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IMS signs two new portable media player customers
Gabon Airlines, based in Libreville, Gabon, will launch IMS’ portable media players in the second quarter of 2009 on routes from Libreville to France, the Congo, and South Africa in business and economy classes in an agreement made by IMS with Paris-based Groupe Nesse on behalf of Gabon Airlines, according to Harry Gray, IMS’ vice-president sales and marketing.
The PAV-705 7in touchscreen players will be utilised on Gabon Airlines’ B767 aircraft and will provide seven feature-length movies and video programming totaling 18.5 hours, as well as audio content and games. The privately-owned airline began service in November 2006. The IMS Company is providing the portable media players and accessories, the ground-based infrastructure, and turnkey content management services.
Meanwhile, Kuwait Airways, the national airline of Kuwait, has announced it will begin using IMS’ PAV705 portable media players from May, on European and US routes in first- and business-class cabins, according to IMS president, Rod Farley. The players will be used on two B777, four A340, and five A300 aircraft. Over the three-year agreement, The IMS Company will provide several hundred media players and accessories, ground support equipment and recurring content management services.
Each portable device will have a 160GB storage capacity and will contain over 284 hours of video content – including 72 movies – along with a large offering of audio content and games. A generous variety of Hollywood movies, Arabic movies, and Arabic and Hindi classic movies, along with news and current affairs, comedies, documentaries and sports programs, and Kuwaiti television are included as a part of the entertainment package provided to Kuwait Airways’ premium class passengers.
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