O2 iPhone customers get free Sky Sports

iPhone customers on O2's network can see live football for free on their handsets for three months thanks to a deal with Sky.

The Sky Mobile TV app will let you watch Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3, Sky Sports News, Sky Sports Extra, Sky News, At The Races and ESPN on your handset when you are within range of a Wi-Fi network.

The first 150,000 people to sign up, by texting the word 'SKY' to 2020 from your iPhone, will get the service for free for the first three months.

Thereafter, the service will cost £6 per month. The app itself is free to download.

Some content isn't available through the app - there will be no World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), HBO Boxing, Major League Baseball (MLB) or football from Italy's Serie A, for example.

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"The Sky Mobile TV app is just the thing for a sports fan on the go and we're pleased to be able to bring this app to our customers free on Wi-Fi for the first three months," Peter Rampling, Head of Consumer Mobile, O2 UK said.

Orange has today launched the iPhone in the UK and Vodafone is expected to launch the handset in the new year.


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