EMIRATES is to introduce next month a new $8m ICE (information, communication and entertainment) system featuring 100 movies and 50 TV channels on demand, 350-plus audio channels and 40 in-flight games, initially on Airbus A340-500 aircraft operating non-stop from Dubai to Sydney. The Dubai-based carrier is launching, what is claimed to be the industry's most sophisticated on-demand video and audio system making it the first to show BBC World news updates live in-flight, and the first to give travellers wanting to stay in touch with home or office a means to send and receive email and text messages from any seat for just $1 a time. The awesome audio choice includes UK No. 1 hits from every week since the Top 10 was first published on 14 November 1952, 50-plus channels of Arabic, Japanese and world music, a giant selection of albums, 70 hours of classical concertos, operas and symphonies and 10 entire talking books. The sophisticated system allows users to start, stop and replay films or music at will. And if you are still bored you can phone home for $5 per minute.
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