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| Company type | Private |
| Founded | 7 February 2001; 23 years ago (2001-02-07) |
| Headquarters | Cheshire, England |
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| Number of employees | 110 (2024) |
| Website | grv |
GRV Media Ltd is a digital sports publisher and ad-tech provider located in the UK. The company was originally founded in 2002 under the name Entrepreneur Limited before rebranding to GRV Media Ltd in March 2019.
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.
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.
Campaigns
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.
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
On February 1st 2021 GRV Media limited acquired the gaming website Dualshockers from the three co-founders. This was GRV's first site dedicated entirely to gaming and added to groups portfolio of sports, media and culture sites. 16 months later in June 2022, Dualshockers was sold to Valnet Inc and became part of Odyssey Group (Valnet Gaming) for an undisclosed fee.
On 5th March 2024 GRV Media acquired the Bloody Elbow website, social media accounts, trademarks and content from founder Nate Wilcox. 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.
On 7th November 2024 it was announced that Digitalbox had acquired three of GRV Media's entertainment websites. The deal included the transfer of eight GRV employees to Digitalbox.
See also
References
- "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.
- "GRV Media appoints MatchFit to tell the story of the 'best-kept secret' in sports publishing – Soccerex". soccerex.com. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- "About Us". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- 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.