Live In-Flight TV Offered To Passengers’ Devices

Row 44 Inc., provider of an in-flight broadband entertainment platform, is launching what it calls “a first-of-its-kind service” with several media partners to deliver live Internet Protocol television (IPTV) in-flight to passengers’ smart phones, laptops and tablet devices.

Passengers will be able to watch, on their own Wi-Fi enabled devices in-flight, live news and political talk on Fox News Channel, MSNBC and BBC World News; live business news from CNBC, FOX Business Network and Bloomberg Television; and sports on Versus (to be re-branded NBC Sports Network on Jan. 2).

In addition to these launch partners, Row 44 will continue adding more live video programming to its in-flight television offering.