Comments on: Kyte.tv Picks Up $15 Million VC and 50 Cent http://www.centernetworks.com/kyte-tv-funding-round-50-cent Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gannon Hall http://www.centernetworks.com/kyte-tv-funding-round-50-cent/comment-page-#comment-14133 Gannon Hall Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14133 Hi Allen - Thanks for your coverage of our recent funding. Regarding the issue of community, an important thing to understand about Kyte is that we are not in and of ourselves a destination. We have no desire to drive traffic to kyte.tv. In fact kyte.tv's main purpose is to serve as a demonstration of our platform. As discussed in Robert's interview with Daniel, Kyte is an enabling platform that is experienced by users from within the websites and social networks they already use. For instance 50 Cent fans interact with 50 and each other using the Kyte player from within his Facebook profile, his Ning community, his MySpace page, and numerous fan profiles and sites (over 400 at last count) where the player has been embedded. Our announcement is really about the distribution potential of partnering with world leaders in communications and mobility. Hope that makes sense, and thanks again for the coverage! Best, Gannon Hi Allen – Thanks for your coverage of our recent funding. Regarding the issue of community, an important thing to understand about Kyte is that we are not in and of ourselves a destination. We have no desire to drive traffic to kyte.tv. In fact kyte.tv’s main purpose is to serve as a demonstration of our platform. As discussed in Robert’s interview with Daniel, Kyte is an enabling platform that is experienced by users from within the websites and social networks they already use. For instance 50 Cent fans interact with 50 and each other using the Kyte player from within his Facebook profile, his Ning community, his MySpace page, and numerous fan profiles and sites (over 400 at last count) where the player has been embedded.

Our announcement is really about the distribution potential of partnering with world leaders in communications and mobility. Hope that makes sense, and thanks again for the coverage!

Best,
Gannon

]]> By: Winston http://www.centernetworks.com/kyte-tv-funding-round-50-cent/comment-page-#comment-15936 Winston Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-15936 Doesn't surprise me that the 50 Cent team is on top of this new media channel. Of those Universes on Netvibes which use our most popular widget, <a href="http://eco.netvibes.com/widgets/16036/any-url">anyurl</a>, 50 Cent is consistently the most visited. Music seems to be the most popular category of those using anyurl. (By contrast, #2 in the list appears to be the Universe of a shire's government in the UK.) So I'm not sure who's on top of 50 Cent's marketing, but they appear to be paying attention. Doesn’t surprise me that the 50 Cent team is on top of this new media channel. Of those Universes on Netvibes which use our most popular widget, anyurl, 50 Cent is consistently the most visited. Music seems to be the most popular category of those using anyurl. (By contrast, #2 in the list appears to be the Universe of a shire’s government in the UK.) So I’m not sure who’s on top of 50 Cent’s marketing, but they appear to be paying attention.

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