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April 10th, 2013

Row 44... Inflight Investiture... (SATCOM)


[SatNews] Row 44, a subsidiary of Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: ENT) and a leading provider of satellite-based inflight WiFi and device-based entertainment for airlines around the world, announced it has completed...

...installation on 60 of Norwegian Air Shuttle's Boeing 737-800 aircraft. To date, Row 44's inflight entertainment solution, powered through Ku-band satellites, is currently offered on nearly 500 aircraft flying around the world, and is by far, the largest deployed satellite-powered system of any inflight entertainment provider.

Norwegian Air Shuttle was the first airline to offer high-speed Internet connectivity on flights within Europe, and is now also the first airline in Europe to perform a broad commercial roll-out of Video-On-Demand directly to passengers' own WiFi-enabled devices. On board Norwegian's WiFi-enabled aircraft, passengers can access a host of in-flight services; from high-speed WiFi for work or browsing to games, shopping, interactive flight maps and destination services. Moreover, Norwegian is now offering Row 44's Video-On-Demand services, presenting passengers exceptional picture quality for watching television shows and movies on their WiFi-enabled devices.