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News brief: Harry Sloan’s Global Eagle makes $36m in-flight deal

Global Eagle Entertainment has acquired another in-flight entertainment business, buying IFE Services for US$36 million. Global Eagle is run by former MGM and SBS boss Harry Sloan (pictured) and has already bought in-flight content businesses Row 44 and Frankfurt-listed Advanced Inflight Alliance (AIA) for US$400 million. The business it has just bought, IFE, provides content […]

Jeff Sagansky and Harry Sloan firm buys $400m in-flight business

Global Eagle, the media investment company run by Harry Sloane and Jeff Sagansky, has bought two in-flight entertainment businesses for $430 million. It has inked a deal for Row 44 and Frankfurt-listed Advanced Inflight Alliance (AIA) with the aim of creating the world’s largest in-flight entertainment operation. AIA supplies TV and movies as well as […]

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