Be the boss of your own TV network with Kyte.tv

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Be the boss of your own TV network with Kyte.tv

by Chris Gilmer Mar 7th 2007

Move over casting couch, welcome to the new generation of user generated TV. Kyte.tv is rumored to do what Blogger did for blogging, by taking standard TV channels into the hands of the people. Kyte.tv will enable any user the ability to create and publish their very own TV channels that can be accessible everywhere.

The team behind the service, Decentral.tv, has raised capital from the likes of the same team that backed Skype, to start the next television channel revolution. Channels will be viewable on personal computers, standard televisions and mobile devices with Kyte Mobile. After creating a Kyte.tv account, users will be able to take a video of photo with a mobile device and send an email to their account for transcoding care of Adobe's Flex 2 application. After this process is complete, your channel will broadcast the images for anyone to see. Kyte.tv will also have the ability to stream imagery to create a real time video with compatible devices.

Kyte.tv will be open to the public around April. For now you can visit the site, and try your luck at signing up for news about their upcoming launch. Remember to cross your fingers for an invitation code to test this service out.

[via NewTeeVee]

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