Continental Airlines will join the roster of carriers offering live television and wireless connectivity inflight, announcing on Jan. 29 an agreement with JetBlue Airways subsidiary LiveTV to provide 36 channels of DirecTV at "every seat" of CO's 737NGs and 757-300s and inflight Wi-Fi services beginning in January 2009.

First Class customers will receive the television service free while Economy Class passengers will be charged US$6. Wi-Fi service featuring e-mail and instant messaging will be free and is similar to the BetaBlue product debuted by JetBlue last month.