Comments on: Qik Finds New Investors, Moving to the iPhone http://techcrunch.com/2008/08/27/qik-finds-new-investors-moving-to-the-iphone/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gannon @ Kyte http://techcrunch.com/2008/08/27/qik-finds-new-investors-moving-to-the-iphone/#comment-16834 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:27:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=433#comment-16834 Gannon from Kyte here. I wanted to take a moment to respond to a few of your points as they relate to Kyte.

First off, we do not compete with Qik. Kyte is a global, end-to-end digital media platform, of which live mobile streaming is but one component. While this feature gets lots of attention in the media it represents one of several ways (including pre-produced video uploads, mobile email, mobile record and upload, live webcam, APIs, etc.) our partners produce and distribute branded content. More on our platform here: http://www.kyte.com/platform.

Although I can’t speak on behalf of Qik re: their biz model, I think they would agree that it is very different from ours. Kyte’s customers are two-fold: media companies looking to produce, distribute and monetize branded content, and community operators looking to provide their users with a mobile and online video experience through deep integration of the Kyte Platform. To be clear, the fact is that we don’t see Qik in deals. It’s as simple as that.

Check out our partner highlights (http://www.kyte.com/highlights) or blog (http://www.kyte.com/blog/) to see examples of how the Kyte Platform is being used commercially in music, publishing, TV/radio/film, sports, and communities. This may give you a clearer picture of the scope of our commercial use.

Regarding your comments about Nokia, you have it all wrong. For one thing, we participated in the launch of the Apple App Store with our Kyte Mobile Producer for iPhone app, which was featured for several weeks in the What’s Hot section of iTunes. We don’t have any interest in hacking the iPhone so a very small number of early adopters can experience the novelty of live streaming on the device. It doesn’t make any business sense for us. When Apple supports video so will our iPhone app. Also, the iPhone-optimized Kyte Mobile Web has been available for close to 9 months. Go to m.kyte.tv on your iPhone to see for yourself. Given that our iPhone app is featured on CrunchBase I’m really surprised you missed this.

For future reference, we’re always happy to address questions you have about our business if you need more info before posting.

Thanks,
Gannon

]]> By: Steve Gillmor http://techcrunch.com/2008/08/27/qik-finds-new-investors-moving-to-the-iphone/#comment-16833 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:07:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=433#comment-16833 Jeff – Fixed. Thx.

Basil

Corporate use of mobile video casting is accelerating rapidly.

]]> By: Jeff http://techcrunch.com/2008/08/27/qik-finds-new-investors-moving-to-the-iphone/#comment-16832 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:29:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=433#comment-16832 Hey – the link to the comparo goes to your WP login page?
thanks

]]> By: Basil http://techcrunch.com/2008/08/27/qik-finds-new-investors-moving-to-the-iphone/#comment-16831 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=433#comment-16831 This is not enterprise IT. Mobile video casting is a consumer product. This is a good post, but it should be on TechCrunch.

I read TechCrunchIT for enterprise IT content- there’s so much going on right now and I haven’t heard a peep from you guys about any of it!

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