LiveTV to develop aviation antenna based on Iridium OpenPort

LiveTV and Iridium Communications have entered into an agreement to develop an aviation antenna based on the Iridium OpenPort high-speed communications service, which launched in the maritime market in 2008. LiveTV is displaying a prototype of the antenna, developed for a LiveTV Iridium OpenPort-based system enabling cockpit-to-cabin connectivity services this week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2010 in Hamburg, Germany.