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VReel was a video sharing web site that allowed users to upload, share and view high quality videos by use of a proprietary video codec. The site was in open beta in an effort to replace the now defunct Stage6 site with a viable alternative. Using a similar style to the defunct site, VReel has received a licence from DivX, Inc. to use their codec, and has signed an agreement with Edgecast to host the Web site globally. VReel has since begun development of their own replacement for the DivX Webplayer. VReel was taken offline on August 3, 2008 due to bandwidth theft, and to prepare for the Beta 2 launch.〔 VReel then announced that the Web site would be back online on August 30, but financial problems forced the company to postpone. VReel launched a private beta on November 11, and entered Open Beta on November 28. They acquired the StageHD.com domain, and are currently forwarding all page requests to their video portal. ==Early development== VReel began under the title DivXIt.net. Drawing attention from the Internet community by means of social bookmarking Web sites such as Digg, DivXIt.net's inbound traffic gained the attention of DivX, Inc., who immediately issued a cease and desist order against the Web site for copyright infringement.〔(VReel article on GHacks.com )〕 Following this event, DivXIt staff responded to the order offering to sign the domain name over to DivX, Inc. in return for a free licence for the Web site.〔(VReel article on Downloadsquad ), downloadsquad.com.〕 This arrangement was met, and the domain DivXIt has been transferred to DivX,Inc.〔(DivXIt domain ), divxit.net〕 Having moved to a new domain (VReel.net), the site continues to steadily grow. A short time after interacting with DivX, VReel was contacted by Limelight Networks, and was offered〔 a hosting plan on their network. The original beta test of VReel.net was scheduled to begin on 18 May, with the full release occurring at the 31st of the same month. However on the 23rd, VReel released a statement in its updates forum stating that its development team was late in releasing the beta version of the site, and that as of that date, they legally had 2 more days to deliver the beta release. This did not occur however, and the site's lead developer is currently in an arbitration process with the development team. Towards the end of the update, the lead developer states that a new development team was to be selected "in the next 5 days", a period which would end on the 27th. The site underwent an Open Beta test stage which started on June 19, 2008 after a delay of 4 days. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VReel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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