Exhibit 24.1

                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                      FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


       The undersigned constitutes and appoints Stephen Chu, Colleen Brooks,
Joel Rubinstein, Elliott Smith, Daniel Nussen and Lola Olawole-Anjorin, or any
of them acting singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, to:

       1.  prepare, sign, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the " SEC ") on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (" EDGAR
") Filer Management website a Form ID application, including any amendments and
exhibits thereto, and any other related documents as may be necessary or
appropriate, to obtain from the SEC access codes to permit filing on the SEC's
EDGAR system, granting unto said attorneys-in- fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as required by any rule or regulation of the SEC and
the EDGAR Filer Manual as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof; and

       2.  sign any and all SEC statements of beneficial ownership of securities
of Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (the " Company ") on Schedule 13D as required
under Section 13 and Forms 3, 4 and 5 as required under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any amendments thereto, and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the SEC, the Company and any stock exchange on which any of the
Company's securities are listed, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done under said Section 13 and Section
16(a), as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

       A copy of this limited power of attorney shall be filed with the SEC.
This limited power of attorney replaces any and all previous powers of attorney
filed with the SEC.  This limited power of attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until it is revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, or if it is superseded by a new limited
power of attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein.

        The authority granted hereby shall in no event be deemed to impose or
create any duty on behalf of the attorneys-in-fact with respect to the
undersigned's obligations to file a Form ID, Schedule 13Ds and Forms 3, 4 and 5
with the SEC.


Dated:  September 19, 2016

                                               /s/ Stephen Ballas
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                                               Stephen Ballas