Global Eagle Entertainment
| Type of business | Public company (NASDAQ: ENT) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Marina Del Rey, California |
| Key people | Ed Shapiro, Chairman[1] Dave Davis, CEO[1] |
| Industry | Aviation |
| Website | http://geemedia.com |
| Current status | Active |
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (GEE) is a company that provides media content, technology, and connectivity products to the travel industry. It operates in the aviation and maritime markets.
History
GEE formed in January 2013 through the combination of three businesses:
Since 2013, GEE has completed the following acquisitions:
- Post-Modern Edit LLC in July 2013 [4]
- IFES in October 2013
- Purple Inflight Entertainment in August 2014 [5]
- Western Outdoor Interactive (WOI) in July 2015
- Assets from RMG Networks in July 2015 [6]
- Marks Systems, Inc. d/b/a Masflight in August 2015
- Navaero Avionics AB in August 2015 [7]
Products
GEE’s products provide communications hardware and services that provide high-speed satellite-based Internet to airlines. Specific product and service lines include:
Connectivity
GEE’s connectivity products provide airlines with high-speed Internet communications services.
Content
GEE’s content business selects, procures, manages, encodes, and distributes wholly-owned and licensed media content, video and music programming, applications, digital advertising products, and games to airlines worldwide.
Digital media
GEE's digital media products include applications, games, and customer portals installed on aircraft worldwide.
Airline operations
GEE’s products for airline operations include Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) and cloud-based operational data analytics systems.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Executive Profiles". Global Eagle Entertainment. Retrieved Aug 24, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323894704578107343914705094
- ↑ http://investors.geemedia.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=739793
- ↑ http://investors.geemedia.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=739793
- ↑ https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/10/15/673368/10102739/en/Global-Eagle-Entertainment-Acquires-Content-Assets-From-Indian-Distributor-Purple-Media.html
- ↑ http://investors.geemedia.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=920376
- ↑ https://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/2015/08/06/global-eagle-makes-big-data-play-with-masflight-and-navaero-buys
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