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^{19 channels, GBP 5 per month} Sky partners with Vodafone to launch 3G TV

Vodafone UK has teamed up with broadcaster BSkyB to launch a mobile TV service called Sky Mobile TV. The 19-channel service lets Vodafone’s 250,000 3G subscribers in the UK access to a range of content covering 24-hour news, sport, entertainment and documentaries.

The service will start out free. From the end of January and will cost GBP 5 per month.

Rival networks O2, 3 and Orange, have introduced similar streaming services. They are all testing their own mobile TV services. However the Vodafone service is not a trial.

Vodafone has exclusive access to the BSkyB service until the end of March 2005.

“This is an innovative service that complements our existing pay-TV activities, extends the reach of Sky content and delivers an additional stream of revenue,” said Richard Freudenstein, BSkyB chief operating officer.

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