Chinese carriers want connectivity partners to share costs and data
BEIJING: China Eastern Airlines and Air China hope inflight connectivity will be profitable and fundamentally change their businesses – but ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: IFE
Panasonic Avionics eyes 4K Ultra-HD displays for aircraft cabins
The key word driving the emergence of 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology – with four times the resolution of 1080p – in t... Continue Reading
Criminally underrated John Wick is good bad
In 2011 someone asked The New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis whether she thought Keanu Reeves was a “good bad actor” or a... Continue Reading
Recaro CEO talks BYOD, catalogs and the death of angled lie-flats
Of the major airline seatmakers, Recaro is the one that doesn’t immediately say “aircraft seating” — its automotive seating is still what th... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Hacker Claims and Inflight Games
Welcome to Episode 24 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Dominic Green, executive VP, Americas at Inflight Dublin, which i... Continue Reading
LGBT-themed Pride packs UK comedy-drama punch
When it comes to warm, big-hearted comedy-dramas about ordinary, working class people chasing a dream, nobody does it better than the Brits.... Continue Reading
The 400 Blows still packs a punch
Most film historians agree that 1939 was a seminal year in Hollywood history with the one-two punch of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of ... Continue Reading
Boeing, IFE experts hit back at hacker claims in FBI report
Boeing and IFE experts are hitting back at claims in a FBI report that suggest security researcher Chris Roberts hacked an inflight entertai... Continue Reading
Audio description of IFE in the offing for blind passengers
When she first started her company, Vancouver-based Descriptive Video Works in 2003, Diane Johnson said she did something unusual. Frustrate... Continue Reading
Nervy, neo-noir Nightcrawler is must see inflight TV
As recent events in Baltimore have made painfully clear, the old network news axioms: “If it bleeds, it leads” and “If it ... Continue Reading
Irish IFE player jumps into wireless space with new retail portal
It’s a groan-worthy scenario that occurs regularly: you’re flying medium-haul in the back of the “bus” and there’s no seat... Continue Reading
UPDATE: JetBlue expands free streaming options beyond Amazon
Want to stream Amazon Prime video content while flying? JetBlue will soon provide Amazon Prime members with access to tens of thousands of t... Continue Reading
Inherent Vice’s 70s saga loses mojo mid-flight
Like Woody Allen and New York City, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson seems to understand the strange, sprawling beauty of Los ... Continue Reading
Under the Skin will crawl into your psyche
Birdman may have feathered it’s nest with award season gold of every ilk this year, but, as far as truly daring, boldly-original filmm... Continue Reading
Experts flag concerns about charging devices on takeoff and landing
Prominent aircraft engineering and certification experts want industry and regulators to take a closer look at the safety implications of al... Continue Reading
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