Two companies say they will unveil new IFE systems just before or during the four-day show, which opens on September 20, while a third has given preliminary details of a new product and might reveal more in the course of the event.

Californian-based IMS plans to announce a new version of its PEA handheld on the eve of WAEA. British company Phantom Media says it will be showing an embedded audio/video-on-demand system called Bluebox. And e.Digital, best known for its work on APS/Wencor’s market-leading digEplayer handheld, has just announced that it is developing a system of its own under the label DVAP (digital video/audio technology platform).

The two companies are IMS and Phantom Media. The third which has ``given preliminary details`` is Edigital.

The digePlayer is a DVAP based product. DVAP itself is not a product, it`s a platform. It just doesn`t make sense.