live tv or radio during flights

"Gerard Farrell" wrote in message

> Through incredibly bad planning I'm scheduled to fly to the US (on
> KLM/Northwestern) on July 4th, which should England get through to the
> semi finals of the World Cup would be the day they'll probably play
> Brazil. Is there any technical reason why airlines couldn't pump live
> commentary onto one of the radio channels during the game? I figure live
> TV would be too much to ask.
>
> Gerry
>
>
The pilot may give you updates (if he/she's a football fan). Technically,
there probably isn't a problem, whether or not the plane is equipped for a
live feed is another story. In the U.S., Delta's former Song division,
JetBlue, Frontier, and AirTran have satellite radio and/or tv, but I don't
know about any non U.S. domestic flights with it.

Jeff
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"beavis" wrote in message

> In article , Gerard Farrell
> wrote:
>
>> > Is there any technical reason why airlines couldn't pump live
>> > commentary onto one of the radio channels during the game?
>
> Yes, several big technical reasons:
>
> 1. They don't have an FM radio receiver on board.
> 2. Even if they did, the radio signal will disappear when they get far
> offshore.
> 3. There's no connection between this nonexistent receiver and the
> in-flight a/v system, which is prerecorded.
>
> Other than *that*, no technical reason.

Presumably they could recieve satellite radio?
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> Presumably they could recieve satellite radio?

There's no coverage in the middle of the Atlantic - Only over the land and
out to sea a little ways.

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
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