Own3d.tv down for the count

January 31, 2013 No comments Article

What once started out as a promising streaming endeavor that focused on gaming has announced today that they will end their service by the end of the day. A few years ago Own3d.tv tried to compete in a market dominated by livestream.com, ustream.com and justin.tv, of which none had a game-oriented site until justin.tv came up with twitch.tv. This last one has proven to be a very tough competitor for Own3d.tv and since it’s launch it has become the #1 choice for some of the largest streaming communities, stealing away necessary viewers from Own3d.tv.

Our very own Crystal_Method (who remembers him?) had close contacts with the developers and originators of Own3d.tv and tested their service with his bandwidth, which gave Holysh1t TV his easy to remember “channel 5” on Own3d.tv. Even with the channels going up in the thousands, they could not keep the site profitable and by an announcement they said that the decision was tough but it had to be made. With Own3d.tv a tonne of Quake Live vods and history will go down, as there was no longer a way to get older low quality vods off the site.

The announcement: