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Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Global Eagle (together with its subsidiaries, “Global Eagle” or the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a leading provider of media and satellite-based connectivity to fast-growing, global mobility markets across air, land and sea. Global Eagle offers a fully integrated suite of rich media content and seamless connectivity solutions that cover the globe.  
Our Chief Executive Officer, the Company’s chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”), evaluates financial performance and allocates resources by reviewing revenue, costs of sales and contribution profit separately for our two operating segments: (i) Media & Content, and (ii) Connectivity.
 
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- Definition The entire disclosure for organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef 
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