Vodafone links up with Sky to offer TV on move

Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone network, has launched the most ambitious foray yet into mobile television, unveiling a tie-up with Sky to offer many of its channels to UK users.

It hopes that as television sets in our living rooms get larger, the reverse will happen outside the home at Christmas with the mass adoption of moving pictures on tiny screens.

Having gambled billions on building a third generation phone network, allowing video, music and internet style services on the move, Vodafone hopes to persuade its customers to tune into news, sport and entertainment on the bus, on the train and during other idle moments.