BC Business
startup name: SendtoNews Video Inc.
founded: 2008
number of employees: 10
lead product: An online multimedia management tool that lets newsrooms connect with third-party content. Founder Keith Wells likens it to “taking a blender and throwing in writers, LinkedIn and YouTube.”
milestone: Delivered video for 1,400 non-rights holders during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The world needs this product because:
Wells believes there’s a gap between newsrooms and the “torrent of great quality, non-editorial content that’s being created.”