MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew on Kyte

Supreme Soul, the powerhouse dance crew from “MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew Season 2” have launched their own Kyte channel to document life on the road as they perform around the globe.  Widely recognized as one of the best dance crews in the country, Supreme Soul’s unique style of urban dance has helped elevate the art of dance and sparked new opportunities for the crew to promote their brand, including a new clothing line designed by Invisible Stripes.

If you want entertainment this Kyte channel will have it!  You can check out their channel on their video blog www.SupremeSoul.tv or visit their myspace page www.myspace.com/SupremeSoul

Promote your Kyte Channel with Social Media Tools

Leveraging social media tools like Twitter, FriendFeed and RSS can greatly enhance the reach of your Kyte channel. Many of our users, whether they be individual consumers or recording artists, frequently inquire about best practices for promoting their Kyte channel using social media tools, so we’ve put together a short primer to help you get started.

Twitter
Twitter is a great way for your community of fans to stay up to date on your Kyte channel. Notifications can be sent/received via:

1. SMS
2. Online or mobile at Twitter.com
3. Or any third party Twitter application such as Twhirl

To set up Twitter integration with your Kyte channel:

• Go to your profile on Kyte.tv
• Go to integration settings
• Enter your Twitter username and password
• Set your desired Twitter frequency
• Make sure to set the options to ‘Show my Twitter username on Kyte’

FriendFeed
FriendFeed is a social media aggregator that compiles feeds from Twitter, RSS, Facebook, Flickr, Yelp and Kyte.

To set up FriendFeed integration with your Kyte channel:

• Go to your profile on Kyte.tv
• Enter your FriendFeed username and remote key, then your community will get a notification on FriendFeed when new Kyte shows are created.
• When you create a new Kyte show it will show up in the users FriendFeed

RSS and Google Reader

• Encourage your community of fans to subscribe to your channel via RSS. The RSS option is found on your Kyte.tv profile under Channel Info.

Google Talk

• If you’re audience uses Gmail they can receive an instant message via Google Talk whenever you produce new content by adding your Kyte channel as a Google Talk friend.

To receive Google Talk alterts your audience needs to:

• Register with kyte.tv
• Go to their profile on Kyte.tv
  
• Click on Integrations Settings
  
• Under Kytefeed Instant Messenger Notifications enter their Gmail account name
  
• Their account name is their Gmail address: username@gmail.com
  
• The user will get a Google Talk IM when the channels in their Kytefeed produce a new show
  

Other Tips

• Produce content on a regular basis so that your fans will want to keep tuning in.
  
• Encourage your community to click subscribe after viewing your content and it will become a part of their Kytefeed. The Kytefeed is an in-player RSS for channels that fans can subscribe to.
  
• Place banners on your web site, blog, or social network, that say, “Follow me on Twitter, FriendFeed, Google Talk,” etc.
  
• Embed your channel in multiple destinations including social networks, blogs, web sites, etc.
  
• For Facebook pages, click 'Send an Update to Fans' and then put the link to specific Kyte shows (from Get & Share tab in the Kyte player) in the message. Note that because of Kyte's white-label listing on Facebook, your Kyte channel will play directly in your friend's message boxes & newsfeed.
  

We hope that you find this information useful. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

Happy Kyting!

Lollapalooza launches artist and fan channels with Kyte

Lollapalooza is kicking off its 17th annual music festival with the launch of 2 Kyte channels for artist and fan generated video content.

On “Channel 1” artists such as The Black Kids, MGMT, The Ting Tings and many more will provide behind the scenes footage of all of the crazy backstage antics at Lollapalooza.

See below for a show from The Ting Tings on Channel 1:

And on “Channel You” fans will be able to share their perspective from Lollapalooza by uploading video footage from the festival and providing commentary on the performances.

The festival begins on Friday, August 1 at Chicago’s Grant Park, so be sure to check out the Lollapalooza Kyte channels for exclusive content from the artists and fans at the festival. 

A Mobile Week for Kyte: MobileBeat 2008 and TechCrunch Mobile Web Wars Roundtable

Its been a busy week, with several tech industry conferences happening in the Bay Area.  Kyte presented at the MobileBeat 2008 show in Sunnyvale, CA yesterday. The panels were great, particularly Dan Farber’s panel on mobile monetization.

Kyte will also be at the TechCrunch Mobile Wars Roundtable where Gannon will be speaking on a panel along with representatives from Facebook, Yahoo, Pandora and several others.  TechCrunch plans to live stream the roundtable on their branded Kyte channel on the TechCrunch site.  You can also watch on your Facebook page by installing the Kyte-powered Facebook application here.  Or, stay tuned to this blog post where the channel is embedded below:

Be sure to tune in, it promises to be a lively discussion!

Menudo is back!  And live on Kyte!

The new Menudo, which was created on the MTV reality series “Making Menudo” is using their branded Kyte channel to promote their new album “Lost.” The Latin heart throbs have been live streaming radio interviews and promotional appearances on their Kyte channel, and using the chat feature to communicate with their fans around the globe. 

Since launching just four days ago, the band’s Kyte channel has been en fuego with over 20,000 views, and has been embedded on over 50 Web sites, social networks and blogs!  Be sure to check out their cool, Kyte-powered Facebook application here.