[SatNews] A whole slew of new in-flight entertainment features will be available to passengers...

Virgin America has refreshed their live satellite television line-up and added new content to the Red™ in-flight entertainment platform. With more than 700 hours of media content and award-winning interactive features, the Red system offers every guest a personal touch-screen entertainment center right at their seatback – with 24 television channels, more than 35 on-demand films, a 3,000 MP3 library (with the ability for travelers to build their own playlist), a Kid's entertainment platform (with parental controls), videogames, music videos, interactive Google Maps that track a flight's journey, a seat-to-seat text chat system and more. Starting this month, Virgin America guests will now find even more content at their fingertips, with a new live satellite television channel line-up that features an expanded range of live sports and news programming. With one of the largest television screens in the domestic skies and with the new channel line-up, sports fans will now be able to catch all the games of the fall season live at 35,000 feet, including: nationally televised baseball games on FOX (New York) and NHL games on NBC (New York). Notably, football fans now won't miss a single touchdown this NFL season – with all televised games available on the carrier's live satellite TV.

Virgin America's entertainment content updates regularly and its new movie menu includes a diverse range of films, from foreign-language features to Hollywood blockbusters. The airline's entertainment menu also spotlights unique independent content across mediums – from film, to television and new media. Coming this fall, Virgin America will debut curated content from the Webby-winning multi-media SHFT platform. Plus, the new Red lineup boasts a library of over 35 on-demand films ranging from the latest Hollywood blockbusters to indie favorites. The airline's entertainment platform has been named by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) as the Best In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) in the Americas and also honored as the Best Single Achievement in IFE. Virgin America offers a touch-screen seatback monitor that is 25 percent larger than the average domestic coach in-flight entertainment system screen.