Virgin inks deal with BoingBoing

BoingBoing is joining the mile high club. Boing Boing TV, a new venture borne from the popular BoingBoing.net technology blog, will be available to all passengers on Virgin America airline flights beginning next month.

The budget airline, based in San Francisco and a member of the Virgin Group, announced Friday it has an exclusive relationship to deliver in-flight daily video reports “with the same irreverent and eclectic content” that’s made BoingBoing.net a popular blog. Boing Boing editors Xeni Jardin and Mark Frauenfelder will host the three-to-five minute video reports.

“By offering Boing Boing TV’s unique brand of content to Virgin America flyers, even before we begin offering broadband on our flights in 2008, we are unveiling a completely new inflight entertainment experience,” said Charles Ogilvie, Virgin America’s director of inflight entertainment, in a statement. “This exclusive partnership with BoingBoing TV will deliver high-quality video entertainment with a twist, just like what you would expect from Virgin America.”

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