Vodafone UK has teamed up with Sky Sports to show live coverage of the popular Gillette Soccer Saturday television programme through the Sky Sports Service on Vodafone live! with 3G.
 
Every Saturday Vodafone customers can watch presenter Jeff Stelling and his panel of pundits go through every twist and turn of match days on their 3G mobile phones.

Gillette Soccer Saturday will be streamed live between 3.00pm and 5.30pm on Saturdays, starting on 13 August 2005.  Football fans of all divisions and clubs will now be able to enjoy this fantastic service no matter where they are. Whether it is at a match, shopping, visiting family or popping in to the office - they will not have to miss even a second of the action.

Gillette Soccer Saturday will be made available through the Sky Sports Service on Vodafone live!, which also features video highlights of every goal from every Barclays Premiership game. The combination of live streaming Gillette Soccer Saturday while matches are taking place and the ability to watch every Barclays Premiership goal shortly after the final whistle, makes Vodafone in combination with the Sky Sports service a truly exciting and unique destination for football fans everywhere.

Vodafone customers currently subscribing to watch every Barclays Premiership goal, which also includes every wicket from this summer's Ashes series, will receive Gillette Soccer Saturday for no additional charge.  By visiting Vodafone live! with 3G, existing 3G customers not currently subscribed to this comprehensive sports service can pay £5 per month with the first month free. Alternatively customers can pay £1 per day for this service.

'This new partnership between Vodafone and Sky Sports yet again reinforces Vodafone’s dedication and commitment to both sport and its fans.  Vodafone live! with 3G now offers the most comprehensive sports package available on mobile." said Al Russell, Head of Content Services, Vodafone UK.
 
Jeff Stelling, the host of Gillette Soccer Saturday, added; 'I love working on Soccer Saturday and the programme gets a loyal following from viewers in both their homes and in pubs before and after games.  The new service works in any environment and I’m sure it will be thoroughly enjoyable."
 
Gillette Soccer Saturday features a range of experts - including Matt Le Tissier and Charlie Nicholas - watching four of the day's top games in the studio.  Reporters are also out on the road watching other key fixtures to provide a popular mix of information and entertainment that’s become essential viewing on Saturday afternoons.
 
Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK has 15.2 million customers and is part of the world's largest mobile community. The Newbury-based company offers a wide range of mobile voice and data communications.  The Vodafone UK network covers 99% of the population and transmits over 17.5 million text messages every day.  Vodafone UK was the world’s first mobile operator to introduce international roaming, and currently offers its customers roaming on 400 networks in 169 countries.

Sky
Sky is the operator of the leading multichannel television platform in the UK and Ireland.  Around 20 million viewers in 7.8 million households enjoy an unprecedented choice of movies, news, entertainment and sports channels and interactive services on Sky digital, the UK and Ireland's first and most popular digital television platform.

Sky delivers news and sports content to mobile phone users across multiple networks via SMS, WAP, MMS and 3G video.  The recently launched Sky Mobile application offers video and text content at the touch of a button in an easy-to-use format.  Key features include the latest news stories and video updates from Sky News and Sky Sports, weather forecasts from the Sky News Weather team, and the ability to check odds and place bets with Sky Bet.

For additional press information please contact:

Ben Taylor,
Vodafone UK Public Relations
Tel: 08454 444466
Email: press.office@vodafone.com