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Every day we deliver connections that really matter for Irish Consumers and Businesses with multi award-winning services including broadband, TV, mobile and home phone. Our Virgin Media Business division provides the fastest broadband speeds and connectivity solutions for entrepreneurs, businesses and the public sector.\nVirgin Media Television, our broadcast division, is Ireland’s number one commercial broadcaster offering four free-to-air channels: Virgin Media One, Virgin Media Two, Virgin Media Three, Virgin Media Four as well as Virgin Media Play. We are a significant investor in home produced content, including news, current affairs and drama, as well as offering the best in international programming including extensive sports coverage across the UEFA Champions League. Our advertising sales agency, Virgin Media Solutions, creates unique, innovative campaigns for our business and for third party clients across the UK and Ireland.\nVirgin Media is part of Liberty Global, one of the world’s leading converged video, broadband and communications companies, with operations in six European countries. Liberty Global is a founding member of the European Green Digital Coalition and is included in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Following the challenges brought about the global pandemic, the power of connectivity to deliver positive, meaningful change to people’s lives has never been clearer. Our inclusion in these prestigious indices for the ninth year running attests to our long-standing commitment to the importance of sustainability and ensuring that we are strong corporate citizens as well as responsible stewards of the environment across the markets in which we operate.\nFor further information please visit: www.virginmedia.ie\nAbout the Role:\nVirgin Media Television is seeking a Broadcast Operations Assistant to join our Broadcast Operations team. The successful candidate will work as part of a team bringing some of Virgin Media Television’s flagship programming to air. They will get to experience working in a fast-paced studio environment and be provided with excellent opportunities to learn and develop skills across the full range of studio operations.\nThe successful candidate will have a good understanding of the television process, be technically minded and able to troubleshoot problems should they arise. 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