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!

Updated Support section

Get Satisfaction is an interactive customer care tool that is driven by both the community & Kyte. It's basically a community that helps people to get the most from the products they use. Using Get Satisfaction has the following advantages:

• Serves as a FAQ that is always up to date
• Easy to find your topic through the dynamic search feature
• Serves as a knowledge base that is visible to all
• Integrates new feature requests
• Features a wide array of Social Media
  (RSS, Twitter, Facebook as well as social bookmarking sites)

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Promote your Kyte Channel with Social Media Tools

Leveraging social media tools like Twitter, FriendFeed and RSS can greatly enhance the reach of your Kyte channel. Many of our users, whether they be individual consumers or recording artists, frequently inquire about best practices for promoting their Kyte channel using social media tools, so we’ve put together a short primer to help you get started.

Twitter
Twitter is a great way for your community of fans to stay up to date on your Kyte channel. Notifications can be sent/received via:

1. SMS
2. Online or mobile at Twitter.com
3. Or any third party Twitter application such as Twhirl

To set up Twitter integration with your Kyte channel:

• Go to your profile on Kyte.tv
• Go to integration settings
• Enter your Twitter username and password
• Set your desired Twitter frequency
• Make sure to set the options to ‘Show my Twitter username on Kyte’

FriendFeed
FriendFeed is a social media aggregator that compiles feeds from Twitter, RSS, Facebook, Flickr, Yelp and Kyte.

To set up FriendFeed integration with your Kyte channel:

• Go to your profile on Kyte.tv
• Enter your FriendFeed username and remote key, then your community will get a notification on FriendFeed when new Kyte shows are created.
• When you create a new Kyte show it will show up in the users FriendFeed

RSS and Google Reader

• Encourage your community of fans to subscribe to your channel via RSS. The RSS option is found on your Kyte.tv profile under Channel Info.

Google Talk

• If you’re audience uses Gmail they can receive an instant message via Google Talk whenever you produce new content by adding your Kyte channel as a Google Talk friend.

To receive Google Talk alterts your audience needs to:

• Register with kyte.tv
• Go to their profile on Kyte.tv
  
• Click on Integrations Settings
  
• Under Kytefeed Instant Messenger Notifications enter their Gmail account name
  
• Their account name is their Gmail address: username@gmail.com
  
• The user will get a Google Talk IM when the channels in their Kytefeed produce a new show
  

Other Tips

• Produce content on a regular basis so that your fans will want to keep tuning in.
  
• Encourage your community to click subscribe after viewing your content and it will become a part of their Kytefeed. The Kytefeed is an in-player RSS for channels that fans can subscribe to.
  
• Place banners on your web site, blog, or social network, that say, “Follow me on Twitter, FriendFeed, Google Talk,” etc.
  
• Embed your channel in multiple destinations including social networks, blogs, web sites, etc.
  
• For Facebook pages, click 'Send an Update to Fans' and then put the link to specific Kyte shows (from Get & Share tab in the Kyte player) in the message. Note that because of Kyte's white-label listing on Facebook, your Kyte channel will play directly in your friend's message boxes & newsfeed.
  

We hope that you find this information useful. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

Happy Kyting!

Kyte iPhone App

We have some exciting news to announce: Kyte Mobile Producer for the iPhone is now available free for download from the Apple iPhone App Store!

Now you can use your iPhone to share photos on Myspace, Facebook, or any website, blog or mobile phone. You can instantly broadcast pictures as you take them, or create slideshows from your iPhone's picture gallery. You can even chat with your audience real-time! We’ve put together a short demo so you can check out a few of the cool things you can do with the app:

Happy Kyting!

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