Kyte Announces New Features, Including Social Web Sharing and Twitter Module

We're pleased to announce a new set of features for the Kyte Player, giving you more flexibility than ever before. Now, you'll be able to configure your Kyte Player with more engagement features and further customize your audience's experience.

Social Web Sharing

Kyte’s Get & Share functionality now enables viewers to share links with friends in their Twitter, Facebook and MySpace accounts. And it’s super easy! Viewers can simply click Get & Share at the bottom of the Kyte Player, select the website of their choice, and instantly share links on their account. Viewers can also easily embed on websites or blogs with one click, and generate SEO-friendly links.

Twitter Module

Increase audience engagement by adding the new Twitter in-player module to your Kyte Player, augmenting visibility of specific Twitter feeds and search options like @replies and hashtags. The Twitter Module can be accessed via a custom link in the player header or through one of the flexible player tabs.

Flexible Player Tabs

Customize the tabs on the Kyte Player, and bring unique features to your audience. You decide which tabs you’d like to appear and which order they’ll be visible. Use the flexible player tabs to enable your audience to access Twitter Modules and RSS feeds, in addition to functionality such as Produce and Show Browser, in the Kyte Player.

Kyte Adds Support for EyeWonder Ad Platform and Smartclip Ad Network

Kyte is offering more ways for our customers to monetize on the Kyte Platform.

Kyte has integrated EyeWonder’s Universal In-Stream Framework, allowing our customers to deliver EyeWonder’s innovative and highly engaging ad formats to their Kyte Channels.

With the addition of EyeWonder’s ad technology to the Kyte Platform, our customers can increase the value of their video inventory by making it available to the growing number of premium advertisers and agencies who have standardized on EyeWonder’s rich media and video based in-stream ad formats.

Kyte has also launched support for Smartclip, Germany’s market-leading online video advertising network that specializes in the distribution of EyeWonder In-Stream video ads.

This integration provides Kyte Platform publishers with the opportunity to monetize their video inventory through Smartclip’s network of premium advertisers and agencies.

To learn more about how your company can monetize on the Kyte Platform, visit kyte.com/platform/monetize or contact us at kyte.com/start.

Kyte delivers first third-party video publishing app to the App Store for the iPhone 3GS

We’re excited to announce video publishing support for the new iPhone 3GS with Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone, which is now available for purchase in the App Store on iTunes. Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone enables Kyte users to easily record and distribute video and photos to their Kyte Channels directly from the iPhone 3GS. The app is very easy to use - record a video, click broadcast, and it's instantly live on your channel.

The application also works for previous iPhone models, but for photos only.

Watch the video below to see the app in action: 

Kyte improves live stream experience

Hey Kyte Fans,

We have updated the Kyte Mobile Producer application for Nokia S60 phones to provide you with the best possible live streaming experience, regardless of network conditions. With wifi or a good 3G connection, the full stream is transmitted live, allowing your viewers to watch and chat in real time. If network conditions are poor, the app sends as much of the stream as possible, still creating the live experience for your viewers.

The cool new feature is that the app also stores the video locally and when your live stream is finished, it uploads any missing footage to our servers. The video is repaired behind the scenes, resulting in an improved on-demand viewing experience. So you can have your cake and eat it too - create the live experience and also have optimal video quality for subsequent viewing.

Here is an example of a live stream with a bad network connection. As you can see, the video freezes while audio continues -- a frustrating viewing experience.

"Before" - without video repair

And here is the same video optimized with the video repair feature in the new version of Kyte Mobile Producer -- dropped video frames are restored, resulting in a much better viewing experience.

"After" - with video repair

Users that already have Kyte Mobile Producer on a Nokia S60 will receive an automatic upgrade notice when they turn on their phones and launch the app.

New users can install Kyte Mobile Producer on supported S60 phones by pointing their mobile browsers to http://s60.kyte.tv and following the prompts.

Happy Kyting!

Major Media and Entertainment Brands Adopt Kyte iPhone Apps Framework

We're very excited to announce broad industry adoption of our iPhone Applications Framework, a turnkey solution that enables brands to quickly and cost-effectively deliver their Kyte channels as native iPhone applications.

Major brands in music, publishing, radio, sports and television are launching Kyte-powered iPhone applications. The following apps are available now for download:

• NBA – The official NBA app for 2009 Playoffs
• SPIN – SPIN Earth app
• Universal Music Group – Several new apps from UMG artists including Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, George Straight, Pussycat Dools and Lady Gaga.

Kyte-powered apps from a major music television brand and a leading NPR affiliate are expected to be available for download soon! We'll let you know as soon as they are.

Kyte iPhone Apps Framework

Our turnkey iPhone apps solution is an extension of the Kyte Platform, enabling companies to cost-effectively converge their online and mobile audiences into a single community.  Core, interactive Kyte features including iPhone-optimized video content, real-time chat, comments and ratings, the ability to share content, and real-time viewer count are presented in a dynamic, native interface.

The applications also include activity notifications to indicate new content and chat messages, and come equipped with mobile-specific modules that can be dynamically configured, including:

Twitter

Brands can deliver Twitter feeds, enabling audiences to view Tweets in real-time.

Events

Location-aware module allows fans to view nearby event listings, tour dates, venues, etc.

RSS

Blogs, news feeds and other alerts can be delivered via RSS.

Downloads

Songs, videos and other digital goods (e.g. tickets, merchandise, etc.) can be made available for mobile commerce.

Custom Modules

Expand the possibilities by developing custom native iPhone modules or deliver dynamic, web-based content via mobile web.

Companies can monetize the applications by running integrated online and mobile advertising campaigns through newly supported ad platforms, Adconion ad network and Doubleclick DFP. Kyte also offers built-in ad serving capabilities with the Kyte Ad Manager.

To learn more about Kyte iPhone Apps Framework, please contact us at www.kyte.com/start. You can also visit our website at www.kyte.com/iphone.