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Sony Music signs global deal with in-flight entertainment firm
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 30 September 2015
After going legal against one provider of in-flight entertainment to the airline industry, Sony Music has now announced a worldwide deal with another in-flight distraction peddler, Global Eagle Entertainment.
The Californian firm claims that this is the Sony record company’s “first licensing pact with an in-flight entertainment content service provider and gives Global Eagle access to hit songs from leading recording labels, including Columbia, Epic, RCA, Masterworks, Legacy and Sony Music Nashville, for use in its airline inflight entertainment systems around the globe”.
GEE says that ten airlines have already signed up to offer their customers Sony Music playlists via the firm’s platform. Its CEO Dave Davis adds: “Sony Music is such a part of everyday life for millions of people around the world, and GEE is very pleased to strike an agreement that will offer unprecedented music choices and opportunities to airlines and airline passengers everywhere”.
Meanwhile Sony Music’s Exec VP Global Business Development & Digital Strategy Mark Piibe told reporters: “We are happy to be partnering with Global Eagle to make our catalogue available to its leading global network of airline passengers. This agreement gives millions of airline travellers who want more music as part of their passenger experience access to many of the most popular and beloved songs of today and of all time”.
