Random Music News for Monday, April 25, 2016
It’s still all Prince, all the time–mostly. But there is other music news to report. Here’s a playlist to accompany any discussions of Game of Thrones today. According to a new book called
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Are We Nearing the End of Seat-Back Entertainment in Airplanes?
I remember my first exposure to in-flight entertainment (IFE) vividly. It came in 1976 on an Air Canada L-1011 flying from Bridgetown to Toronto. An honest-to-god projector was brought down from the ceiling,
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Changes Coming to Air Canada’s Inflight Music Entertainment
For the longest time, I hosted a couple of music channels on Air Canada’s IFE (inflight entertainment system), something I really, really enjoyed. People still ask me about those programs. But when XM
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Free In-Flight Music Streaming from Southwest and Apple/Beats
As road warriors may remember, I provided in-flight entertainment to Air Canada for years before the new IFE system bumped me and all the other hosts in favour of a deal with XM.
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Meanwhile, in the World of Music and Airlines…
As someone who used to supply in-flight audio entertainment to Air Canada (I got bumped off when the airline changed their technology and struck a deal with XM), I’m still very interested in
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From the World of 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 was bumped out in favour of music from SiriusXM, but managed to sneak
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