issed a soap or an important cricket match, because of a flight journey? That will not happen this year as Kingfisher Airlines brings Dish TV on board its flights. The two have tied up to launch LIVE TV on flights. But how exactly does this work?

Jawahar Goel, managing director, Dish TV, explains, "Every aircraft would be fitted with micro blade three-axis mobile dishes that will receive content from our satellite which is at 32,000 km. Dish TV will provide all the equipment and the retrofitting will be done by the airline." Kingfisher Airlines officials say that the aircraft will be fitted with multiple set top boxes - called CAM which provide the digital feed to the aircraft. ... more