AIRIA, a venture of London-based Inmarsat Ventures, is moving ahead with plans to deliver live television services onboard aircraft.

The latest step involved the delivery of transmission equipment for use at Telenor Satellite Services‘ Southbury, Conn.-based land earth station. The plan by AIRIA is to provide live television globally without launching new satellites or installing costly antennae onboard aircraft by transmitting multimedia signals via the Telenor earth stations to in-orbit Inmarsat satellites. Inmarsat’s satellite network and the Inmarsat Aero H/H+ antenna already onboard most modern long-haul airliners would be used to provide the service.