)
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