1998; 26 years ago (1998) in San Juan Capistrano, California
Founder
"Michael Fenne", an alias used by fugitive David Kim Stanley
Defunct
June 2000; 24 years ago (2000-06)
Fate
Liquidation
Headquarters
San Juan Capistrano, California
,
US
Products
vaporware
Website
Archive of Pixelon website just before bankruptcy
Pixelon was an American dot-com company founded in 1998 that promised better distribution of high-quality video over the Internet. It was based in San Juan Capistrano, California.[1] It gained fame for its extravagant Las Vegas launch party, followed by its sudden and violent decline less than a year later as it became evident it was using technologies that were, in fact, fake or misrepresented.[2] Its founder, "Michael Fenne", was actually David Kim Stanley, a convicted felon involved in stock scams who was "on the lam and living out of the back of his car" when he arrived in California two years earlier.[1][3] In the year 2000, Pixelon began to fire employees and reduce its operations until its bankruptcy.[4][5] Pixelon ousted their management team and filed for bankruptcy in June 2000.[6]
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^Jacobus, Patricia (2000-05-12). "Pixelon issues sweeping layoffs after founder's arrest". CNET News. Archived from the original on 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
Pixelon was an American dot-com company founded in 1998 that promised better distribution of high-quality video over the Internet. It was based in San...
MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the infamous Pixelon launch event. Pixelon claimed that the performance was streamed live over the Internet...
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