Anaheim, CA | September 11, 2013– Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENT) announced it has signed a Memo of Understanding (“MOU”) with TVplus to jointly market its award-winning interactive video platform to global airlines.
TVplus will accompany Global Eagle in their booth at the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) / International Flight Services Association (IFSA) EXPO at the Anaheim Convention Center from September 9 through 13, 2013 to demonstrate its second-screen technology.
As the provider of a leading full-service platform offering both content and connectivity for the worldwide airline industry, Global Eagle continues to invest in the technologies and trends that can deliver better experiences for passengers’ inflight.
The TVplus technology powers second screen and interactive video applications for 5 of the 8 largest TV network families in the United States as the trend toward multi-screen interaction and video interactivity continues to grow.
“A robust second-screen experience has been a growing trend within inflight entertainment and is something we’re evaluating as another key feature for our customers,” said John LaValle, Chief Executive Officer of Global Eagle Entertainment. “TVplus offers a proven, end-to-end platform that is easy to deploy, manage and evolve with our customers’ needs. We’re excited to explore the development of a second-screen offering that utilizes TVplus’ technology in line with our focus on offering our customers the most advanced inflight entertainment available.”
Added Randy Shiozaki, Co-Founder of TVplus, “Our proven technology and content platform powers highly engaging, multi-screen experiences for some of the highest rated shows on TV. Global Eagle is the ideal partner to work with to bring new levels of engagement and monetization to the airline industry and its consumers.”