Free Fly-Fi broadband internet will enable
unlimited instant entertainment from Amazon
JetBlue is the first airline to build online
streaming video into the inflight entertainment experience
Amazon Prime members will have instant access
to tens of thousands of titles available on Prime Instant Video
over free Fly-Fi at no additional cost to their membership
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) today announced
that they will bring unlimited, on-demand entertainment to airline
travel later this year through JetBlue’s free high-speed Fly-Fi
broadband internet, the industry’s fastest complimentary inflight
internet service, to create an unmatched entertainment experience
in the sky.
The collaboration will enable Fly-Fi for Amazon Prime members to
instantly access tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes,
including exclusive Amazon Original Series such as Transparent,
Mozart in the Jungle and Bosch, at no additional cost to their
membership. In addition, all JetBlue customers will be able to rent
or purchase hundreds of thousands of titles in the Amazon Instant
Video store, including new-release movies and day-after TV
programming, over the free broadband internet.
“We want to provide the best digital video experience to our
customers and we’re excited that, with JetBlue, we will raise the
bar in airline entertainment,” said Michael Paull, Vice President
of Digital Video at Amazon. “We’re thrilled that Fly-Fi technology
will give Prime members and customers unlimited, on-demand access
to the full catalog of titles from Amazon’s digital video library
while they’re in the sky—without the need to rush to download one
more episode or movie before taking off, we’re helping make airline
travel more enjoyable.”
Fly-Fi uses satellite technology to give customers internet
speeds that feel like what they have at home or work. Amazon and
JetBlue worked together to ensure that the inflight entertainment
system met the premium experience expected by customers when
streaming movies and TV episodes from Amazon. Access to Amazon’s
entertainment library will be built into the JetBlue Fly-Fi Hub,
giving customers instant access to watch titles from Amazon on
their laptops, Fire devices, iPhones, iPads and Android phones and
tablets—no pre-flight download needed. JetBlue’s free Fly-Fi
broadband internet will be available on all of JetBlue’s Airbus
A321 and A320 aircraft this year, and on JetBlue’s Embraer
E190 aircraft in 2016.
“Just like at home, customers will be able to access movies and
TV shows from Amazon from 35,000 feet in the sky over our
super-fast and free Fly-Fi,” said Jamie Perry, Vice President,
Brand and Product Development, JetBlue. “Amazon’s customer focus
aligns perfectly with the experience we have created for our
customers, including the best inflight entertainment, free
unlimited snacks and beverages, lots of personal space with the
most legroom in coach, and wide, comfortable seating. By teaming up
with a category-leader like Amazon, we created a unique model where
we can offer complimentary broadband internet access.”
Prime members will be able to instantly stream binge-worthy
Amazon Original Series, including the Golden Globe award-winning
series Transparent, the hour-long police drama Bosch, and the Jason
Schwartzman and Roman Coppola comedy, Mozart in the Jungle, in
addition to original kids series such as the Emmy and Annie
award-winning series Tumble Leaf and the Emmy-nominated live-action
series Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street. They can also enjoy
top network series available on Prime Instant Video such as The
Americans, Downton Abbey, Justified, The Good Wife, Grimm, Mr.
Selfridge, Orphan Black, Sons of Anarchy, Suits, Veronica Mars, and
Vikings.
On top of unlimited instant access to movies and TV episodes,
Amazon Prime members will be able to access and listen to more than
one million songs available on Prime Music. All JetBlue customers
will be able to purchase and download songs from the Amazon Music
store, eBooks from the Kindle store, and apps and games from the
Amazon Appstore and earn TrueBlue points when they shop specific
categories on Amazon over the free Fly-Fi broadband internet while
inflight or through JetBlue promotions.
JetBlue, which was founded on the idea of bringing humanity back
to air travel, continues to innovate to offer the best onboard
experience at a low cost, including a multi-screen entertainment
experience with seatback entertainment, streaming content, and free
Fly-Fi broadband internet.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The
company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire
tablets, and Fire TV are some of the products and services
pioneered by Amazon.
About Prime Instant Video
Amazon Prime members have instant access to stream tens of
thousands of movies and TV episodes, including award-winning Amazon
Original Series, available on Prime Instant Video at no additional
cost to their membership. In addition, new release movies like Gone
Girl, Boyhood and Birdman as well as classics like the Star Wars
saga along with in-season shows like The Walking Dead, Scandal and
Better Call Saul are also available for rent or purchase on Amazon
Instant Video for all customers to stream and enjoy.
Customers can watch shows and movies with the Amazon Instant
Video app. The Amazon Instant Video app is available on hundreds of
devices including connected TVs, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Xbox
and PlayStation, as well as on mobile devices like Fire phone, Fire
tablets, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. Customers can also
watch online at Amazon.com/PIV. Prime Instant Video is also
the only U.S. online-only subscription streaming service that
enables offline viewing—on a plane, on vacation, and anywhere else
where you may not have Wi-Fi.
Amazon Prime members have exclusive access to popular TV series
at no additional cost to their membership. Prime members can enjoy
binge-worthy TV shows including Amazon Original Series airing now
such as multi-Golden Globe-winning series Transparent, the
hour-long drama Bosch, based on Michael Connelly’s
best-selling books, the Roman Coppola and Jason
Schwartzman comedy, Mozart in the Jungle, and
the political comedy starring John Goodman, Alpha House,
in addition to HBO favorites like The Sopranos, True
Blood and Six Feet Under, and popular primetime series
including 24, Covert Affairs, Downton Abbey, Extant, Falling
Skies, Grimm, Hannibal, Justified, Orphan Black, Teen Wolf, The
Americans, Under the Dome and Veronica Mars. Prime
members also have access to an exclusive collection of kids shows
now airing including Amazon Original Series’ Annedroids,
Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street and the Annecy, Annie
and multi-Emmy Award-winning Tumble Leaf from Bix Pix
Entertainment, as well as popular shows
from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. including SpongeBob
SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Team
Umizoomi, Blue’s Clues and The Bubble Guppies.
In addition to tens of thousands of titles to instantly stream,
the Amazon Prime membership (www.amazon.com/primevideo) includes
one million songs and hundreds of playlists with Prime Music,
unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items,
early access to select Lightning Deals, unlimited photo storage,
and access to more than 800,000 books all for $99 a
year.
Comprehensive cast and crew information, including bios and
filmographies, is available on Amazon's IMDb
(www.imdb.com), the world’s most popular and authoritative source
for movie, TV and celebrity content.
About JetBlue Airways
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline™, and a leading carrier
in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach),
Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 32 million
customers a year to 88 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin
America with an average of 875 daily flights. Upcoming destinations
include: Reno-Tahoe, Nev., on May 28; Grenada on June 11, 2015; and
Albany, N.Y., on Dec. 10. For more information please visit
JetBlue.com.
Amazon.com, Inc.Media Hotline,
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