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Zambian content showing on Emirates ice

Lusaka, Zambia – 13 May 2024: Having recently been crowned the global winner of the ‘Best Inflight Entertainment Award’ in airline ratings 2024, Emirates’ whopping 6,500 channels of high quality and acclaimed content makes it the world’s largest entertainment library in the sky and showcases diverse content from around the world – including Zambia. 

Movie fans can look out for On Canvas, a Zambian movie directed by Raphael Nyirenda about a young, gifted painter who aspires to become a celebrated artist whose work is admired across the globe. However, his once burning ambition plays second fiddle when he meets a young woman, and his passion is ignited. He is then faced with a life-changing decision to sacrifice his dream of artistic success or pursue the love of his life? 

Passengers can also enjoy other top notch African productions from across the content including Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya and South Africa.  

Customers on Emirates direct flights from Lusaka to Dubai and Harare can curate their own ice experience before their flight using the Emirates App by simply browsing and pre-selecting movies or TV shows on the app, which can then be synced to ice the moment they board, maximising the seamless travel experience. 

Emirates inflight entertainment journey began almost 30 years ago, when it was one of the first airlines to introduce seat-back videos for economy-class passengers. Emirates is also committed to setting industry standards and accessibility for people of determination and was the first airline in the world to introduce Audio Descriptive soundtracks and Closed Captions on movies on an inflight entertainment system.  

Customers enjoying Emirates flights can access a world-class entertainment library of 6,500 channels which includes; 

• More than 2,000 Hollywood and internationally acclaimed movies including 2024 Academy Award® winning films. 
• Hundreds of complete TV series and full box sets including the latest shows from leading streaming platforms and media brands such as HBO Max, Discovery+, BBC, Bloomberg Originals and Shahid. 
• Over 200 documentary movies and popular TV docu-series. 
• More than 150 Arabic movies and TV shows including a dedicated collection of Emirati movies. 
• More than 300 Bollywood and South Asian movies and TV shows in 13 languages. 
• Global cinema in over 50 languages with more than 600 international movies from across Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. 
• Over 300 movies with ‘Closed Captions’ and 140 movies with ‘Audio Description’, offering accessibility to the visually impaired. 
• Emirates headphones are provided to customers in all cabin classes, including premium Bowers & Wilkins E1 headphones in First Class, created by the renowned British sound experts exclusively for Emirates, using noise cancelling technology to block out ambient cabin sounds and deliver the cleanest output. 
• Specially designed Emirates headphones for kids’ comfort. 

• Emirates headphones are also compatible with hearing aids when set to the ‘T’ position. 
• A music library of over 3,500 albums and curated playlists. 
• 5 channels of live TV, including 3 news channels and two channels with live sports coverage. 
• Over 250 dedicated kids and family channels including dozens of shows for pre-school kids. 
• Happiness, wellbeing and self-development content including brands such as LinkedIn Learning and Mindvalley. 
• Podcasts and audiobooks including Emirates World, dedicated to highlighting the destination of Dubai and engaging with global thought leaders. 
• An inflight airshow capability that allows customers to follow their flight’s progress on a moving map, and see the world from 40,000ft through external cameras. 
• Emirates Skywards members can enjoy free connectivity to Wi-Fi onboard. 

Passengers can also enjoy other top notch African productions from across the content including Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya and South Africa. 

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About Emirates
The Emirates story started in 1985 when we launched operations with just two aircraft. Today, we fly the world’s biggest fleets of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s, offering our customers the comforts of the latest and most efficient wide-body aircraft in the skies.
We inspire travellers around the world with our growing network of worldwide destinations, industry leading inflight entertainment, regionally inspired cuisine, and world-class service.
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