Virgin Media Television (Ireland)
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This article is about a company. For the company's flagship television channel, see Virgin Media One. For the UK company formerly named Virgin Media Television, see Living TV Group.
"TV3 Group" redirects here. For the pan-Baltic media group based in Latvia, see TV3 Group (Baltics). For other uses, see Channel 3 (disambiguation).
Virgin Media Television Ltd (formerly known as TV3 Television Network Ltd; previously traded as the TV3 Group until August 2018) is a commercial television company in Ireland, based in Dublin. Launched in 1998 as TV3 Television Network, the TV3 Group was formed in January 2009. The company was acquired by Liberty Global in 2015, and the channels were rebranded to Virgin Media Television in 2018.[5]
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Formerly | • TV3 Television Network Ltd. (legal name until August 2018) • TV3 Group (trade name until August 2018) |
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Company type | Public/Limited |
Industry | Broadcasting |
Founded | 20 September 1998 |
Founder | • John Kelleher • Ossie Kilkenny • Paul McGuinness • James Morris |
Headquarters | , Ireland |
Area served | Ireland and Northern Ireland |
Key people | Paul Farrell |
Products | • Television services • Transmission • E-publishing (teletext and web) • Commercial telecoms services |
Revenue | €57.4 million (2009)[1][2][3] |
Owner | Liberty Global |
Number of employees | 250 (2015[4]) |
Parent | Virgin Media Ireland |
Website | www |
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Virgin Media Ireland was reportedly put up for sale by its owner Liberty Global in June 2021.[6] By November 2021, the then chief executive had reportedly "ruled this out".[7]