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⚫ GRV Media Ltd is a digital sports publisher and ad-tech provider located in the UK. The company was originally incorporated in February 2001 under the name Entrepreneur Limited<ref>{{Cite web |first=Companies House |date=2001-02-07 |title=Certificate of Incorporation of ENTREPRENEUR LIMITED |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04155089/filing-history/Njk2NzM0OTRhZGlxemtjeA/document?format=pdf&download=0 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Gov.uk - Companies House}}</ref> in January 2017 by Graham Morris, Robi Buckley and Vic Daniels (GRV) to encompass HITC (a football and entertainment website founded in 2002 by Graham Morris and Vic Daniels) and Footyfeed (a football news aggregator website founded by Robi Buckley in 2016).


GRV Media Ltd is a digital sports publisher and ad-tech provider located in the UK<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://grv.media/about/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=GRV Media |language=en-GB}}</ref>. The company was originally founded in 2002<ref>{{Cite web |title=GRV Media appoints MatchFit to tell the story of the 'best-kept secret' in sports publishing – Soccerex |url=https://soccerex.com/grv-media-appoints-matchfit-to-tell-the-story-of-the-best-kept-secret-in-sports-publishing/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=soccerex.com}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://grv.media/about/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=GRV Media |language=en-GB}}</ref> by Vic Daniels,Graham Morris and Robi Buckley<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership |url=https://grv.media/leadership/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=GRV Media |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=GRV Media - Founders and Board of Directors - Tracxn |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/grv-media/__VOdmR6uRL3CRyfhMEbO6mCURJe1jgOzVewUQiYvb94M/founders-and-board-of-directors#founders |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=tracxn.com |language=en}}</ref> under the name Entrepreneur Limited<ref name=":0"/> before rebranding to GRV Media Ltd in March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=House |first=Companies |date=2019-03-19 |title=Resolution to change the name of the company |url=https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/-idvYe9q6BmXp1TcpGVVlpgD6g5IvHwuzkjQ125cII0/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3HDKKZ2M6%2F20241115%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20241115T141507Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEH4aCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJHMEUCIQCeNL9MVxk03wNONy%2F7wMvDHk6ZZ5H0hd08NX2SMOBrjAIgQdY%2ByHgTq%2B04I%2BMyJnq5SMfE3iDxlXajQjeT4vyBxXcquwUIFhAFGgw0NDkyMjkwMzI4MjIiDCnqPyZNoxauBhhBFyqYBTgy3MauYgD8u%2BcwI6T1EehxnB2M9mTRIS8XFLm2QMtMyNgwPNRQM68YoCP2LH8bvdbOzHdj0DTDuFx4huuyjwdQu%2B1bsJj%2FVVQspRuOH1eVVf4b59uyA%2BZ3trjr4aYr9oVOXTg7BJH9Ip1%2FWRHchM3LF1ANPAVToHXiUplo8nSvdfgXVG2l03%2FoBZhK8AUvFaKTV6ZXBEH70cdko82jHxx6qqBPG9a9hWOlSb%2BxUBWW2wIfkkHnP%2B86pjGWeDH6lk%2F4%2FQbPSSsl5tx6hG8NhTZki0sIVcGwKsg8HR1HVoY%2FxV5hquGX2HDu9PxejL3uSVo%2Bkf8TS7Pw3gPvB5TueGrJKTsP%2BbimUfisqwbA3b0ZJLHxXPCbsngP0lVJeviDp73mMSFcrDHldZAnk%2BOC6v6e4m9%2BLQxVG33sTs8ILhP49P%2FF5%2BS8yo3sp5XMnJAkNdsclY0SIZQqXyGpHOfR4v%2BQaFeBY9WRKZr8J2UAd3L0HeocWptk67m5vWpSDSV7M4qz8eesBvC2OooC7FzroNcRU9Gx5IsUIKhwwFg%2FNE1S22ebqZXX3zm83osKn01mi8nUHCLiPZb%2BfBOg6kAYjRVZ2qeudWWOaIEMTBqTvRezFnmEVkL6gHMYuLTnDxLNJi3%2FOln%2B22WkjC3IeHP4lskbShwK07lPhbJPMXgqBrc4HaLEGzPQV924JXL6yaFR2O9UIafmwKmwB%2BDIy7n9hH%2B28jatTq0%2FWL%2FRzqCD1QEefeIGttLYDTKcbqKl8FG3TBn9iPjEt5J13gNwmX7qpEP79B7uLPY27Y7IeeEd5n3s%2FbKEElKKxQcYxYULU9o6wOBUbOvzU6HERgPtsNel2Y5GuMaM15o6P0K6W5M17ToV8%2FvhqhEV6UIwgZXduQY6sQE8aFBmx2VN9a4zerNcDOixyNJZoDcCsNZkBzMmMNegsM5RWKQYtSCFoKnl0wu6QwxGSPH4YcyO5GcD1eOeigdl5YqxTduXuxUJltPqTWtcoA5W9ef6%2FnsPC5dfx9zydHmK0l5iAT6kepTNTqjSnkbH1X7ViD6QIC3P8VOdmW9EOR83J7wCHh8XQvPErnphC5v%2F%2BdIO%2FjCiWJcVBpGXUE9jHN4uUSJF85II7Ql7BkZ57DI%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%22companies_house_document.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=b5bba6b218c5fc84980c1f9622cf4f6c54f408818157d11e149df95122a75718 |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Gov.uk - Companies House}}</ref>
On February 1st 2021 GRV Media limited acquired the gaming website Dualshockers which was founded in 2009 by Joel Taveras, Yaris Gutierrez, and Al Zamora.


