{"id":429868,"date":"2026-05-03T07:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/429868\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T07:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:40:23","slug":"no-longer-sustainable-virgin-medias-champions-league-coverage-to-end-in-2027-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/429868\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;No longer sustainable&#039;: Virgin Media&#039;s Champions League coverage to end in 2027 &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFB0WndYNzdDVXpodDZPZzkwb0FVRzVMSkg4UGYwWkxBbXBJQm9TdmpRcnRoYzVTYXFZYzdrZTIzLWVWdEQtNm5BSUpiYkJ2UExPOFQ4ZXpKVHFPZGs3ZkRURVQ4R1otZjNsUlI1SFZJbkpmSDEtN0hMdl9ISQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;No longer sustainable&#8217;: Virgin Media&#8217;s Champions League coverage to end in 2027<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxOcW56M3VrTjJRZG55ajFsRzJ2TmVNTHNFMVJVZXZrcE9JY3hBZS1IRldDNDRNaWZ6eUU4UG1RUWtESmpYbHRvWTJlNDBrUXJKdnJXXzhWWnBuY0VwTW1RVFplVkp2ZmUtaWZwTUl6MkNJc0NsenRRcUR5bmpuN2RUdlZhOTdQNnlZUVFKQ1ZVYXpVUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RT\u00c9 Secures UEFA Champions League Rights from 2027-2031<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5wFBVV95cUxNdkFHcjJFc2Zzczc3TVNzTldoTzRza213dTZqNm9BbVdzS0JRX0hzbFZybVNHRnlQN2JSZFJJRHhkTHdnYTJXN192bUZQZW92OW1QN3VYRkx4Uy04M3J5cXFQeTJENmFORzNnTDJKSW85dnhET1VablVFVzFBU2hxR2czMG1TRWFlelZwcXM1SkZ6YVBwa3FSNy00UnIyMldFQmNBX3d0RE1mNjY0M3A3U2JndS1ZRjFRalZ6WlFRNXhTc0x5Z0U2UGIxWnl2YVZSeWVWUWM4Z08ydjU4b0V5M0xfbVBTX00?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Declan Lynch: From a shocking miss to musical own goals, RT\u00c9 loves to kick itself when it is down<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE5ZNWxHeW96Ukhza3F4MV9KbXN6TTNxbVlWWnJyMktDTzJieDl3ZllralRjdElHcjR1TFgzSHJYc2ZDUHdWRE5XUXRiU3p3eWFzYW56blREeTRxNlZyWDJRMEw0UWxXbUhqRl9xUXJfbEwwNTRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Virgin Media&#8217;s Champions League coverage to end in 2027 as Sky Sports returns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The 42<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxOVGc3cTF3TjNTY3VFbXlCaFNlZmFaRlBjY212YXhwM0lJd1pyd08ySDZVTHZZemRFSWxEbEl5bktObTdxZFVtY1RqV0FmRkJ4V3ZfWUxjWkdWNGxVZjFLSklKNVRrci1SU3owZUEySU1lTjZOZG5nQUdkTWhiT2xPY3U4cDBhVG9TWGRKTFk3amcxRElpZExFZTUtcUhnMUozaWs5ZDdWanQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Premier Sports and RT\u00c9 retain Champions League rights to 2031<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;No longer sustainable&#8217;: Virgin Media&#8217;s Champions League coverage to end in 2027&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalRT\u00c9 Secures UEFA Champions League Rights&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[15013,93,61,60,159118,186460,6085,43557,3405,282,186461,907],"class_list":["post-429868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-champions-league","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-on-the-box","tag-premier-sports","tag-rte","tag-sky-sports","tag-soccer","tag-tv","tag-tv-rights","tag-virgin-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}