The Leisure Seeker takes plot and pot holes in stride
Like most memorable real-life road trips, my favorite road trip movies are those that take time to capture the inevitable friction that deve... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: inflight media
Geostorm is perfect storm of disaster movie clichés
Normally at this time of year the IFE landscape tends to be dominated by two types of films. That first flush of serious award season conten... Continue Reading
Thor: Ragnarok is cheeky, camp classic in the making
If Mad Magazine and the 80’s camp classic Flash Gordon had a baby it would probably look and sound a lot like Thor: Ragnarok. Fun, goo... Continue Reading
“First class causes air rage” paper contains serious data flaws
A research paper by Katherine DeCelles and Michael Norton, published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has taken the media... Continue Reading
Boeing eyes nextgen lighting, projection technology for cabins
Among the pioneers of LED mood lighting for aircraft cabins, Boeing introduced a step change with its Sky Interior for the 737 and dramatic ... Continue Reading
Flight attendants oppose it but IFC spectrum auction now likely
A $340 million convertible notes offering will give inflight connectivity provider Gogo “the fire power” it needs to participate in a Federa... Continue Reading
Industry-wide approach needed for captioning IFE
One of the most hotly anticipated events at the recent APEX Technology Committee meeting in Universal City, California was the session featu... Continue Reading
Closed captioning for IFE is coming, though not soon enough
Deaf and hard of hearing (HoH) passengers have been calling on airlines to offer closed captioning (CC) of IFE for years. But even though US... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Gogo gets a grilling on new inflight Text & Talk service
Gogo has unveiled a new inflight Text & Talk service that allows passengers to send text messages and make voice calls in-flight using t... Continue Reading
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