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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kunova |first=Marcela |date=2020-10-14 |title=UK publisher GRV Media just had its best quarter ever despite the pandemic |url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/uk-publisher-grv-media-records-its-best-quarter-ever-despite-the-pandemic/s2/a762388/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Journalism.co.uk}}</ref>
In June 2022 GRV Media sold its flagship gaming website Dualshockers to Canadian publisher Valnet.


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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Primis |date=2023-11-16 |title=GRV Media X Primis Partnership |url=https://www.primis.tech/news/grv-media-partnership-agreement/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Primis |language=en-US}}</ref>


As of December 2024, the company had 140 employees and content creators.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniels |first=Vic |date=2024-12-06 |title=Online ecosystem is squeezing small publishers out of business |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/comment-online-ecosystem-is-squeezing-small-publishers-out-of-business/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Press Gazette}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=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 |url=https://streetchildunited.org/grv-medias-four-year-commitment-empowering-scus-mission-and-transforming-lives/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=streetchildunited.org |language=en}}</ref>

During the Covid 19 pandemic, GRV Media launched a new website to help unemployed media professionals. The Focus was a non-profit news site, supported by ] and other partners, that gave furloughed journalists a space to publish stories.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kunova |first=Marcela |date=2020-04-07 |title=New website to support furloughed journalists' mental well-being through writing |url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/new-website-to-support-furloughed-journalists-mental-wellbeing-through-writing/s2/a754184/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Journalism.co.uk }}</ref> In November 2024, The Focus was sold to Digitalbox.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |date=2024-11-07 |title=Digitalbox buys three GRV Media sites in 'entertainment powerhouse' bid |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-mergers-news-tracker/digitalbox-buys-three-grv-media-sites-in-entertainment-powerhouse-bid/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Acquisitions ==
On February 1st 2021 GRV Media limited acquired the gaming website Dualshockers from the three co-founders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=DualShockers |date=2021-01-26 |title=DualShockers Joins GRV Media: Our Exciting Future Ahead |url=https://www.dualshockers.com/dualshockers-grv-media-announcement/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=DualShockers |language=en}}</ref> This was GRV's first site dedicated entirely to gaming and added to groups portfolio of sports, media and culture sites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Brendan |date=2021-01-26 |title=DualShockers acquired by GRV Media |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dualshockers-acquired-by-grv-media |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}</ref> 16 months later in June 2022, Dualshockers was sold to ] and became part of Odyssey Group (Valnet Gaming) for an undisclosed fee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DualShockers - A Valnet Publication |url=https://www.valnetinc.com/en/dualshockers |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.valnetinc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arzoumanian |first=Rony |date=2022-06-08 |title=Valnet Inc. Completes the Acquisition of DualShockers.com |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220608005054/en/Valnet-Inc.-Completes-the-Acquisition-of-DualShockers.com |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Business Wire}}</ref>

On 5th March 2024 GRV Media acquired the ] website, social media accounts, trademarks and content from founder Nate Wilcox.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=How Bloody Elbow Lost Its Soul {{!}} Defector |url=https://defector.com/how-bloody-elbow-lost-its-soul |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=defector.com |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilcox |first=Nate |title=No more Google business for us, no more Bloody Elbow for me |url=https://www.themmadraw.com/p/no-more-google-business-for-us-no |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.themmadraw.com |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Past |first=Sophie |date=2024-11-01 |title=Bloody Elbow and Vamo Futebol Hit All-Time Record Highs |url=https://grv.media/news/bloody-elbow-and-vamo-futebol-hit-all-time-record-highs/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=GRV Media |language=en-GB}}</ref>

On 7th November 2024 it was announced that Digitalbox had acquired three of GRV Media's entertainment websites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |date=2024-11-07 |title=Digitalbox buys three GRV Media sites in 'entertainment powerhouse' bid |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-mergers-news-tracker/digitalbox-buys-three-grv-media-sites-in-entertainment-powerhouse-bid/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> The deal included the transfer of eight GRV employees to Digitalbox.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-07 |title=Digitalbox to acquire three entertainment websites |url=https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1060052/digitalbox-to-acquire-three-entertainment-websites-1060052.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Proactiveinvestors UK |language=en}}</ref>
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Online Sports Publisher
GRV Media Ltd
Formerly
  • Entrepreneur Limited (2002–2019)
  • GRV Media Ltd (2019–2024)
Company typePrivate
Founded7 February 2002; 22 years ago (2002-02-07)
HeadquartersCheshire, England
Key people
  • Vic Daniels (Co-founder & Executive Chairman)
  • Graham Morris (Co-founder & CEO)
  • Robi Buckley (Co-founder & CTO)
Number of employees140 (2024)
Websitegrv.media

GRV Media Ltd is a digital sports publisher and ad-tech provider located in the UK. The company was originally founded in 2002 by Vic Daniels,Graham Morris and Robi Buckley 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.

As of December 2024, the company had 140 employees and content creators.

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. The Focus was a non-profit news site, supported by Journalism.co.uk and other partners, that gave furloughed journalists a space to publish stories. In November 2024, The Focus was sold to Digitalbox.

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

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  22. Past, Sophie (2024-11-01). "Bloody Elbow and Vamo Futebol Hit All-Time Record Highs". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
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