SoMedia

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SoMedia Networks
SoMedia Networks logo.png
Type of business Public (TSXV.VID)
Type of site
Video Production
Founded2006
Headquarters,
Canada
Area servedNorth America
Key peopleSteve Hancock
IndustryInternet
URL somedia.net
Current statusActive

VidWrx Inc., formerly known as SoMedia Networks, is a Vancouver-based Internet video production company founded in 2006 by George Fleming. Steven Hancock was CEO, until his death in 2016. SoMedia uses a managed crowdsource workforce of videographers combined with cloud computing to produce video content and provide video management tools like hosting, players and analytics. SoMedia is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange.

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