Facebook Adds Personal Internet TV Channel Service with Pyro.TV

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Vibe Solutions Group Continues Commitment to Publishers by Further Expanding Online Video Syndication Network

ST. LOUIS — Now millions of Facebook users have the ability to customize their own personal Internet TV viewing experience with Pyro.TV. Vibe Solutions Group announced that its innovative Pyro.TV video channel service has been integrated with Facebook Platform, the Internet’s leading online social network.

Facebook is a social utility that offers an efficient way for people to stay connected with their friends and the people around them. Facebook users communicate and share information through the service’s “social graph,” the network of connections and relationships between people. With more than 24 million active users, Facebook is the sixth-most trafficked website in the United States.

With Pyro.TV, Facebook users can personalize their own channel line-up and share it with others through their Facebook profile. Unlike other online video platforms, content is constantly updated for the most up-to-date videos and no additional download is necessary.

“We are committed to distributing Pyro.TV’s growing network of channels wherever people are online,” said Ted Briscoe, chief executive officer, Vibe Solutions Group. “Social networking sites like Facebook now have the ability to offer more than just embedded video clips to their users. The can offer a complete personalized TV viewing experience that requires no download and is constantly refreshed with channel content.”

Facebook users get a full-functioning version of Pyro.TV that is completely integrated into their Facebook profile as an application. With Pyro.TV, Facebook users create their own personal Internet TV with custom channel line-up, called My Channels. Facebook users can also display and promote their My Channels through a multi-channel video player, embedded in their Facebook profile.

Pyro.TV gives large media companies and independent publishers a syndication platform and turnkey tools to manage and market video content online. For consumers, Pyro.TV provides a unique Internet TV experience that allows them to personalize their own channel line-up, with no download required, and share their favorite channels via a multi-channel player for blogs and personal web pages.

To access Pyro.TV in Facebook, go to http://apps.facebook.com/pyro_tv/ and log into your Facebook account.