Telemundo On Air @ JetBlue.

JetBlue Airways, DIRECTV Inc., and NBC announced that Telemundo will be the first Spanish-language networks ever to air live inflight on a commercial airline aboard JetBlue.

“With our latest expansion to Puerto Rico and growing operations in New York, Southern California and Florida, I’m thrilled that we are now able to offer Spanish-language entertainment for our customers” said David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue. “Telemundo, and up to 23 channels of English-language entertainment, will be provided free of charge.”

“We couldn’t be more pleased to add WNBC and Telemundo to the channel offerings on board JetBlue Airways via our partnership with DIRECTV,” said David Zaslav, President, NBC Cable. “In addition to CNBC and MSNBC, passengers will now have access to NBC’s quality programming and all of their `Must See TV’ favorites as well as the hit Spanish language shows on Telemundo.”