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| Formerly |
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| Company type | Private |
| Founded | 7 February 2001 |
| Headquarters | , England |
Key people |
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Number of employees | 110[2] (2024) |
| Website | grv |
GRV Media Ltd is a digital sports publisher and ad-tech provider located in the UK[3]. The company was originally incorporated in February 2001 under the name Entrepreneur Limited[4] before rebranding to GRV Media Ltd in March 2019.[5]
In October 2020, GRV Media reported it had had its most successful quarter (July to September 2020) in the companies history and had expanded with 11 new hires.[6]
As of November 2023, the GRV Media network consisted of over 70 sites and 185 million users and through a partnership with Primis, had almost one billion video views via the Primis’ Video Discovery engine.[7]
Campaigns
[edit]Since August 2020, GRV Media have been supporting the Street Child United charity by providing funding for a number of initiatives and programmes to help street children in Brazil.[8]
During the Covid 19 pandemic GRV Media launched a new website to help unemployed media professionals.. https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/new-website-to-support-furloughed-journalists-mental-wellbeing-through-writing/s2/a754184/
Acquisitions
[edit]On February 1st 2021 GRV Media limited acquired the gaming website Dualshockers from the three co-founders.[9] This was GRV's first site dedicated entirely to gaming and added to groups portfolio of sports, media and culture sites.[10] 16 months later in June 2022, Dualshockers was sold to Valnet Inc and became part of Odyssey Group (Valnet Gaming) for an undisclosed fee.[11][12]
On 5th March 2024 GRV Media acquired the Bloody Elbow website, social media accounts, trademarks and content from founder Nate Wilcox.[13] [14] Since becoming part of GRV Media, Bloody Elbow has grown in popularity with traffic through the website increasing 8-fold and the site achieving a all-time traffic high of 4.3m unique visitors.[15]
On 7th November 2024 it was announced that Digitalbox had acquired three of GRV Media's entertainment websites.[16] The deal included the transfer of eight GRV employees to Digitalbox.[17]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Certificate of Incorporation of ENTREPRENEUR LIMITED". Gov.uk - Companies House. 2001-02-07. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "About Us". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "About Us". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ House, Companies (2001-02-07). "Certificate of Incorporation of ENTREPRENEUR LIMITED". Gov.uk - Companies House. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ House, Companies (2019-03-19). "Resolution to change the name of the company". Gov.uk - Companies House. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/uk-publisher-grv-media-records-its-best-quarter-ever-despite-the-pandemic/s2/a762388/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Primis (2023-11-16). "GRV Media X Primis Partnership". Primis. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ "GRV Media's four-year commitment: Empowering SCU's mission and transforming lives – Street Child United - Campaigning for Children's Rights through Global Sports Events". streetchildunited.org. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Staff, DualShockers (2021-01-26). "DualShockers Joins GRV Media: Our Exciting Future Ahead". DualShockers. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Editor, Brendan Sinclair Managing (2021-01-26). "DualShockers acquired by GRV Media". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "DualShockers - A Valnet Publication". www.valnetinc.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Arzoumanian, Rony (2022-06-08). "Valnet Inc. Completes the Acquisition of DualShockers.com". Business Wire. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ "How Bloody Elbow Lost Its Soul | Defector". defector.com. 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Wilcox, Nate. "No more Google business for us, no more Bloody Elbow for me". www.themmadraw.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Past, Sophie (2024-11-01). "Bloody Elbow and Vamo Futebol Hit All-Time Record Highs". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (2024-11-07). "Digitalbox buys three GRV Media sites in 'entertainment powerhouse' bid". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ "Digitalbox to acquire three entertainment websites". Proactiveinvestors UK. 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2024-11-15.