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Random Music News for Monday, April 25, 2016

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Edward Humes, IFE, Mariah Carey, Mick Jagger, MTV, Nigeria, Tidasl

It’s still all Prince, all the time–mostly. But there is other music news to report. Here’s a playlist to accompany

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Gadgets 

Are We Nearing the End of Seat-Back Entertainment in Airplanes?

July 5, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Airlines, IFE, In-Flight Entertainment, WiFi

I remember my first exposure to in-flight entertainment (IFE) vividly. It came in 1976 on an Air Canada L-1011 flying

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Changes Coming to Air Canada’s Inflight Music Entertainment

March 26, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Air Canada, IFE, Inflight Audio, Spafax, Stingray, XM

For the longest time, I hosted a couple of music channels on Air Canada’s IFE (inflight entertainment system), something I

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Music News 

Free In-Flight Music Streaming from Southwest and Apple/Beats

November 4, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beats, IFE, Southwest Airlines, Streaming Music Services, WiFi

As road warriors may remember, I provided in-flight entertainment to Air Canada for years before the new IFE system bumped

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Meanwhile, in the World of Music and Airlines…

October 19, 2014October 21, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Airline Food, American Airlines, British Airways, IFE, In-flight audio

As someone who used to supply in-flight audio entertainment to Air Canada (I got bumped off when the airline changed

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From the World of In-Flight Entertainment

October 16, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments IFE, In-Flight Entertainment

Years ago, I used to prepare and host programming on Air Canada’s in-flight entertainment system. When they changed hardware, I

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