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WhereverTV

WhereverTV is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand WhereverTV rather than just read about it. In short: WhereverTV is an Over-the-top (OTT) internet television platform provider located in Fort Myers, Florida. The company delivers linear television programming to SmartTVs, digital media receivers, and mobile devices via the public internet.

Key takeaways

WhereverTV belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect WhereverTV to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of WhereverTV from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

WhereverTV is an Over-the-top (OTT) internet television platform provider located in Fort Myers, Florida. The company delivers linear television programming to SmartTVs, digital media receivers, and mobile devices via the public internet. The company has been providing access to free live-streaming TV channels over the internet since 2007 through its Global Interactive Program Guide 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. WhereverTV announced plans to launch two additional services for 2013: a software application aimed at managing US and international channels on portable and stationary internet-connected devices, and a traditional US-based subscription service. WhereverTV was created as an alternative to fixed location subscription services such as those offered by cable companies and satellite television providers. Subscribers can personalize their viewing choices and subscription services. The company provides both wireless television and hard-wired access to TV over the internet.

History 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. 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. Upon returning to the United States in 2006, he wrote the patent application for WhereverTV's core technology. To promote its Global Interactive Programme Guide concept, the Company wrote its own firmware to run on the popular open-source Neuros OSD hardware that was white-labeled and renamed The WhereverTV Receiver. The first public demonstration of the WhereverTV receiver was made on July 9, 2008, at the Consumer Electronics Association's 2008 SINOCES trade show 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, Poland, Israel, Brazil, and the Middle East.

Recognition WhereverTV was named to 2010 Always-on's On-Media 100, the Top 100 Private Companies that are pioneering the next generation advertising and marketing Internet services. The WhereverTV Receiver was named one of the 30 Most Innovative Products at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. WhereverTV's CEO was also invited to testify at a Federal Communications Commission hearing on Broadband and the Digital Future.

See also TV Everywhere Web television Over-the-top content Multi-screen video IPTV

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with WhereverTV

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what WhereverTV claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to WhereverTV before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about WhereverTV ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of WhereverTV

In research: WhereverTV appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses WhereverTV in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: WhereverTV is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies traded over-the-counter in the United States, Internet television channels, Streaming media systems, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for WhereverTV outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study WhereverTV in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what WhereverTV means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain WhereverTV out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is WhereverTV in simple terms?

Why does WhereverTV matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study WhereverTV?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on WhereverTV.