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'''WhereverTV''' is an [[Over-the-top content|Over -the Top-top]] (OTT) internet television platform provider located in [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]], Florida. The company delivers linear television programming to [[SmartTV]]s, [[digital media receiver]]s, and [[TabletMobile computerdevice|tabletsmobile devices]] via the public [[Internetinternet]].

The company has been providing access to free live -streaming TV channels over the internet since 2007 through its Global Interactive [[Electronic program guide|Program Guide (officially trademarked as ''Global IPG'')]] internet TV software, allowing registered users to watch TV online. In 2011, the company began selling subscription services for live television from Morocco and Greece. In 2013, it began selling Arabic TV subscriptions.<ref name=RapidTV_Arabic>{{cite web |url=http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2013030626668/wherevertv-expands-arabictv-ott-streaming-package-in-us.html |title=WhereverTV launches OTT Arabic TV for Europe, Americas |author=Rebecca Hawkes|date=15 May 2013 |publisher=RapidTV News}}</ref> WhereverTV announced plans to launch two additional services for 2013: a software application aimed at managing US and international channels toon portable and stationary internet -connected devices, and a traditional US -based subscription service.

WhereverTV iswas created as an alternative to fixed location subscription services such as those offered by cable companies and satellite television providers. Subscribers are able tocan personalize their viewing choices, and subscription services and watch from any location that has Internet access. The company provides both wireless television and hard-wired accessibilityaccess to TV onover the internet.<ref name=WhereverTVPBT>{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/innovation/2013/04/wherevertv-now-on-apple-devices.html |title=WhereverTV now on Apple |author=Malia Spencer |date=23 April 2013 |publisher=Pittsburgh Business Times}}</ref>

The concept for what was to become WhereverTV was created by Mark Cavicchia while he was living in [[Shanghai]], China, after becoming frustrated with the complexities of trying to stream the 2005 [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]] tournament live on [[AOL]] by connecting his laptop to a big-screen television. He decided to create a portable channel guide that would work across devices and geographies and allow users to organize and watch TV online anywhere in the world.<ref name=PopCity_2008>{{cite web |url=http://www.popcitymedia.com/innovationnews/wherevertv0507.aspx |title=WhereverTV offers international programs wherever you go |author=Debra Smit |date=7 May 2008 |publisher=[[Pop City Media]] |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> Upon returning to the United States in 2006, he wrote the patent application for WhereverTV's core technology.

To promote its Global Interactive ProgramProgramme Guide concept, the Company wrote its own firmware to run on the popular open-source [[Neuros]] OSD hardware that was white-labelledlabeled and renamed The WhereverTV Receiver.<ref name=NYT_Review>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2008/10/31/31gigaom-the-world-is-enough-with-wherevertv-10913.html |title=The World Is Enough with WhereverTV |author=Liane Cassovoy |date=31 October 2008 |publisher=GigaOM |accessdate=16 May 2013}}</ref> The first public demonstration of the WherverTVWhereverTV Receiverreceiver was made on 9 July 9, 2008, at the [[Consumer Electronics Association]]'s 2008 SINOCES trade show<ref name=SohuQingdao>{{cite web |url=http://it.sohu.com/20080710/n258056221.shtml |title=看遍天下电视 WhereverTV机顶盒国内前途未卜 |author=Sohu Digital |date=9 July 2008 |publisher=sohu.com |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=HC360.com>{{cite web |url=http://news.homea.hc360.com/2008/07/092325399825.shtml |title=SINOCES第一款新品亮相：Wherever TV |author=Dena Li |date=9 July 2008 |publisher=HC360.com |accessdate=16 May 2013}}</ref> in [[Qingdao]], China. Subsequently, the WhereverTV Receiver debuted at the 2009 [[International CES]] trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it was covered by media outlets around the world, including the US,<ref name=InternetTVAlmost>{{cite web |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/tools-toys/internet-tv-almost-ready-for-prime-time/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704024528/http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/tools-toys/internet-tv-almost-ready-for-prime-time/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |title=Internet TV Almost Ready for Prime Time |author=Jonathan B. Spira |date=July 2011 |publisher=IEEE Spectrum Magazine |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref> Poland,<ref name=WhereverTVPoland>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcformat.pl/News-CES-2009---WhereverTV-ulubione-kanaly-gdziekolwiek-jestes,n,2767 |title=CES 2009 - WhereverTV, ulubione kanały gdziekolwiek jesteś |author=Agnieszka Serafinowicz |date=6 January 2009 |publisher=pcformat.pl |accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> Israel,<ref name=WhereverTVIsrael>{{cite web |url=http://tech.walla.co.il/?w=/4003/1316889 |title=גאדג'ט היום: Wherever TV |author=Didi Chanoch |date=8 August 2008 |publisher=walla.co.il |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref> Brazil,<ref name=WhereverTVBrazil>{{cite web |url=http://www.observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/news/view/o-estado-de-s-paulo--37651 |title=A incrível diversidade da eletrônica digital |author=Ethevaldo Siqueira |date=9 January 2009 |publisher=observatoriodaimprensa.com.br |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref> and the Middle East.<ref name=ArabNews>{{cite web |url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/320130 |title=Cool Tools |author=Arab News |date=20 January 2010 |publisher=arabnews.com |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref>