Panasonic Projector & Display Corporation has acquired 100 per cent of the issued shares of UK-based media technology company Hive Media Control, strengthening its capabilities in media playback and control for immersive and fixed-installation environments. The acquisition marks a further step in Panasonic’s evolution from a hardware-led manufacturer into a broader visual solutions ecosystem provider, […]
Data from measurement specialists Ookla says that SpaceX’s Starlink broadband service has captured almost half (47.8 per cent) of all commercial airline connectivity traffic during Q4 2025. Viasat (25.1 per cent) and Panasonic Avionics (12.8 per cent) held the second and third largest share. Inmarsat and Intelsat were the next two largest providers according to […]
Astrova – a Panasonic Avionics seat-back solution for aircraft – has entered service with Air Canada on one of its Airbus A321 aircraft. The flag carrier of Canada is retro-fitting Astrova on 19 A321 aircraft with the IFE solution also being installed on an additional 67 of the carrier’s fleet across a number of aircraft […]
Panasonic Entertainment & Communication has announced a business partnership with Shenzhen Skyworth Display Technology, and its group companies. Under the agreement, Skyworth will lead sales, marketing and logistics, while Panasonic will its provide expertise and quality assurance to uphold its renowned audiovisual standards with full joint development on Top End OLED models. Furthermore, Effective April […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), together with the Video Services Forum (VSF), the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), has announced that 48 products were officially certified to the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) standard at the recent IPMX Product Testing and Certification Event in Geneva, Switzerland. The […]
Panasonic Avionics, a supplier of in-flight engagement and connectivity (IFEC) solutions, announced at the Singapore Airshow a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shanghai Spacesail Technologies (Spacesail) to explore opportunities to add Spacesail’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to Panasonic Avionics’ IFC global network. The MOU allows the parties to immediately begin developing the plan […]
The Lufthansa group of airlines will start installing Starlink in–flight broadband kit this year across its complete fleet.The group, which also includes Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and Swiss, said the new Starlink service would start being installed on the first of its 850 aircraft later this year. Lufthansa says that the in–flight WiFi service […]
In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) has proven to be the hottest of hot topics in the satellite industry during 2025. Panasonic Avionics reports that its Astrova in-flight entertainment (IFE) system has now been selected by more than 30 airlines and is in use on more than 100 individual airline programmes. Other, older, Panasonic in-flight systems take the […]
Panasonic Avionics, a specialist in in-flight engagement and connectivity (IFEC), and Intellian Technologies, a provider of satellite communication antennas and ground gateway solutions have announced a new high-performance, cost-effective low earth orbit (LEO)-only terminal system designed to connect to Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO network. The new terminal system features Intellian’s new LEO-only aviation antenna, seamlessly integrating […]
Discover Airlines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, will be fitted with multi-orbit antennas on its long-haul aircraft and able to deliver broadband speeds of up to 200 Mb/s connection. Panasonic will start the installs this autumn and will use satellite capacity from Eutelsat’s OneWeb fleet. Discover Airlines is already offering Lufthansa’s FlyNet wifi on most of […]