HITC
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Website type | Football news |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | England |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | GRV Media[1] |
| Key people | Vic Daniels (co-founder and Executive Chairman) Graham Morris (co-founder and CEO) Robi Buckley (co-founder) |
| Website | hitc |
| Advertising | Native |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | 2000 |
| Current status | Active |
HITC (formerly Here Is the City)[2] is a British sport news website owned by GRV Media.[1] Formerly a news and entertainment site with a sport section, HITC switched its focus to sport in 2023, with football its primary topic.
As well as multiple social profiles, it also has two popular football-themed YouTube channels, HITC Football (previously HITC Sport) and HITC Sevens, launched in October 2014 and June 2017, respectively.
History
[edit]At its launch in 2000, HITC was focused on financial news.
In February 2010 it set up a "Save Dave" campaign[3] to save a banker from losing their job after they were caught on live television viewing images of a model in the office.[4] The campaign garnered much publicity within the finance industry.[5][6]
The company dropped the name Here Is the City in 2015 and rebranded to HITC.[7][self-published source]
In December 2023 the website streamlined its news content to focus specifically on football and hired Graeme Bailey as Strategic & Operational Head of Football.[8]
The HITC Football (previously HITC Sport) and HITC Sevens YouTube channels were launched in October 2014 and June 2017, respectively. As of the end of 2021, the channels have a combined subscriber base of over 1 million. HITC Football was previously run by Michael Ramsay,[9][10] who left in 2022 to launch his own channel, The Irish Guy.
HITC Sevens was run by Alfie Potts Harmer. His six-month-old blog A Halftime Report won the judges' award for Best Young Blogger at the 2015 Football Blogging Awards. This was decided by a distinguished panel including Dan Walker of BBC Sport, John Cross of the Daily Mirror, Neil Ashton of the Daily Mail and Owen Gibson of The Guardian.[11] Alfie left the channel to go independent on 11 September 2026, having handed his notice in towards the end of August.[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Waldon, Daniel (13 August 2021). "HITC Sport YouTube Hits 500,000 subscribers". GRV Media. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "Hitc Company Profile | Management and Employees List". Datanyze. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ Hawthorne, Mark (5 February 2010). "Global email campaign to 'save Dave'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ↑ Daniels, Vic (4 February 2010). "'Save Dave' Campaign Goes Global As Macquarie Investigates 'Set-Up'". HITC. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ↑ "Internet campaign to save Aussie banker's job". Reuters. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ↑ "Campaigners rally to save 'racy pics' banker Dave's job". CNN. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ↑ "Here Is The City - HITC". Archived from the original on 9 February 2025.
- ↑ Past, Sophie (2023-12-13). "Graeme Bailey Joins GRV Media, as Company Hires 4 to increase football coverage". GRV Media. Archived from the original on 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ↑ "Ep8: HITC Sport's "Irish Guy" Michael Ramsay | The Greenwood & Mulliner Show on Newcastle Fans TV". Archived from the original on 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via shows.acast.com.
- ↑ Ryan, Owen (14 August 2021). "Clare's YouTube sensation scoring big with footie fans". The Clare Champion. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ Potts-Harmer, Alfie (20 November 2015). "The FBA's: Best Young Football Blogger 2015". A Halftime Report. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ↑ Alfie Potts Harmer (2026-09-11). Why I Quit HITC Sevens. Retrieved 2026-09-11 – via YouTube.