The Kyte Universal Embed Code and HTML5 Support for Apple iOS Devices

Posted by: Jenna Quilalang    Under: Product | Company |

When the iPad launched in April, we announced both the Kyte iPhone/iPad SDK, as well as HTML5 video support for Apple iOS devices. Today, with the continued buzz around HTML5, we'd like to share some more details on how we support it.

Our universal embed code makes it possible to publish to both Flash-capable PCs and iOS devices using a single embed code, enabling seamless HTML5-based mobile video delivery to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.

When you browse on an Apple device, the Kyte Universal Embed Code automatically switches to HTML5 mode, delivering a mobile web experience almost identical to that of a Flash-capable PC.

In addition to video, Kyte’s signature interactive capabilities including comments and ratings can also be realized today using the Kyte JavaScript API, making it possible to deliver a fully interactive, Kyte-powered video experience to Apple mobile devices.

If you have an iPhone/iPad or iPod Touch, go to http://www.kyte.com/platform to watch Kyte HTML5 Support for Apple iOS devices in action.

Contact us to learn how you can optimize your own Kyte-powered website for HTML5-based video delivery to Apple mobile devices.

Comments • Permalink

Kyte Feature Highlight: Player Templates

Posted by: Shawn Smith    Under: Product | Tips | Company |

Large media companies - like FOX, MTV, Trinity Mirror, and others - who use Kyte to power their video content tend to have Kyte Players embedded across a number of websites. This makes it a challenge to update things like logos, watermarks, and other branding elements when they need to change.

 

Player Templates

In the Kyte Console, we address this problem through Player Templates, which enable non-technical users to customize many aspects of the audience experience, and then apply those customizations to as many players as they want.

 

Template Builder

The Kyte Console includes a Template Builder that gives customers the ability to create players for every kind of audience experience. It's a snap to create simple, clean chromeless players of any size and shape.

(click image to view larger)

Furthermore, customers can also build powerful experiences from a toolkit that includes different kinds of content discovery features, basic enhancements like comments and ratings, a variety of social sharing mechanisms, and powerful engagement modules.

(click image to view larger)

Kyte Player Templates are independent from the content, so changing the look and feel - even Player features - can be done with little effort and without interrupting the audience. Working with a single template, a designer can swap out a logo, add and remove various features, and make any number of other tweaks - and the changes will immediately apply across all players that use that template.

Finally, one of the most powerful features of Kyte's Template Builder and Player Management tools are real-time previews. As you change the various configurations and settings, you can see the results in real time in an actual working Kyte player - not a static mockup or shell.

Watch the screencast to learn more!

Comments • Permalink

Mobile Video Production Extended to BlackBerry

Posted by: Jenna Quilalang    Under: Product | Mobile |

We’re proud to announce the extension of our mobile production capabilities to RIM devices. The new Kyte Mobile Producer (KMP) for BlackBerry allows you to easily record, upload and distribute video content and photos directly from your BlackBerry* Bold, Curve 8900 and Storm in real-time.

*Support for Torch coming soon

Kyte Mobile Producer for BlackBerry provides an easy, low-cost way for you to produce video and photo content and publish it in real-time to multiple online and mobile destinations simultaneously. From breaking news to live events, Kyte Mobile Producer gives you the power and flexibility to capture the moment from wherever you are.

Fox News has been using the Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone to broadcast first-person accounts from events around the world, including reports from the earthquake in Haiti and the war in Afghanistan, demonstrating the power and utility of real-time mobile video production. The Kyte Mobile Producer for BlackBerry extends this capability to RIM devices.

The key features of KMP for BlackBerry include:

• Recording and uploading video and photos from your phone and instantly publish them to multiple screens
• Uploading video and pictures directly from your phone’s gallery

Contact us now to learn more about publishing real-time mobile video with Kyte Mobile Producer.

Comments • Permalink

Jennifer Weiner and Simon & Schuster Building Fan Community with iPhone App

Posted by: Jenna Quilalang    Under: Customers | Mobile innovation has made it possible for authors and their publishers to not only reach their audience no matter where they are, but also more deeply engage with them through interactive capabilities and videos. Best-selling author Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) and her publisher Simon & Schuster are at the forefront of a new movement, having chosen to publish an interactive iPhone application to connect directly with fans. The application allows them to keep fans updated on news, tour dates, excerpts, video interviews, and photos, as well as interact via a comments section.

Weiner’s innovative approach to reader engagement is working out. The app, launched mid-July, saw immediate traction including many positive comments to boot, perhaps proving a first sign of things to come as more authors look to use interactive mobile applications to build a strong fan community.

">

To download Jennifer's app click here.

Comments • Permalink

Congrats to Facebook for 500+ Million Users

Posted by: Vera Sparre    Under: Product | Customers |

Today Facebook announced 500+ million users – a significant milestone for the world’s most popular social network and further proof of their influence and importance in today’s media landscape.

Since the beginning Kyte has been enabling publishers to take advantage of this key distribution platform. The Kyte Facebook App Framework, our most recent Facebook related offering, allows publishers to quickly establish a fully branded video experience on their Facebook Fan Page.  A number of our customers have already taken advantage of the framework to deliver a diverse range of live and on-demand social video experiences. Examples include personal, in-depth interviews with NFL Players, Shawne Merriman and DeSean Jackson for R/GA and Nike, as well as video reporting from the stylish Calvin Klein Runway show during New York Fashion Week.

If you would like to learn more about how you can extend your online video experience to Facebook, click here or contact us.
 

Comments • Permalink