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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Steger Ronald   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. [ENT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 6100 CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1020 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/21/2017 (Street) LOS ANGELES, CA 90045 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock (1) 12/21/2017   A   3,227 A $ 0 3,227 D   Common Stock (2) 12/21/2017   A   31,152 A $ 0 34,379 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option Right to Buy (3)

$ 3.21

12/21/2017

A

7,395

12/21/2017

12/21/2024

Common Stock

7,395

$ 0

7,395

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Steger Ronald 6100 CENTER DRIVE SUITE 1020 LOS ANGELES, CA 90045	X

Signatures

/s/ Colleen Brooks, Attorney-in-Fact		12/26/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These shares (which were granted as restricted stock units) were backlog "stub" grants for director service from April 17, 2017 (the date the Reporting Person Joined our Board of Directors) through the 2017 annual stockholders' meeting, and became fully vested on December 21, 2017 (the date of the Issuer's 2017 annual stockholders' meeting).
(2)	These shares were granted as restricted stock units, and will vest in full on the earlier of (i) June 26, 2018 and (ii) the date of the Issuer's 2018 annual stockholders' meeting, subject to continuous service through the vesting date.
(3)	These stock options were backlog "stub" grants for director service from April 17, 2017 (the date the Reporting Person joined our Board of Directors) through the 2017 annual stockholders' meeting, and were fully vested on December 21, 2017 (the date of the Issuer's 2017 annual stockholders' meeting).
Remarks: The grants in this Form 4 are "backlog grants" promised to the Reporting Person earlier in 2017, the issuance of which was subject to stockholder approval of our new 2017 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan.  Our stockholders approved the new Plan on December 21, 2017.  We described this grant in our Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2017.

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