Live Streaming, Kyte Premium Player and More

We’ve been working feverishly the last few weeks to bring some exciting new features to the Kyte Platform, including live streaming and a slew of premium partner features.

Live Streaming

Kyte Player - The embedded Kyte Player now supports live webcam streaming. Anyone can broadcast a live video show by simply clicking the “live mode” toggle from within the webcam producer. The video quality is surprisingly good with minimal delay. I have no idea how our engineers pulled this one off… check it out.

Kyte Mobile Producer - This is a new application we’ve developed for Symbian S60 mobile devices that allows live video streaming and real-time picture uploading directly from the phone’s camera. Currently in private beta with support for Nokia N95 phones, we’re targeting a general beta release for late March. If you’re interested in participating in our beta or would like to be notified when a public release is available, please click here. It would be cruel to hype it up too much since we can’t accommodate that many beta users at the moment, but I have to say that the latest build is amazing. Can’t wait to release it to the wild come late March.

Custom Branding

Users have been asking (no… pleading) for custom player branding like 50 Cent, Raheem Devaughn, or any of the other artists using Kyte. Well ladies and gents, the wait is finally over. Now you can add your own custom graphic to your Kyte Player! You may not get nominated for a Grammy, but at least you can pimp your Player.

Kyte Premium Player & Facebook Applications

Designed to meet the needs of our media and entertainment partners, the Kyte Premium Player delivers several visual and functional enhancements, including custom player branding, elevated viral elements and and custom linking.

The Kyte Premium Player can be delivered as a custom branded Facebook application, allowing artists to connect with fans and deliver a custom branded experience to one of the most popular destinations on the web - in minutes. No really, the entire process of building a custom Premium Player and deploying as a Facebook application literally takes just minutes. Here’s a screencast to prove it.

New API and Wiki

We have a new version of our Developer API available, featuring REST-style API which uses a combination of the HTTP protocol for transport and JSON encoding. Check it out and get started coding your own Kyte powered apps.