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About Airwavz.tv

We build the tools that help broadcasters and engineers receive, measure and verify television signals, with or without cell, internet, Wi-Fi or satellite service.

John Casey holding the Airwavz CES Award for Quarterback
John Casey displays the Airwavz CES Award for Quarterback® in the category “Wireless Handset Accessories,” January 2017.

Who we are

Bonnie Beeman and John B. Casey founded Airwavz.tv in May 2015, and the company received a patent for its award-winning Quarterback® in 2016. Airwavz Inc., doing business as Airwavz.tv™, is a C Corporation registered in Washington State, with satellite offices in Arizona and New York. Our flagship software is TvXplorer™ v3, and our flagship hardware is RedZone Receiver™.

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Quarterback picks up live TV straight from TV towers. No cellular, Wi-Fi or cable subscriptions needed.
Quarterback® picks up live TV straight from TV towers. No cellular, Wi-Fi or cable subscriptions needed.

Quarterback® is a patented digital TV receiver and antenna smartphone accessory—an award-winning ATSC 1.0 and 3.0 receiver. It gives anyone with a smartphone access to over-the-air TV channels 2 through 36 straight from the tower, even with no cellular, internet, Wi-Fi, or satellite service. Airwavz originally researched, designed, and developed Quarterback as a consumer ATSC 3.0 mobile phone case with an extra battery, kickstand, and built-in TV antenna. Quarterback received multiple awards, including the CES 2017 Mobile award. Airwavz.tv is the first and only company to design and patent a receiver like it.

Why we started

The idea for Quarterback began during Bonnie’s studies at MIT between 2012 and 2014, when three events in Cambridge knocked out mobile phone service: Hurricane Sandy, Winter Storm Nemo, and the Boston Marathon bombings. Ms. Beeman set out to design a resilient, scalable, and affordable broadcast TV receiver for smartphones—one that doesn’t depend on wireless or mobile infrastructure.

RedZone Receiver™ and the road to ATSC 3.0

RedZone Receiver™ is Airwavz’s first enterprise ATSC 3.0 TV receiver. It is built for the new ATSC 3.0 standard—known to consumers as NextGen TV—actively being deployed across the United States.

RedZone Receiver and its accompanying SDK form a suite of professional products for RF field engineers, technical TV executives, and field personnel launching this new broadcast technology. Visit the shop to see current products.

Our mission

Backed by Ms. Beeman, Airwavz.tv is working to give professionals and consumers unfettered access to highly prized television channels 2 through 36 on portable and mobile devices—and to bring millions of NextGen TV viewers onto the new ATSC 3.0 all-IP broadcast network.