Kyte First Online Video Platform to Deliver Wireless High Quality Live Streaming

Earlier this week, Daniel visited Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch to show off our new toy, Kyte LivePro Unwired, which enables high quality wireless live streaming via the Kyte Platform.  Check out the video below and Erick's post on TC.

In conjunction with the launch, SPIN Magazine will be using the technology to bring music fans behind the scenes live coverage from SXSW. 

Kyte LivePro Unwired, which uses wireless backpack technology provided by LiveU, will allow SPIN to deliver high-quality live video from places where deploying traditional broadcast technologies would be impossible or too costly. All that is needed for Kyte LivePro Unwired is the battery-operated backpack unit and any camera that supports IEEE 1394 (Firewire) output.

We’re super excited about this product, and we can’t wait for you to see it in action!  Check back here to see SPIN’s live coverage during the show.

Kyte LivePro Unwired extends our professional live streaming capabilities first introduced with Kyte LivePro. Check out our Kyte LivePro Overview to learn more about both products.

Kyte at digiday:MOBILE

Today top publishers, agency execs and brand marketers are getting together at the digiday:Mobile event in LA to discuss how to best take advantage of the phenomenal mobile growth rates that are promising a bright future for mobile media and marketing.

We hope to see you there. But if you can't make it, tune into this post, as we'll be posting interviews from the event to the Kyte channel below using Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone, one of several ways you can produce and publish video with the Kyte Platform. Feel free to share the channel by clicking the Get & Share button below.

I'll be speaking on the panel “The Mobile Silo: When Will We Break Out?” at 1:00PM. I hope to see you there as it should be an interesting discussion. Also, stop by our demo station before or after the panel to say hello and check out some of the latest advancements of the Kyte Platform.   

We'll also we sticking around for digiday:Social the following day. Stay tuned for more on that tomorrow.

See you in LA!

Kyte Powering MTV’s ‘Hope For Haiti Now’ iPhone & iPod Touch App

Kyte is honored to power the MTV Networks' "Hope for Haiti Now" iPhone and iPod Touch Application, enabling viewers to watch the event in real-time and donate money to the Hope For Haiti Now Fund directly from their device.

The application is available to download for free in the iTunes Store.

The Hope For Haiti Now benefit is a 2-hour global telethon airing commercial free Friday, January 22.

The telethon is hosted by George Clooney in Los Angeles, Wyclef Jean in New York and CNN's Anderson Cooper in Haiti.

All donations will directly benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF and Wyclef's Yele Haiti Foundation.

Kyte is proud to have played a small part in helping the victims of the this tragic event.

Fox News Reporters Using Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone to Cover Tragic Events In Haiti

The recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti, resulting in an estimated death toll of 100,000 to 200,000 people, has shocked the world.

News organizations around the globe scrambled to cover the overwhelming devastation, sending thousands of reporters and photographers to the Caribbean country. Because of the widespread destruction and dangerous conditions, many news organizations have had difficulty sending camera crews into troubled areas.

In an effort to provide viewers authentic first-person accounts of current events, Fox News has outfitted more than 100 of its reporters with the Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone application. 

The reporters' accounts, containing both video and still images uploaded to the Fox News website via the Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone application, give viewers around the world unprecedented access to the tragic events in Haiti in real-time as they unfold. The application enables Fox News reporters to easily and quickly produce low-cost authentic content and upload it the Fox News website with just a few simple steps.

We're deeply saddened by the devastation in Haiti, so we feel especially honored that Kyte technology is helping to provide a level of access to this disaster that previously had not been possible. We sincerely hope the Kyte technology can play a small part in motivating people to lend a helping hand for the unfortunate victims of the earthquake.

A few examples of Fox News reporter accounts:

Kathleen Foster: Field Producer
Adam Housley: Correspondent
Rick Leventhal: Correspondent
Jonathan Serrie: Correspondent
Tom Jachman: Photographer

Kyte Extends Mobile App Frameworks to Android and Nokia, Now Available for 4 Major Mobile Platforms

The Kyte Mobile App Frameworks will soon be available for four major mobile platforms.

The Kyte Mobile App Frameworks for Android and Nokia mobile platforms, scheduled for release in Q1 of 2010, will soon join Kyte mobile video support for the iPhone and BlackBerry mobile platforms – both released earlier this year.

The Kyte Mobile App Frameworks offer companies the ability to build cost effective, native apps for each platform and bring the full Kyte experience to mobile phones.

All of the core Kyte features are offered, including video and pictures, real-time chat, comments and ratings, share functionality, RSS reader, activity notifications, Twitter feed, modules for downloads and events – as well as custom modules.

Customers who have already taken advantage of Kyte Mobile App Frameworks include Universal Music Group, which used the iPhone App Framework to launch apps for artists such as Lady Gaga, Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em, and The Pussycat Dolls; and VH1, the first Kyte customer to debut both BlackBerry and iPhone apps for the 2009 Hip Hop Honors show.

For more information on Kyte Mobile App Frameworks and to get started, contact us here.