Virgin Media Sport was an Irish subscription television channel operated by

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and owned by

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. The channel launched on 18 September 2018. The channel was available on the

cable service. The channel closed on April 11, 2022 with content moving to Virgin Media channel 100 -

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History

As part of a major rebrand and refocusing of the Virgin Media brand in 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

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, the new channel would create 20 to 30 new jobs. The channel would be home to

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and

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matches from 2018–2021. Virgin Media Sport has also done a deal with CAA11, the representatives of

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in international football, which gives the broadcaster the rights to all competitive European international football outside of Republic of Ireland team matches, such as

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plus qualifiers for the

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and

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. The channel will also broadcast the Six Nations tournament. On 15 August 2019, eir Sport and

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signed a deal to show Virgin Media Sport on eir Vision and eir Sport 1 on

. On 12 September 2019, Virgin Media Sport HD launched on Sky on channel 422. Virgin Media Sport Extra 1 – 6 is available on Sky using the red button. The Virgin Media Sport channels on Sky are provided by eir in their eir Sport Pack. On 13 August 2020, its feeds on

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and

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that were provided by eir were replaced by eir Sport 2 on those platforms, as eir refused to pay the contracted distribution license fee.

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* {{Irish Television Channels Television channels and stations established in 2018 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2022 Virgin Media Television (Ireland)

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