New Outlet for Popular Internet Shows Provides High Quality and Interoperability
SAN DIEGO & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Revision3, the leading Internet television network, and DivX, Inc.(NASDAQ: DIVX) today announced the availability of a number of Revision3 shows online at DivX® Stage6 (www.stage6.com). This partnership extends the multiple formats in which Revision3’s original music, science, technology, and comedy programming will be available for viewing. DivX’s Stage6 is compatible with the over 70 million DivX Certified consumer electronic devices from major manufacturers in the global marketplace.
Popular Revision3 shows such as Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht’s Diggnation, iFanboy, Infected, notmtv, PixelPerfect and The Totally Rad Show are currently available for viewing or download on Stage6 in the high quality DivX format. With millions of viewers, the Revision3 lineup has cultivated a loyal and enthusiastic fan base. Revision3 programming covers everything from music, technology and pop culture to Photoshop techniques.
Thanks to DivX technology, Revision3 fans can take their video beyond the PC to play on a range of compatible DivX Certified DVD players, portable media players, in-car DVD players and mobile phones. Devices that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone rigorous testing to ensure interoperability, dependability and reliable video playback. To date, DivX partners include Philips, Sony, Toshiba and other leading consumer electronics brands have shipped more than 70 million DivX Certified products worldwide.
“Revision3 is defining the cutting-edge in Internet television and DivX’s broad reach makes them a natural partner for us and our audience,” said David Prager, COO and V.P. of programming for Revision3. “We want our shows to have the broadest and most flexible distribution possible, and Stage6 provides a great option for Revision3 fans to get a quality viewing experience whenever and wherever they want.”
“Revision3 is an ideal match for DivX and Stage6, with its broad appeal and great, irreverent programming,” said Darrius Thompson, Cofounder, Senior Vice President of Strategy and New Business at DivX, Inc. “Stage6 is a great home for content like Revision3 that deserves a quality presentation and the opportunity to expand the community of viewers throughout the world.”
For more information about DivX Stage6 and DivX Certified consumer electronics devices, see www.divx.com.
About Revision3
Revision3 is an Internet television network for the on-demand generation, producing some of the most engaging and original audio and video entertainment programs available on the Web. From the highly technical to the ridiculously silly, count on Revision3 for content that is accessible, edgy, and informative.
Revision3 was founded by Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and David Prager in April 2005 with the vision that truly revolutionary Internet television wasn’t about putting television programming on a computer. The new world of Internet television left up to the media moguls of the world is about as cool as your dad’s MySpace page. With more than 15 million downloads, Revision3 develops unique content that can play on any device and speaks to a new generation about music, science, technology, and comedy. Check out Revision3’s shows at www.revision3.com.
About DivX, Inc.
DivX creates products and services designed to improve the experience of media. Our first product offering was a video compression-decompression software library, or codec, which has been actively sought out and downloaded over 200 million times since January 2003, including over 60 million times during the last twelve months. We have since built on the success of our codec with other consumer software, including the DivX Player application, which is distributed from our website, www.divx.com. We also license our technologies to consumer hardware device manufacturers and certify their products to ensure the interoperable support of DivX-encoded content. In addition to technology licensing to consumer hardware device manufacturers, we currently generate revenue from software licensing, advertising and content distribution.
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