Say Hello to American’s Shiny New IFE

American Airlines is the first airline to unveil a new offering in the inflight entertainment (IFE) space - streaming video. The service, Gogo Vision, uses a server onboard the aircraft to stream television shows and movies to portable devices through a Wi-Fi network.

The concept, of course, sounds very exciting, but unfortunately you'll have to pay up. TV shows start at $0.99, while moves will set you back at least $3.99.

So far, the new service is only available on American's 767-200s, which primarily fly from JFK to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The carrier has said, however, that the service will be rolled out to all of its mainline aircraft equipped with Gogo's inflihgt Wi-Fi service.

Here's a video explaining the new service: