Alitalia, Interactive Flight Technologies deal takes flight.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1995--Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : FLYTU), announced today it has signed an agreement with Alitalia, Italy's largest airline, to supply video-on-demand in-flight entertainment In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. After World War II commercial aviation flights became a daily event in which entertainment was requested by passengers to help the time pass. networks for the carrier's first/business class passengers. The arrangement calls for IFT IFT Institute of Food Technologists IFT Institut für Fenstertechnik (German: Institute for Window Technology) IFT Illinois Federation of Teachers IFT Integrated Flight Test IFT Interfacial Tension IFT Institute for Tropospheric Research to run an initial test in July, and upon successful completion, Alitalia will expand the service to additional MD-11 aircraft. Alitalia thus becomes the first and only airline to offer digitized movies to its passengers. IFT's system, using state-of-th-art hardware and software designs, is the only system to offer true video on-demand. Passengers can choose from up to 30 features, select the feature's start time, and even pause their selection at any time. "We are delighted to have the opportunity to have come to an agreement with a carrier as significant as Alitalia," commented Steve Fieldman, IFT's Vice President of Business and Development. "For IFT, it is an opportunity to get our system off the ground...in more ways than one. Once up and operational, this agreement will also serve to demonstrate the tremendous advantages our entertainment system can offer other carriers." IFT's system is the first of its kind, eclipsing previous attempts by other manufacturers in the "per-passenger" entertainment center arena, The system offered by IFT is revolutionary, as evidenced by its large 9.5 inch color touch screens. Unlike the first generation of in-flight "personal entertainment" units, the IFEN offers an eye-pleasing resolution of 640 dots by 480 dots -- twice the size of other, less sophisticated units available from other manufacturers. CONTACT: Interactive Flight Technologies Steven Fieldman, 201/567-7007 or Ruder-Finn, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Michael Feldman
Michael Feldman (born 1949) is the host of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, a radio program distributed by Public Radio International. His announcer, Jim Packard, refers to him as "The Sage of Wisconsin. , Media Contact, 212/715-1624 Bob Ferris Robert Eugene Ferris (born May 7, 1955 in Arlington, Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'6", 225 lb. right-hander was drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft, and he played for the Angels in 1979 and 1980. , Financial Community, 212/715-1573 |
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