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Sky to stream Premiership games to mobile phones

August 2, 2007 at 2:07 pm by Jay | In Mobile News, Mobile content/services

Sky has teamed up with the publishers of The Sun and News of the World to launch 24-7 Football, a new Premiership and Champions League football service for mobiles.

The service is set to offer video highlights and goal clips from the Barclays Premier League and UEFA Champions League to customers on the T-Mobile, O2, and 3 networks in the UK, with Orange and Vodafone expected to be on board before the new season kicks off.

Football fans will get unlimited access to the 24-7 service for £5 a month, but can also choose to pay for goals and highlights for 50p a clip. The charges are inclusive; there are no separate charges for data

Football 24-7 offers the following:

• In game goal clips – goals ‘in-game’ from Barclays Premier League and UEFA Champions League (except during Saturday afternoon window 2.45pm-5.15pm).
• Post-match highlights – exclusive downloads of highlights packages from any of the 380 Barclays Premier League games after the final whistle.
• Video archive – goals, highlights and interviews from any Premier League and Champions League game throughout the season.
• TV shows – coverage from Sky Sports Gillette Soccer Saturday and Soccer AM

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