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Row 44 is a Westlake Village, California-based subsidiary of Global Eagle Entertainment providing in-flight broadband connectivity and wireless inflight entertainment for commercial aircraft around the world. As of October 2012, the company had seven airline customers—Southwest Airlines and Allegiant Air (North America), Norwegian Air Shuttle (Europe), Transaero and UTair Aviation (Russian Federation), Icelandair (Iceland), and Mango Airlines (Africa). Also as of October 2012, the company had deployed its broadband solution on (more commercial planes ) than any other satellite-based connectivity provider. Row 44’s products and services for airlines include Internet access, live television channels, video-on-demand, destination sales, games, e-commerce, and flight tracking. These are accessible via passengers’ Wi-Fi devices (smart phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) or through a connection to the airline’s existing seatback system. The system is also available as “Video-on-Demand” (VoD) only, without Row 44's satellite connectivity, enabling airlines to offer passengers an onboard selection of video content streamed directly to their WiFi devices. In October 2012, (Allegiant Air selected ) Row 44's wireless Video-on-Demand (VoD) service for its fleet of Boeing 757s, which cover the airline's routes to Hawai'i. The Row 44 solution also offers mobile phone usage (where permitted) as well as airline operational data services for cockpit and crew and airline operations. Television channels include (CNBC, MSNBC and NBC Sports Network; FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network; BBC World News; and Bloomberg Television ). Video-on-Demand providers include (Disney, Warner Bros., NBC Universal and Twentieth Century FOX ). Additional television and Video-on-Demand content is available worldwide. By May 2012, the Row 44 in-flight broadband solution had been installed on approximately 265 commercial planes in North America and Europe—approximately 210 Southwest Airlines, approximately 50 Norwegian Air Shuttle aircraft and several of Mango's planes. Installations on Transaero and Icelandair aircraft are expected to begin in late 2012. The company held contracts to install its system on all airlines' respective entire fleets, including more than 540 Southwest Airlines and 100 Norwegian Air Shuttle aircraft. As of mid-2012, Row 44 had raised approximately $100 million in funding, including a June 2012 (financing round of $45 million ), led by inflight content experts Advanced Inflight Alliance AG (AIA), with a significant investment as well from Row 44's longtime investor PAR Capital. Row 44's corporate headquarters are in Westlake Village, California, and the company has engineering and development facilities in Chicago, Illinois, an international business development office in London, United Kingdom, and Web development offices in Las Vegas, Nevada. ==Corporate history== Row 44 got its start in 2003 when Southern California entrepreneur Gregg Fialcowitz identified an opportunity to leverage Hughes' global satellite infrastructure to provide inflight broadband services. Gregg recruited British-born technology entrepreneur John Guidon to join him and together they founded Row 44 in 2004. They secured exclusive North American rights with Hughes as well as the rights to leverage Hughes's satellite infrastructure around the world. The company's name is derived from Guidon's experience as a college student sitting in row 44 on an aging DC-10 airplane when traveling from the United States() the to the UK: “The seats didn’t recline, you were right under the DC-10’s third engine, and next to about six lavatories. I figured, if we can make the flight enjoyable for the folks in Row 44, we’ve accomplished our goal.”() 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Row 44」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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