VideoJug: Splashcast Media Vs Kyte
Splashcast media is like that professional, good looking interface for building a multimedia channel that your mother told you to marry, but doesn’t seem as popular. Kyte is the hot performance artist, who obviously has a source of funding, and has many of the same skills as Splashcast. Kyte isn’t so polished, but man is it sexy…
From the Splashcast Home page :
SplashCast enables anyone to create streaming media ‘channels’ that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds. These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page. When channel owners modify their channel, their content is automatically updated across all the web pages ‘tuned’ to that channel.
PC World says that it’s one of the 25 Sites to Watch … a lot of professional outfits use them… Their technology powers the Rocketboom Facebook app. But for some reason, no matter how much I want to fall in love with Splashcast, until recently I was finding myself to be a Kyte person.
I talk more about this in the video, and have become a bit less enthusiastic when I couldn’t update my Kyte channel this weekend. Maybe it’s the live chat feature, perhaps it’s the live trackback on their front page… but I just love Kyte. They really need to do a better job explaining what Kyte is and does though – I had to see it three times before I got an epiphany moment.
In the video, I mention that I can’t find the RSS button on Kyte, but if you look on our Website Traffic Reality Channel you’ll see the button right there below “Share”. So, now they have everything… except Marshall Kirkpatrick, which is a big plus on Splashcast’s side. 
All smiles and winks aside, when you’re picking the site you’re going to go with, the question is going to be largely wrapped around who you feel will best represent you. I haven’t tested them head to head regarding uptime, ease of use, or anything besides who is prettier and who is trendier… I really just want you to be aware of your options, test out both and make up your own mind…
