Alicia Keys launches branded Kyte channel!

Grammy award winning singer, and actress Alicia Keys has launched her own branded Kyte channel!

Currently on tour in Europe, Keys produced her first Kyte show from Bratislava, Slovakia. Fans were also treated to a live performance of her hit song “No One” on the channel.

One of the hardest working women in show business, Keys will be starring in the new movie, “The Secret Life of Bees,” the movie adaptation of the best-selling novel by author Sue Monk Kidd. The movie opens nationwide today.

Congrats Alicia on the movie, European tour, and your new Kyte channel!

First Ever Film Debut on Facebook Powered by Kyte

Woodshed Films is using the Kyte Platform to broadcast its new surf movie, One Track Mind, on Facebook — the first film to ever debut on Facebook!

Fans can watch the movie on the One Track Mind branded Kyte channel on Facebook Film.

Consumer brands Patagonia and Etnies are co-sponsoring the film’s premiere, and the One Track Mind Kyte channel includes banner links to the Patagonia and Etnies websites, demonstrating how a brand can monetize its content.

Woodshed Films will utilize the Kyte Platform’s multimedia chat feature and host a live chat with film director Chris Malloy today at 5:30 p.m. PT. Rad!

Keri Hilson Brings Fans Behind the Scenes on her Kyte channel

Sultry singer Keri Hilson has been using her branded Kyte channel to give fans a behind the scenes look at the making of her new video, “Return the Favor,” with fellow Interscope artist Timbaland.

Hilson is on the verge of super stardom and has been featured on, and written, songs for several mainstream artists, including Nas, Chris Brown, Britney Spears and many others.

Fans have been virally spreading Hilson’s Kyte channel via the“Get & Share” feature within the Kyte Player, embedding her channel on over 100 websites, blogs and social networks, since the channel launched just 5 days ago!

Branded Kyte Apps Now Available on Ning Platform

We are very excited to announce that branded Kyte applications are now available on the Ning Platform!

Recording artists, media and entertainment brands, and communities can now distribute their branded Kyte channels as stand alone OpenSocial applications across any of Ning’s 500,000 social networks.

Ning users can add branded Kyte channels such as All American Rejects, Jonas Brothers, KCRW, and A Simple Plan directly to their profiles with a single click from the OpenSocial application directory available on every social network on Ning.

Ning is the latest social networking service to support OpenSocial, a community initiative that provides a set of common application programming interfaces (APIs) for building social applications.  

Kyte’s support of OpenSocial on the Ning platform provides our partners in the media and entertainment industry with a massive distribution channel for their branded content, which will help increase their brand visibility and reach new fans.  

Kyte Wins Popkomm IMEA Awards!

Today in Berlin, Germany, Kyte was awarded the Popkomm Innovation in Music and Entertainment Award, which recognizes the best new business ideas, the brightest entrepreneurs and the hottest companies in the worldwide music, media and entertainment technology sectors.

Kyte was selected based on the following criteria:

• Overall quality of the business idea
• How innovative and new the idea is
• Business model
• Quality of the presentation

Popkomm is one of the world's leading music, media & entertainment conferences, and we are honored to receive this award.