Ski-Jumping via Vodafone 3G Mobile TV

Every year, millions of viewers tune in to the traditional Four Hills Tournament on TV.

Vodafone, the title sponsor, now has the solution for all those who don't have the chance to be at home in front of the TV for the jumps at the forthcoming 53rd tournament or who have simply missed the highlights from the jumps

In cooperation with RTL NEWMEDIA, the Düsseldorf-based mobile telecommunications company is bringing highlights from the competitions to your mobile - with Vodafone Mobile TV.

All Vodafone customers who have a 3G mobile can enjoy this new mobile television experience. There will be reports from all the qualifying and main jumps at this year's 53rd Four Hills Tournament.

It's hard to be more up-to-date than this: simply turn on your mobile, select the "RTLmobile Video" channel in the "MobileTV + Video" category and there's no stopping your enjoyment of TV reports from Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen. Only a short time after the respective qualifying round or competition has finished, sports fans will find MobileTV reports including commentary in the RTL mobile programme specially produced for 3G mobiles, which will be repeated once an hour around the clock.

What about taking a ski-jump yourself? Vodafone can make this possible

Sports fans for whom the thrill of just watching isn't enough can take off from the ski-jump themselves with the "RTL Ski-Jumping 2005" mobile phone game. In the animation, one or more players take on the role of the sportsmen, navigate through the air at the touch of a button and adjust their flight path and bearing to pick up good scores.

As with the idols Ahonen & Co., the points from a total of eight different World Cup ski jumps are entered into the ranking tables until an overall winner emerges. Sound and photo-realistic graphics from the jumps, spectators and a snow-capped winter landscape make "RTL Ski-Jumping 2005" a must for every fan.

The game can be downloaded onto your mobile either on the Internet at www.vodafone-games.de or via your mobile on the Vodafone live! portal for a one-off charge of EUR 3.99 (plus the usual GPRS/WAP connection charges for surfing on the portal and for the download) and then played as often as you like.

As well as the reports on Vodafone MobileTV, the most important news and pictures from the winter sport locations are also available on your mobile as video clips with the best jumps.

The Vodafone MMS Infoservices are an alternative for the forgetful. Messages are automatically sent to your MMS mobile straight after the end of each jump. For each jumping event, subscribers to the service receive up to three messages with original pictures, results and overall World Cup standings.

Source: 3G

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