So could the increased use of portable devices mean the end of traditional in-flight entertainment?
For many airlines, onboard in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems can be expensive to buy, install and maintain.
In-flight entertainment is now a critical part of how airlines position themselves, say Mr Harteveldt.
Improve access to airline websites, check-in kiosks, in-flight entertainment centers, audio-visual displays, medical oxygen, and airplane bathrooms.
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All this, says Lysette Gauna, Virgin's head of in-flight entertainment, reinforces Virgin's association with fun and innovation.
Virgin America added the popular HBO show "Girls" to its in-flight entertainment because of customer requests on surveys.
But AirNZ recently managed to jazz up a standard safety video with one that doubles as in-flight entertainment.
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The seats will fold down into beds, and each suite will have its own flat-screen monitor for in-flight entertainment.
Like the Anywhere app, content doesn't appear in HD, but the quality will almost surely beat your airline's in-flight entertainment system.
They have delivered dozens of complex and large-scale content solutions for deployment on the web, ITV, IPTV, mobile and in-flight entertainment platforms.
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Passengers had to stow pillows and blankets, and maps viewed on in-flight entertainment screens were disabled during the final hour of flight.
Ryanair announced in 2004 that it would introduce gambling through an in-flight entertainment system, though this too has yet to come to fruition.
In addition, passengers had to stow pillows and blankets, and maps viewed on in-flight entertainment screens were disabled during the final hour of flight.
The sessions included safety briefings, meals, in-flight entertainment and aircraft noises.
Washington (CNN) -- As competition expands among airlines to offer passengers the latest in-flight entertainment options, intercontinental routes have been slow to add Internet service.
The airlines' cry for help comes on the heels of US Airways Group's announcement that it will remove in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights starting in November.
"Wireless delivery systems, which we're really just starting to see, that's really where the future is going to be, " said Michael Planey, a product-development consultant for the in-flight entertainment industry.
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Each of the airline's business-class seats will offer video on-demand on a 15.4-inch television, iPod-playing capability through an in-flight entertainment system, a USB port and power outlet, and noise-canceling headphones.
The result is a new market for in-flight entertainment, both for small airlines with older planes, and for short- or medium-haul planes that make up roughly three quarters of commercial airplanes.
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In another model being pushed by incumbents in the in-flight entertainment business, airlines install a plane-wide content-streaming system with an array of movies, TV shows, games and other content, generally alongside broader Internet access.
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United's text analyzer looks for particular words and themes and can pick up on a customer reporting a seat where the in-flight entertainment didn't work, for example, said Martin Hand, senior vice president of customer service.
Two in-flight entertainment providers, Panasonic Corp.
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Systems to be installed during production on the 747-8 and 777 by the end of 2013 have the capability to provide in-flight use for cell phones, wi-fi connectivity for passengers, internet access using in-flight entertainment (IFE), and live television broadcasts.
The pound-and-a-half weight of a current iPad sheds the tremendous amount of weight that would normally be needed for a conventional in-flight entertainment system built into the headrest, which on a typical 375-seat 767 could see the iPads pay for themselves within years, if not sooner.
American Airlines has already started rolling wireless video out to some planes, and Delta last week said it, too, would offer in-flight streaming on all two-class U.S. flights by the end of 2013 including the roughly 350 planes in the U.S. that don't currently have individualized in-flight entertainment systems.
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The silliness of temporary security rules issued right after the bombing attack shows the need for better leadership at TSA. The agency has backed off steps like banning magazines, books and blankets from passengers for the last hour of flight or turning off in-flight entertainment systems and not letting pilots announce the plane's location.
Gogo, a pioneer in wireless in-flight digital entertainment solutions, plans to utilize high-throughput Ku-band capacity on current and future SES multi-beam satellites serving the continental United States, the Atlantic Ocean Region and Europe.
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There will also be a virtual art gallery, seen via in-flight-entertainment system, on flights between the two cities during the month of February, with videos about the artist and the creation of the pieces.
Panasonic is one of a few companies who provide in-flight communication and entertainment.
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