LiveTV was a major provider of airline in-flight entertainment systems. Originally a joint venture of Harris Corporation and BE Aerospace (BE Aerospace's interest subsequently sold to Thales Group), it was a wholly owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways Corporation from its acquisition in 2002 until its sale to Thales in 2014. It had its headquarters in Melbourne, Florida.
The company was one of the "big four" manufacturers of in-flight entertainment systems, along with Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Thales Group, and Rockwell Collins.
History
Harris corporation developed a concept to provide live television to aircraft via satellite relay and subsequently patented the approach. In 1992 Harris contacted In-Flight Phone to explore the opportunity for commercial aircraft. In-Flight Phone contracted Harris to develop a concept demonstration for an ATG system to deliver live radio to commercial aircraft leveraging in-Flight Phone's experimental license. After completing this demonstration, In-Flight Phone contracted Harris to develop a satellite based Live TV system. When in-Flight Phone declared bankruptcy, Harris was a creditor with 50% of the development cost ~4.5 million dollars unpaid.