The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. \u201cSo at the end of the day, like that intersection felt really compelling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cThis was a no brainer, really. What we knew was that when we looked at what customers enjoyed doing on while on board via the internet, the number one platform they were streaming was YouTube, and so we knew our customers love YouTube, and we knew we wanted to continue to elevate the experience for our customers,\u201d adds Julieta McCurry,\u00a0Delta\u2019s vp of Inflight entertainment and connectivity strategy. \u201cSo this partnership made a lot of sense, two leaders in each other\u2019s industries, really coming together to be able to create a really awesome experience for customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tPassengers will be able to use Delta\u2019s inflight Wifi to access YouTube on their personal devices, of course, but a curated selection of YouTube content will also be added to Delta\u2019s inflight entertainment system, accessible via seatback screens, beginning Sep. 25.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe opportunity that we had is to be able to allow our customers to discover creators or talent or content that maybe they haven\u2019t yet been able to discover on their own. It is such a vast library, it\u2019s really hard sometimes to understand what\u2019s out there and what might I enjoy,\u201d McCurry says. \u201cWe\u2019ll continue to understand and learn from this partnership and optimize right based on on where customers are leaning in and telling us that what they\u2019re enjoying.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI think about it as featured content, and we do this, obviously, in partnership with Delta, and we\u2019ll periodically update it,\u201d Quiroga says. \u201cIt\u2019s designed for premium and longform content in nature that\u2019s generally widely popular and suited for in flight viewing. And of course, because of the nature of the WiFi experience on the planes, on your actual device, you\u2019re able to stream all YouTube as well, so it gives you the mix of both.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tInflight entertainment has emerged as a surprisingly prime piece of real estate for media companies, but while some, like Peacock and Paramount+, may cut deals for exposure to their programming, YouTube isn\u2019t in need of such brand positioning.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOur point of view is, consumers want to have us wherever they need to be, and being in the air or being a part of this type of relationship, we just think makes a ton of sense for us, there\u2019s always something new to surprise and delight in the YouTube experience as well,\u201d Quiroga says. <\/p>\n
\n\tPart of that surprise and delight will come in October, when eligible passengers will be able to try out YouTube Premium, the service\u2019s ad-free subscription service, in a two week free trial. And a custom YouTube Music playlist will welcome passengers on board.<\/p>\n
\n\tMcCurry says that the playlist actually came about from an impromptu conversation between a YouTube Music executive and one of Delta\u2019s flight attendants. The YouTube exec mentioned the partnership to the flight attendant on a recent trip, \u201cand the flight attendant used this as an opportunity to connect with her entire crew, and wrote down a whole list of recommendations in terms of what the whole crew believed would be really great music for for our customers to play on board,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it also provided really great feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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