American Airlines In-Flight Entertainment Now From NBCU

American Airlines' in-flight entertainment has flown from CBS to NBCU.

According to NBCU, it will start providing content to the airline starting March 1. The deal includes four exclusive 90-minute shows per month and replaces the CBS Eye on American lineup.

Shows will be drawn from NBC, USA, Sci FI, Oxygen, CNBC, MSNBC, Universal Pictures, and NBC News and Sports.

The programming will be on overheads, seat-backs and, where possible, portable entertainment devices.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.