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Articles tagged “entertainment”

Airlines

Southwest Is Launching Beats Music Service on Its Flights

Southwest is certainly on an upward trajectory and the good times keep on rolling for the airline. The fruits of its labor with the recent rebranding and seeing record profits are now reaching passengers by giving them a brand to use that they already know and love. Let's see what other airlines may follow.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Southwest Is Launching Beats Music Service on Its Flights

Airlines

JetBlue and Southwest Will Air the Super Bowl Live on Sunday Night Flights

Southwest and JetBlue's in-flight entertainment allows them to surprise and please passengers in ways other airlines can't or don't care to.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

JetBlue and Southwest Will Air the Super Bowl Live on Sunday Night Flights

Airlines

The Top 5 Airline Passenger Experience Innovations of 2013

Some of these services are certainly more interesting than others, so Virgin will be a leading contender. Its "Red" in-flight entertainment system is impressive, innovative, and even a little racy - the ads that announced it strongly encouraged seat-to-seat flirting through the IFE chat application.

Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Skift | 11 years ago

The Top 5 Airline Passenger Experience Innovations of 2013

Airlines

Why Southwest should make its free TV and Wi-Fi promotion permanent

Want to reinvigorate the Southwest brand? Just think of the market share gains that Southwest would earn if it made its TV Flies Free promotion permanent. Free Wi-Fi, baby.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Why Southwest should make its free TV and Wi-Fi promotion permanent

Airlines

Air France relaxes in-flight TV rules, now on door to door

This will be great news for the ADD crowd and younger generations, who abhor an entertainment vacuum.

Skift | 11 years ago

Air France relaxes in-flight TV rules, now on door to door

Airlines

Norwegian loads Android apps into Dreamliner entertainment system

There's no iOS love in the Scandanavian airline's choice as Norwegian opted for Android. The airline also decided to stick with its own entertainment system instead of enticing passengers just to bring their own devices and use them.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Norwegian loads Android apps into Dreamliner entertainment system

Airlines

Virgin Atlantic’s in-flight entertainment now takes flyers from gate to gate

Squeeze in an extra episode of your favorite sitcom or finish up that movie -- your harried flight attendant will thank the heavens you're distracted.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Are hotel TVs nearing extinction?

The chance that hotel room TVs will die is only remote. Instead, they likely will evolve as a complement to guests' personal mobile/computing devices, and as a locus for hotels' concierge and other guest services.

Skift | 11 years ago

Are hotel TVs nearing extinction?

Airlines

Want better in-flight movies? Qantas tracks movie choices to keep selection fresh

Could Qantas be diligently keeping track of the movie selections with the prospect of one day charging for IFE, or is it looking to make up for the fact that there’s no longer Internet on international flights?

Skift | 11 years ago

Want better in-flight movies? Qantas tracks movie choices to keep selection fresh

Airlines

Denzel’s “Flight” may be a tough sell to airlines, to screen in-flight

Airlines pilots associations would've been half-pleased at the skills of a vet pilot, though disapproving of Denzel's drug addled behavior. Meanwhile, airlines, troubled with outsourcing maintenance controversies, don't come out looking good in the movie anyway.

Skift | 11 years ago

Denzel’s “Flight” may be a tough sell to airlines, to screen in-flight