Fans go Gaga for Kyte Channel

Recording artist Lady Gaga has been tearing up the charts with her hit single, “Just Dance” from her debut album “The Fame.” And she’s got fans going crazy for her branded Kyte channel!

Gaga has been uploading pre-produced videos on her Kyte channel, which fans have embedded on social networks, blogs and websites around the globe. Her channel includes banner links to her official website and MySpace page, and to iTunes so that fans can buy her music from wherever they are watching her Kyte shows.

Fans can also check out Gaga’s branded mobile web Kyte channel by pointing their mobile browsers to m.ladygaga.com. Branded mobile web Kyte channels include the same highly interactive and fully branded Kyte experience audiences enjoy on the web, including the ability to watch, rate and comment on shows, and chat with other viewers.

Gaga is currently on tour in Europe but takes a moment in her latest Kyte show to send a quick happy holidays shout out to all her fans.

Happy holidays to you too Gaga!

Create a unique browsing experience with the Kyte Platform SDK

Hey Kyte Fans,

One of the many cool things you can do with the Kyte Platform is utilize our SDK to display your Kyte shows as thumbnails, enabling viewers to easily browse and watch specific shows. These can be shows that were created with Kyte’s online and mobile production tools, or existing, pre-produced video content that you want to broadcast on your channel.

German dance celebrity Detlef “D!” Soost has done this for his website, D’s World. Soost has over 170 dance schools in Germany, and judges the popular German and Swiss television shows Popstars, MusicStar and DanceStar — as you can imagine, this guy has a lot of content!

Using the Kyte Platform SDK, D’s team was able to create a unique browsing experience in which his video content is categorized and displayed as thumbnails, which viewers can click to watch their desired show within D’s branded Kyte channel. 

Check it out on his website, its very cool!

Kyte Platform - More than Mobile

Hey Kyte Fans,

Many of you are familiar with our mobile application which allows users to create and broadcast live or recorded video to multiple destinations simultaneously.  However, mobile is just one feature of the Kyte Platform.  Major brands in television, radio, publishing, and music are taking advantage of the platform's various production methods to cost-effectively produce and distribute different types of content, resulting in increased traffic and longer durations of user engagement:

• Authentic - raw, behind the scenes footage typically created via mobile or webcam
• Professional - pre-produced video that is uploaded to the Kyte channel
• Branded UGC - user generated content that a brand incorporates into its Kyte channel

Extra is a great example, as the celebrity entertainment show is using the Kyte Platform’s full suite of production tools for each of these content types:

Authentic

Show host Mario Lopez holds weekly live chats via webcam on his Mario 24/7 Kyte channel

Extra’s anchors use Kyte Mobile Producer to live stream and record and upload celebrity interviews right from the red carpet on the Extra Raw channel

Professional

Pre-produced video from the show is uploaded on the Extra Raw Kyte channel, allowing online viewers to watch cool content from the show, on-demand

Branded UGC

Viewers can upload comments about show topics and celebrity news on the Video Comments Kyte channel

So remember folks, Kyte is more than mobile -- we offer a full platform with easy to use production tools for creating and distributing authentic, professionally produced, and branded user generated content.

Happy Kyting!

Loud Records uses Kyte Platform to find the next hot MC

Loud.com, social networking site of the groundbreaking music label Loud Records, is using the Kyte Platform to find the next hot MC.

The site has created a contest, Finalists ‘08, where 10 aspiring rappers get their own branded Kyte channel to promote their material and build a fan base. Each rapper has been armed with a Kyte-powered Nokia N95 phone and will be Kyting performances and music videos that they create for the contest.  Fans can tune in to the rappers' channels to view authentic, raw, video footage as it happens.

The site has leveraged the Kyte API to create thumbnails of each rappers’ Kyte channel, allowing viewers to watch each channel from a single Kyte Player.  Fans can also choose to embed their favorite rapper's Kyte channel on their own social network, blog or website by clicking on the “Get & Share” tab at the bottom of the Player.  And with the Kyte Platform’s multimedia chat feature, fans can communicate with each other and provide the MC's with feedback on their performances and music videos.

So who will be the lucky winner? Stay tuned to find out. In the coming weeks, Loud plans to announce the winner at an event that will be broadcast on the Kyte Platform.

Good luck fellas!

50 Cent’s Kyte channel tops 50 million views!

Congratulations to 50 Cent, G-Unit and the entire Thisis50.com team for reaching over 50 million views on their branded Kyte channel!

Since launching in Nov. 2007, 50 Cent and the G-Unit roster have used their Kyte channel to promote new material, communicate with fans, and share behind the scenes moments while on tour, in the studio, and in their personal lives. The crew has taken advantage of the various production methods of the Kyte Platform, uploading pre-produced content, using Kyte Mobile Producer to live stream and record and upload, and even releasing new, digitally animated music videos created by one of the hottest directors in the industry, Chris “Broadway” Romero.

50 recently began using the Kyte Platform’s Google AdSense for Video integration, serving text endcap ads with his Kyte shows, and plans to roll out additional ad types that are supported on the Kyte Platform.

Congrats, G-g-g-g-unit!