<s>
InstantTV	B-Device
is	O
a	O
cloud	O
software	O
digital	B-Application
video	I-Application
recorder	I-Application
(	O
DVR	O
)	O
operated	O
by	O
RecordTV	O
Pte	O
Ltd	O
based	O
in	O
Singapore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Carlos	O
Nicholas	O
Fernandes	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
previously	O
offered	O
services	O
as	O
RecordTV.com	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
RecordTV.com	B-Device
was	O
originally	O
a	O
US-based	O
company	O
that	O
provided	O
cloud-based	O
recording	O
of	O
any	O
and	O
all	O
cable	O
TV	O
channels	O
its	O
founder	O
,	O
David	O
Simon	O
,	O
had	O
subscribed	O
to	O
,	O
by	O
any	O
user	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fernandes	O
purchased	O
the	O
assets	O
of	O
RecordTV.com	B-Device
from	O
Simon	O
,	O
but	O
then	O
invented	O
(	O
and	O
patented	O
)	O
"	O
A	O
System	O
and	O
Method	O
for	O
recording	O
television	O
and/or	O
radio	O
programmes	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
the	O
RecordTV.com	B-Device
service	O
was	O
restricted	O
to	O
Singapore	O
users	O
alone	O
and	O
users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
record	O
only	O
Singapore	O
Free-to-Air	O
content	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
broadcast	O
by	O
Singapore	O
's	O
state-owned	O
broadcaster	O
,	O
MediaCorp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
thereafter	O
,	O
on	O
24	O
July	O
2017	O
and	O
27	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
RecordTV.com	B-Device
received	O
two	O
cease	O
and	O
desist	O
letters	O
alleging	O
infringement	O
by	O
MediaCorp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
legal	O
issues	O
that	O
arose	O
was	O
whether	O
RecordTV.com	B-Device
was	O
recording	O
content	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
its	O
users	O
or	O
whether	O
the	O
users	O
were	O
using	O
RecordTV.com	B-Device
to	O
record	O
TV	O
shows	O
they	O
would	O
otherwise	O
be	O
entitled	O
to	O
see	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
RecordTV	O
launched	O
an	O
app	O
called	O
InstantTV	B-Device
that	O
targeted	O
the	O
global	O
market	O
,	O
including	O
free	O
channels	O
for	O
Thailand	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
Indonesia	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
InstantTV	B-Device
app	O
on	O
the	O
Android	O
Play	O
Store	O
went	O
from	O
10,000	O
installs	O
on	O
4	O
November	O
2014	O
to	O
100,000	O
installs	O
-	O
a	O
1000%	O
increase	O
by	O
3	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
in	O
7	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
