No Southwest Airlines seat-back displays? No problem. Bring your own device (laptop, tablet, or smartphone) and enjoy free access to 13 channels of live television on board Southwest’s 400 WiFi-enabled aircraft in exchange for sitting through a mere 30 seconds of pre-roll advertising. Beyond mile high video streaming, DISH and Southwest are further collaborating on the marketing front with a nationwide push – new DISH Hopper subscribers will receive 12,500 Rapid Reward points and an iPad 2.
(Sadly, Southwest retired their non-stop IAD-LAS route and we rarely have reason to fly them these days.)
In other travel tech news, looks like e-cigarettes are still being sorted.
Neat idea even if it is low on channel count (especially compared to JetBlue DirectTV and Virgin America Dish offerings). It doesn’t mention it but I assume it is browser based and won’t require an iOS/Android app to work (or flash type app for laptops).
In any case, while DirectTV on JetBlue used to be a my favorite option, these days, TiVo + kmttg + iPad are my entertainment option of choice today.
Strangely, I only seem to watch TV Land when I’m flying – “catching up” on The Jeffersons and such. On the rare occasions I plan ahead, I’ll load up a movie – often iTunes, but if TiVo Stream ever supports Android… But more often than not, I’ll simply relax with a Kindle book. And it looks like the powers that be are contemplating allowing Kindles to remain on during take off and landing.
http://gizmodo.com/you-can-watch-live-tv-in-flight-on-your-ipad-on-southwe-645198415 indicates iPad only.
Nope, they came up with that on their own… From the press release:
using iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®, or most other Internet-ready personal devices
Hmm, their press release clearly isn’t worded very well, because later on in the same press release, it says:
Clayton added: “Customers using DISH’s award-winning DISH AnywhereTM and Hopper TransfersTM apps on their iPad can watch all their live TV, DVR recordings and on-demand shows anywhere, anytime via Wi-Fi connection or Hopper Transfers. Now, on Southwest, they can use an iPad to watch free live TV and on-demand shows. It’s a perfect fit.”
so I can understand the confusion.
If its one of those Dish HAAAPER commercials, I think I’ll just listen to music.
I just got a Nook HD but can’t seem to get it to connect to the free Dish Tv on Southwest Airlines. anyone have any thoughts on this matter? BTW-I have the 8G with an 8G microSD card in, Not sure if this has anything to do with not getting it or not.?