DATE:23/12/09

e.Digital adds 2 customers for portable IFE system

By Lori Ranson

SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news

Portable in-flight entertainment system supplier e.Digital has secured new business from Air Burkina and Air Mali.

Both airlines plan to offer the portable eVU system that features either 18-20cm (7-8in)-high resolution liquid crystal display screens and 160-200GB of storage to support more than 20h of continuous video playback and many hours of movies, television shows, music and specialty programming.

The transaction with Air Burkina and Air Mali was facilitated through France Vision Services.

Air Burkina is the flag carrier of Burkina Faso while Air Mali is headquartered in Bamako, Mali.

e.Digital secured its first US customer on 4 December after it finalised a supplier agreement with North American Airlines for the eVU system.

France Vision Services.

Company background

FRANCE VISION SERVICES is established in France since 1977. FVS provides two main kind of services :

• The maintenance : FVS is the one who can perform the technical maintenance for all onboard IFE existing system
• The audio and video programming conforms to your needs, preferences and policies, flight length and destination

Headquarters are located at PARIS Charles De Gaulle. Other offices are located in several airports : Paris Orly, Marseille, Toulouse, ReunionIsland, Fort de France, Point à Pitre (F.W.I.), Dakar, Abidjan, Casablanca and Papeete.

FRANCE VISION SERVICES is in charge of different kind of entertainment products :

• Worldwide TV news downloaded via satellites
• Movies (French, US, Europeans, Hindi, Chinese, African… )
• Short programs :
  • Documentaries (destination, animals, cooking…)
  • Comedies
  • TV series
  • Music programmes (festivals, concerts…)
• Cartoons (classic and news releases)
• Sporting news and events
• Audio programmes (production of all kind of channel and boarding music)