Kyte Expands Executive Team, Adds Chief Revenue Officer

We're pleased to announce the addition of experienced technology sales vet Dan FitzSimons to the Kyte executive team, serving as Chief Revenue Officer of the Company.

FitzSimons, who is taking charge of Kyte's domestic and international customer acquisition and revenue generation efforts, brings with him a wealth of expertise in the technology sector -- 18 years of experience in sales leadership positions for such companies as Limelight Networks, Symantec/Veritas, and Gartner, Inc.

FitzSimons is joining the Kyte executive team during a very exciting time for Kyte: in the last year, we expanded internationally, opening new offices in London and Hamburg, Germany; announced several major additions to the Kyte Platform, including mobile app frameworks for the four major mobile platforms, and Kyte LivePro, high definition professional-grade live streaming functionality; and acquired several new high profile clients in the US and Europe.

Prior to his position as CRO of Kyte, FitzSimons served as Vice President of Sales for Limelight Networks, led regional sales efforts for Symantec in the enterprise software market, and held several sales and operational leadership positions at Gartner, Inc.

We're happy to have Dan FitzSimons on board and look forward to a lucrative and successful year in 2010.

Seasons Greetings From The Kyte Team

Seasons Greetings from the entire Kyte team! We hope you and your family have a happy holiday season.

This video was recorded with the Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone.

Kyte Expands, Opens New Offices in UK, Germany

Kyte is pleased to announce the continued global expansion of the company, with new offices opening in London, England and Hamburg, Germany, and the addition of key players to the Kyte executive team.

As Kyte’s worldwide reach continues, the company views this development as a key milestone in meeting the increasing demand in Europe.

The new UK office, located in central London, is working with customers like Trinity Mirror, Great Britain's largest newspaper publisher. The UK Kyte office is led by managing director Richard Cohen, a former group commercial director at Premium TV and managing director of entertainment at Perform Group; director of sales and marketing Sam Jones, who has a background in digital music and entertainment; and executive advisory board member Andrew Mendoza, a former partner at OC&C, a UK media and entertainment strategy consultancy firm.

The Hamburg, Germany, office is working with customers such as N24, Germany's leading news station; Pro7, a leading privately-owned German TV station; MTV's new show, vasta.tv; and Studi.vz, Germany's largest social network. The Hamburg office is being helmed by managing director Maks Giordano, a veteran of the mobile phone industry and part of the management team at German television network Pro7; and managing director Gary Peopl, who has a background in media sales and mobile industries.

We are pleased to welcome these talented people to the Kyte family!

Kyte Wins OnHollywood 100 Award!

Hey Kyte Fans,

We are very excited to announce that AlwaysOn has named Kyte an OnHollywood 100 award winner!

This prestigious award recognizes the top 100 emerging companies in digital entertainment.

The judges were comprised of industry experts from KPMG, Silicon Valley Bank, Manatt, Phelps & Philips and AlwaysOn editors, and evaluated nominees on the following criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, industry "buzz" and stakeholder value creation. 

Thanks to all of you for your continued support of Kyte, this recognition would not have been possible without you.  We are extremely grateful to all of you, inlcuding our customers in the media and entertainment industry that are using the Kyte Platform everyday to create, distribute and monetize their content. 

Midem Roundup

Hi Everyone - Several of us from Kyte just returned from the Midem conference in Cannes, France.  The event was a big success for us, starting off with our Universal Music Group announcement, and culminating with an equally exciting Sony Music deal that we announced today. Here are a few additional highlights from the event:



Michael Robertson of MP3.com, who couldn't be there in person due to legal problems with EMI, came in live from San Diego to Cannes via Kyte for the MidemNet keynote panel. This gave everyone a first hand glimpse of the technology and created quite a buzz.... after all, seeing is believing:

Daniel's panel, "Connecting artists & fans – A showcase of services," gave us the opportunity to explain what Kyte for the music industry is all about - connecting artists with fans. Given that the theme of the conference was artist-fan engagement, this was a perfect forum for us.

We were surprised and flattered when several speakers acknowledged Kyte on stage during their various talks, including Courtney Holt, president of MySpace Music, Michael Doernberg, CEO, ReverbNation, and Tero Ojanperä, Nokia's EVP Entertainment and Communities. Thanks guys!

We met a lot of interesting people. One of the most inspiring was JYP, the most successful artist/entrepranuer in Asia. JY is not only one of the biggest stars in Asia, but he puts together super stars like Rain and Wonder Girls. Of course we'd love for him to start using Kyte:

The Midem organizers used Kyte to power their MidemNet vblog and artist video channel. It was great working with them and we look forward to a continued partnership.

Our booth provided the perfect meeting place for folks to get to know us and our technology:

Thanks everyone for all your support!