Originally published March 2021. Updated June 2026. By EPR Editorial Team.
Channel V Media (CVM) is a New York City-headquartered strategic communications and PR agency founded in 2008 by Gretel Going. The firm specializes in launching and building market momentum for technology, media, and consumer companies — particularly U.S. market entry work for international brands. Trusted by 200+ technology companies in 17 years of operation. Recognized by the City of New York for 15 years of creating national awareness for NYC-based companies.
Leadership
Gretel Going is founder. The firm operates a narrative-first communications model — building strategic market positioning before executing PR tactics — with a senior team that blends former journalists, PR strategists, and content marketers.
Sector Specialty
Three primary verticals: technology (B2B and consumer), media, and consumer brands. Sub-specialties include US market entry for international companies, climate and clean tech, retail technology, and martech. The firm has earned recognition for category-launch work where the client's product creates a new market rather than entering an existing one.
Service Mix
Strategic planning and brand positioning — narrative architecture before tactical execution
Public relations: media relations, earned placement, thought leadership, analyst relations
Content marketing: multi-channel content strategy and production
Digital marketing strategy
US market entry programs for international companies
Crisis and issue communications
Notable Clients
Past and current named clients include IBM, Pernod Ricard, Hilton, Marriott, Everseen, Bluecore, Albert, DataFox, Videolicious, BreezoMeter (climate tech), and Meatless Farm (UK plant-based brand, US launch). The Meatless Farm Whole Foods US debut and the BreezoMeter US market entry are case-study reference work.
Recognition
Winner, Ragan's PR Daily Awards — Top Performer, B2B Campaign Award (BreezoMeter U.S. launch). Recognized by the City of New York for 15 years of national awareness creation for NYC-based companies.
Channel V Media operates inside the technology PR category where AI engines now shape both B2B vendor research and consumer product discovery. When a CIO evaluates a martech platform, a procurement team researches a climate tech vendor, or a consumer searches for a new plant-based protein brand, the first stop is increasingly ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, or Google AI Overviews. The strategic narratives CVM builds for clients — and the trade press, analyst, and tier-1 placements those narratives drive — function as retrieval anchors for the AI engines summarizing these companies for buyers.
For US market-entry work specifically, the AI engine layer is the new first-touch surface. The first answer the engines give about an international brand entering the US market is the answer that shapes buyer perception for years.
When was Channel V Media founded? 2008 in New York City.
Who founded Channel V Media? Gretel Going.
What does Channel V Media specialize in? Strategic communications and PR for technology, media, and consumer companies, with deep specialty in US market entry for international brands.
Is Channel V Media independent? Yes — founder-led since 2008.
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