With five Golden Globe and twelve BAFTA nominations, as well as being the winner of two awards at the Venice International Film Festival, The Favourite has been causing waves with critics and audiences alike since its release. Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) is in bad health and sits on the throne, though she seems to have little interest in governing and more in pursuing her quirky interests. However, her trusted advisor and friend Duchess Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) more than makes up for Anne’s lack of interest by directing and controlling the Queen’s choices and effectively running the country through her suggestions.

  This delicate balance begins to tip when Abigail Hill (Emma Stone), Sarah’s impoverished cousin, arrives and starts to court the Queen’s desire for gentle affection, the type Sarah has not provided in a long time. These two women start to play the game against one another, though it soon becomes apparent that the position of a pawn on the board is not as clear cut as it initially seemed. After all, there can be only one Queen.  

Starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone, these three award-winning giants of cinema use their formidable talent to display the passions, desires, and hunger for power these three historical figures sought and sacrificed heavily for. Director Yorgos Lanthimos of The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, also uses his skill of combining subtlety with vibrant essences to showcase this sumptuous dramatization of the life of one of the more enigmatic monarchs in British history.

With 12 nominations, along with its notable success at the Golden Globes,  The Favourite and it’s stellar cast are all but set to occupy the throne at this years BAFTA Film Awards.   Samantha Lyons | Inflight Dublin   © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.  

Inflight Dublin, a leading global Inflight Entertainment (IFE) provider, and IdeaNova, the provider of Inflight Entertainment solutions and Digital Rights Management (DRM), announced a strategic collaboration between the two companies to enhance the passenger in-flight experience.

This partnership utilises IdeaNova’s unique technology range including the Inplay product line for the provision of content streaming solutions for the wireless IFE – Everhub. IdeaNova’s advanced technology, coupled with Inflight Dublin’s extensive experience in content procurement and management, simplifies the passenger journey and ultimately results in synergised airborne experience.

“We’re delighted to be working with IdeaNova,” said John White, Inflight Dublin’s CEO. “As one of the leading IFE companies, we understand the value and need for creative, cutting-edge technology solutions and this partnership supports Inflight Dublin’s growth strategy. We look forward to the bright wireless future.”

Challenge:

What was the requirement identified by Sky Prime? Sky Prime is a well-established private aviation service provider (headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) serving many high profile clients and VVIP in the Middle East region and worldwide. Sky Prime provides top of the range private flight service and the current fleet consists of luxurious Airbus fleet (A319, A340, A320, A330, A340-200), Gulfstream private jets, spacious Phenom and Legacy Embraer aircraft. As a high-end aviation services provider, Sky Prime basic services offering includes inflight connectivity (in high demand currently), telephones, TV, games, and DVD. Airline wished to add to their sophisticated service for their valued passengers by giving them a bespoke experience in providing them with personal pre-loaded devices with high-quality entertainment. Sky Prime didn’t have any prior IFE onboard. This requirement represents Sky Prime’s commitment to a luxurious, seamless passenger experience, where relax and top notch inflight service play a pivotal role. This new IFE system will have the following:

1. Unique selection of eclectic content, including the latest Hollywood and Arabic Movies, TV shows, international audio albums and games on their whole fleet
2. Range of personalised local content that would follow an individual content strategy
3. All content will be provided on pre-loaded iPads, that will be distributed to the passengers as they are boarding the aircraft

Priding on our reactive approach and quick turnaround times, Sky Prime’s requirement for a complex IFE solution that could be deployed and operational in a very limited timeframe didn’t cause any problems.

Solution

Implementation of Sky Prime pre-loaded IFE solution   As part of their in-flight service, Sky Prime sought to complement their internet connectivity service with an Inflight Entertainment offering. Inflight Dublin has agreed to exclusively supply Inflight Entertainment products to be used on the passenger entertainment systems onboard Sky Prime’s aircraft. The client required high quality hardware that could be managed by Sky Prime staff on the ground and handed out to passengers in-flight. Inflight Dublin developed a high-end hardware, software, media and support service for Sky Prime. Leveraging the latest iPad pro’s, we developed a secure, Hollywood approved, mobile application. This application was expertly aligned with Sky Prime’s brand guidelines and was configured with the latest Movies, TV Shows, Music, and Games. One of the interesting differentiators was also an age restriction feature within the application to ensure children could not access certain content. Inflight Dublin also sourced the latest sync & charge carts to allow Sky Prime to easily manage and update the iPads in Riyadh.

Outcome

We’ve managed to turn this project around within 2 months, with the provision of more than 400 iPads for the whole fleet, installations, and content upload. Sky Prime now have a robust IFE offering, with expert ground support, that showcases their brand and emphasises their high-quality service to passengers. Moreover, this IFE solution provides the balanced inflight experience Sky Prime were seeking. Passengers now have access to the latest available entertainment via the iPads, whilst also having internet access for key communication activities, such as email and social media.

Inflight Dublin, the leading independent content service provider in the IFE industry, has announced today an agreement with the international business aviation group, PrivatAir, for the deployment of their dynamic Wireless IFE solution, Everhub.

Everhub is a cutting-edge inflight entertainment system that enables passengers to engage with entertainment, on-board retail and destination services via their mobile device or laptop. Via these devices, the passenger can stream video and audio files, play games, read publications, review city guides and view a live moving map. They can also review and purchase duty-free and snack-bar products and plan and book destination services.

“It is also aiding the optimisation of in-flight operations for crewmembers. Taking into consideration our client base, we have partnered with Inflight Dublin, who developed a bespoke wireless IFE system that addresses all our needs. In particular, the crew app is of big significance to us as it enables the crew to manage a variety of inflight services pre, during and post-flight!”

Everhub was launched on board of PrivatAir on 21^st of February 2017.