The importance of an effective GUI for AVOD systems

Many of the world’s leading airlines include seat-back screens as standard to allow passengers to watch movies, enjoy TV shows, play games and listen to music during their journey. More and more, customers expect their own personal screen with a broad and diverse selection of entertainment content to help them wind down the hours.

More modern seat-back systems offer audio and visual content on demand (AVOD). These systems all need a well designed and clear graphical user interface (GUI) that allows passengers to easily navigate to the entertainment content they wish to view during their journey.

IFE Services has many years of experience designing GUIs for airline IFE systems from all the major manufacturers including:

Panasonic: Series 2000, Series 3000, Series 3000i, eFX, eX2, DMPES

Thales: i4000, i4500, i5000

Rockwell Collins: Paves, DPaves, Passport

All GUIs must be designed with the passenger firmly in mind so that they can easily find the content they're looking for. The interface must be intuitive and straightforward to use with a philosophy of ‘3 clicks maximum’ to any destination.

The GUI needs to be designed to reflect the corporate identity of the airline so brand guidelines must be strictly adhered to. IFE Services has developed many visually striking GUIs over the years for airlines all over the world.

Languages are a key consideration to enable the vast majority of passengers to easily use the GUI with little requirement to seek cabin crew assistance.

As well as the usual selection of movies, TV shows, games and audio channels, consideration needs to be given to how other products and services will be promoted using the GUI such as duty-free goods, refreshments and new routes.

IFE Services ensures that each GUI is beautifully designed and completely bespoke to differentiate your airline from the competition.

We will source films to fit your budget, manage the media so it is delivered on time to the right location and ensure you are able to seamlessly maintain your fleet’s in-flight entertainment schedule.

Our highly skilled and dedicated AVOD team is versed in many different hardware systems and will ensure a smooth path from content supplier to passenger screen.

Whatever you're looking for from your in-flight entertainment, IFE Services can help you.