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Business
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. ("GEE") is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Los Angeles, California. GEE, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is referred to as the “Company”. The Company's business is focused on providing Wi-Fi Internet Connectivity and Content to the travel industry.
Connectivity
The Company's Connectivity service offering provides its airline partners and their passengers operational solutions and Wi-Fi connectivity over Ku-band satellite transmissions. The Company's Connectivity segment offers specialized network equipment, media applications and premium content services that allow airline passengers to access in-flight Internet, live television, on-demand content, shopping and travel-related information and operational solutions that allow airlines to improve their internal operations.
Content
The Company's Content services offering selects, manages, provides lab services, and distributes wholly owned and licensed media content, video and music programming, advertising, applications, and video games to airlines, as well as to the maritime and other away from home non-theatrical markets.
The Company's Content operations commenced on January 31, 2013, when the Company acquired 86% of the issued and outstanding shares of Advanced Inflight Alliance AG ("AIA"). Prior to January 31, 2013, the Company was known as Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“GEAC”), which was formed in February 2011 to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Effective in the first quarter of 2013, and in conjunction with the business combination transaction (the "Business Combination") in which GEAC acquired all of the outstanding stock of Row 44, Inc. ("Row 44") and 86% of the issued and outstanding shares of Advanced Inflight Alliance AG ("AIA"), GEAC changed the Company's name from Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. to Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. In addition, the Company purchased substantially all the assets of Post Modern Edit, LLC and related companies ("PMG") in July 2013 and completed the stock acquisition of the U.K. parent of the Travel Entertainment Group Equity Limited and subsidiaries ("IFES") in October 2013. In 2013, the Company acquired additional outstanding shares of AIA to increase its ownership of AIA's shares to 94%, and in April 2014, the Company acquired the remaining outstanding shares in AIA.
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