Do airlines have rules about what sort of movies you can watch on your laptop at 30,000 feet?
Sure the choose their in-flight offering with care – I don’t remember ever watching an airline disaster movies from seat 15K.
But is there anything to stop you watching something which just might scare or worry the woman next door if you happen to have downloaded it onto you personal laptop?
This occurred to me as I read a piece in Wired News. They say San Francisco International Airport plans to sell movie and tv wi-fi downloads to passengers to watch at the airport and, eventually in-flight.
“The hope is (to launch in) the first half of 2006 but it is more likely to be the summer/fall time frame,” said John Payne, the airport’s chief information officer.
The service will be much like watching TV at home, Payne said. There will be a wide range of TV channels available for full-screen viewing, and viewers will be able to pause and rewind shows — just like with a digital video recorder.
The big stumbling block is currently the fact they haven’t sort out the licensing deals from the tv companies.
Perhaps they will consider a new rating: “suitable for viewing on a 747″.
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