Consequence grows fan base on Kyte

Hip hop artist Consequence is featured in a video interview on Beet.tv in which he talks about how Kyte has helped him grow his online presence and fan base.

In addition to his own blog Consequence’s Kyte channel has been embedded on over 100,000 sites (including hip hop publications and fellow artist blogs) and has received over 1.4 million hits!  Consequence demonstrates why content is king, as he provides viewers with highly entertaining, behind the scenes footage — from playing Connect Four with Jay-Z, to Mos Def and Kanye West talking about their plans for the next Black Star album.

Be on the lookout for Consequence’s new album, “You Win Some, You Lose Some,” which will be released on Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music label early next year.

Kyte Tip - How to Create a Channel Changer

One of the cool features on the Kyte Platform is the ability to create a channel changer, so that viewers can check out other branded content within your player —without having to be redirected to another site. Why would you want to do this? It adds more value to your channel, keeps viewers on your destination site (e.g. blog, web site, social network, etc.) and provides a more engaging experience. For example, you could link to a fan channel, or a fellow recording artist on the same label, or a blogger on your blog roll that has a Kyte channel.

So how do you set up a channel changer?

1. Determine two or more Kyte channels you would like users to be able to browse
   
2. Create links to the channels by going to www.kyte.tv, click manage channel (found under your channel’s name), click edit player branding, enter the following syntax:

Channel 1: Insert your info wherever text is Red
<a href=“event:setUri?channels/1940” ><b>Fan Channel</b></a>

Channel 2: Insert your info wherever it is Red
<a href=“event: setUri?channels/1939” ><b>Artist Channel</b></a>

Below is an example that we've created for the purpose of this blog post. To change channels, click on the links at the top of the player.

We hope that you find this information useful. Happy Kyting!

New features on the Kyte Platform!

Our partners have been very active this summer, leveraging the Kyte Platform in new and exciting ways to promote their brands and engage with fans. As we continue to see a steady and significant increase in traffic, we've taken steps to prepare for future growth by focusing our recent development efforts on performance optimization and architectural platform improvements. But that's not all we've done. Following are a few of the features and enhancements our users can expect with this release:

New Features

• In-show Overlay Ads – Partners can now display an overlay ad in the bottom 1/3 of the viewer canvas

• Show Production Ads – Partners can customize splash ads during show production (when uploading media)

• Kyte Mobile Media Optimizer – For partners that want to integrate Kyte media into their mobile web applications, Kyte Mobile Media Optimizer can be accessed via the public API to properly customize media transcodes for delivery to various mobile devices
• Portuguese Language Support - For our Latin American and European friends, Portuguese is now a language option.

Kyte Player Enhancements

• Channel Changer – Header text links can now be used to change the channel, allowing users to browse to content on other channels (such as a Fan channel)

• Clickable Channel Logo – Partners can add a hyperlink to their channel logo that directs users to any destination

• Load Performance Improvements – Player components are loaded on an as-needed basis and caching is improved to reduce initial load times.

Server Enhancements

• Performance optimizations, stability improvments, and support for increased server load.

We hope you enjoy these new features and welcome all feedback on how we can continue to improve the Kyte experience for you and your fans.

Thank you!

Foodies follow Slow Food Nation on Kyte

Attention all foodies!  Slow Food Nation is being held in San Francisco this weekend and if you can’t physically attend, 7x7 Magazine and SF Weekly will be covering the event via their branded Kyte channels.  SF Weekly blogger Tamara Palmer will be Kyting from the Taste Pavilions and the Slow Food Rocks music festival which will feature performances from Gnarls Barkley, Ozomatli, G Love & Special Sauce and others. 

And on the 7x7 channel, Erin Fehrer will be interviewing some of the vendors exhibiting at the show.

Slow Food Nation is a subsidiary non-profit of Slow Food USA and part of the international Slow Food movement. It was created to organize the first-ever American collaborative gathering to unite the growing sustainable food movement and introduce thousands of people to food that is good, clean and fair.

Brandy is back…and she’s on Kyte!

Singer, actress and super mom Brandy has launched her own Kyte channel, and is giving fans an inside look at her life as she makes her new album.  Brandy has been very active on her Kyte channel, producing several shows a week, and utilizing the multimedia chat feature to communicate with her fans.  In a recent show, Brandy talked about how important the fan comments are to her, and showed her diary where she writes down the names of fans that have left encouraging messages. 

Brandy also gave fans an inside scoop about a new song she’s working on with John Legend, very exciting!  Be sure to tune in to Brandy’s Kyte channel for more exclusive news and behind the scenes footage.