As I continue to work on our 2020 update of Valour’s “The Future of In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) Content” report, a number of interesting themes are emerging in the context of what will drive a recovery and, subsequently, the future growth of this sector. I’ll save most of the findings for the report itself, but I…
In previous blogs and in several of our reports, we’ve covered the “three C’s of in-flight connectivity” (which should really be four when you consider the costs involved). Latency is another important, but often overlooked, part of the business aviation connectivity experience and is defined as the total time it takes a data packet to…
Clearly, we have never seen anything like this: whole industries have been shut-down and large sections of society are adapting to a new (temporary?) way of living. Personally, I think that Covid-19 will be the trigger for many long-lasting changes in our ways of life. Whilst there are many negatives there are also signs for…
In this blog, we analyse the long-lasting impact of Covid-induced behavioural changes. What will this mean for maritime telemedicine services? New normal for consultations With the abundance of connectivity today, video consultations are becoming the norm. It’s quick, convenient and highly useful. In the UK, the NHS has been promoting an app which enables online…
On March 27th 2020, London-based satellite firm, OneWeb filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, and in doing so surprised some and merely confirmed what others had seen coming for some time. Much has been written, both pre- and post-bankruptcy, around the challenges associated with making the LEO business model work and,…