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Business
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. ("GEE") is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Los Angeles, California. GEE and its consolidated subsidiaries are referred to collectively herein as the “Company.” The Company provides a wide range of in-flight, maritime and land-based connectivity solutions, including Wi-Fi, movies, television, music and interactive software, as well as portable entertainment solutions, content management services, e-commerce solutions and original content development. The Company's business is comprised of two reporting segments: Connectivity and Content.
As discussed further in Note 3, on July 27, 2016 (the "EMC Acquisition Date"), the Company completed the acquisition of Emerging Markets Communications ("EMC") (the "EMC Acquisition"). EMC is a communications services provider that offers land-based sites and marine vessels globally a multimedia platform delivering communications, Internet, live television, on-demand video, voice, cellular and 3G/LTE services. EMC leverages its satellite-terrestrial-cellular broadband network with fully meshed Multiprotocol Label Switching ("MPLS") interconnected teleports. EMC has a portfolio of patented technologies. EMC owns and operates its own ground infrastructure and global field support centers, permitting EMC to deploy support to customers around the world. Key aspects of EMC's services include:
The Company re-evaluated its reporting segments as a result of the EMC Acquisition and concluded that the Company's chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) would continue to manage the Company's operations for purposes of evaluating financial performance and allocating resources under its existing reporting segments, "Connectivity" and "Content", See Note 2 for further discussion on the Company's reporting segments.
Connectivity
The Company's Connectivity service offering provides its customers, including their passengers and crew, with operational solutions and Wi-Fi connectivity over C, Ka and Ku-band satellite transmissions. The Company's Connectivity segment offers (i) specialized network equipment and technology, 3G cellular services, high-definition video conferencing, media applications and premium content services that enable passengers and crew to access the Internet, live television, on-demand content, shopping and travel-related information and (ii) operational solutions that allow customers to improve their internal operation management.
Content
The Company's Content service offering selects, manages, provides lab services and distributes wholly-owned and licensed media content, video and music programming, advertising, applications and video games to the airline, maritime and other "away from home" non-theatrical markets.
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