Virgin Media Sport (TV channel)


Virgin Media Sport is an Irish subscription television channel operated by Virgin Media Ireland and owned by Liberty Global. The channel launched on 18 September 2018..
The channel is available on the Virgin Media Ireland and eir cable providers. It is also available on Sky via eir.

History

As part of a major rebrand and refocusing of the Virgin Media brand in the Republic of Ireland, the TV3 Group confirmed it planned to launch a sports channel in August 2018. Virgin Media Sport is the fourth channel by Virgin Media Television, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland approved a new Section 71 licence.
According to the Irish Independent, the new channel will create 20 to 30 new jobs.
The channel will be home to UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches from 2018–2021. Virgin Media Sport has also done a deal with CAA11, the representatives of UEFA in international football, which gives the broadcaster the rights to all competitive European international football outside of Republic of Ireland matches, such as UEFA Nations League plus qualifiers for the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup. The channel will also broadcast the Six Nations tournament.
On 15 August 2019, eir Sport and Virgin Media Sport contracted a deal to show Virgin Media Sport on eir Vision and eir Sport 1 on Virgin Media Ireland.
On 12 September 2019, Virgin Media Sport HD launched on Sky on channel 422. Virgin Media Sport Extra 1 - 6 is available on Sky via the red button. The Virgin Media Sport channels on Sky are provided by eir in their eir Sport Pack.