Panasonic, TRT team for in-flight broadcasting
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| 19 November 2018

Spreading its wings, almost literally, international news platform TRT World has entered into a collaboration with Panasonic Avionics to extend its live broadcast reach to international air carriers, including Turkish Airlines.

The service is being broadcast via satellite to specially-equipped aircrafts over the inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) provider’s customer network which counts more than 80 customers around the world.

“Whether it’s the best in current affairs, sports and entertainment from a selection of the world’s premier media brands, our mission is to keep passengers informed and entertained with quality programming,” said Panasonic Avionics head of digital solutions and services Julie Lichty. “We believe that TRT World is a significant enhancement to our portfolio and will be a tremendous enhancement to our airline customers’ passenger experience.”

Added TRT World director of news and programme Fatih Er: “It is important to stay informed and up-to-date on world events. Passengers tune in to different outlets for news and it’s vital to have variety in your sources to have a more well-rounded view of current events. Thanks to Panasonic for making this challenge a lot easier during flight. Partnering with Panasonic to deliver our content in-flight is a major achievement to fulfil our promise to offer our service everywhere, whatever platform our audience prefer to receive it.”