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Broadway by PCTV Systems
Watch live TV on your iPhone, iPad, Android device or PC or Mac – at home or around the world!
Get TV on your iOS® and Android® device – instantly!
Broadway is a small stand alone device which connects to your TV source (TV antenna, satellite dish or a cable set-top box) and sends live TV wirelessly to an Apple iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet or a PC or Mac. Live TV is transmitted by Broadway to your mobile device over your home Wi-Fi network or streamed over the Internet.
There are three Broadway models, for use with TV all over Europe
Broadway Triple HD 292
Broadway Triple HD 292 has a triple mode TV receiver that supports three TV formats: Freeview HD, Freeview and digital cable (DVB-C) transmission formats: one for Apple devices and one for devices which have Flash support.
Broadway HD-S2
Broadway HD-S2 contains one Freesat DVB-S / DVB-S2 receivers so you can watch live satellite TV on your mobile device.
Broadway TD
Broadway TD contains two Freeview DVB-T receivers so you can watch one TV programme while recording another Freeview programme.
TV for Apple devices
On Apple devices, live TV from BROADWAY is watched with Safari, so you don’t need to download an app. Simply open a Safari window, enter the Internet address of BROADWAY and you’ll be watching live TV!
TV for Android phones and tablets, PCs or Macs
For Android devices, PCs or Macs, simply open any Internet browser with Flash support, enter the Internet address of BROADWAY and you’ll be watching live TV! Now you have access to Freeview or Freesat everywhere at your home - even if you live in an area with weak DVB-T signal or you don't have a satellite antenna connection!
How does Broadway work?
Broadway connects between your TV source and your home Wi-Fi network. Broadway takes your TV signal, converts it to format which can be displayed on your mobile device (the Apple iPad and iPhone use one format type, while Android, PCs and Macs use another), and then sends the converted TV signal to your home router. Your home router then transmits the live TV signal to your mobile device via Wi-Fi or the Internet.
Broadway contains a versatile TV tuner with support for cable and satellite set top boxes, ATSC over-the-air TV signals and unencrypted digital cable TV (clear QAM). If you use a cable TV or satellite set top box to watch TV at home, Broadway connects to the audio and video signals on the set top box. Then from your Apple device no matter where you are in the world, you'll have full control of the TV channel selected on the set top box via Broadway's "IR-blaster" technology.
Broadway has a built-in high quality H.264 HD video encoder, which turns your TV signal into a form which can be played on the Apple iPhone or iPad, or into a form which can be played on other devices such as Android or a PC or Mac.
Broadway is "always on" with extremely low power consumption. Connect Broadway to your TV source, put it in a corner and Broadway will always be ready to send your favorite TV programs to your mobile device, anywhere in the world!
Broadway can also stream live TV to a PC or Mac
All that's required to watch live TV on your Mac is Safari. Broadway converts the live TV signal to a form which can be watched in Safari. If you would like to watch live TV on a PC, you can use any PC Internet browser such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox.
Broadway set-up is as easy as 1-2-3
- Connect your TV source to Broadway: cable TV or satellite set top box, antenna or TV coax cable
- Connect Broadway to your home router (Wi-Fi or wired)
- Open a browser on your Apple device and type in http://distan.tv
Our distan.tv server makes the setup of Broadway a snap! You can now scan for TV channels and set up an Internet connection to Broadway.
Technically speaking
Broadway is a networked TV receiver which features a built-in cable ready TV tuner and set top box connections, a high definition H.264 compressor and a network connection with support for Ethernet and Wi-Fi using 802.11B or 802.11n.
Broadway converts and compresses the live TV signal to a Apple compatible H.264 video format (or Flash when transmitting to a Mac, PC or an Android phone) and streams it wirelessly to Apple® mobile devices via a home router. The Broadway router connection can be Wi-Fi or Ethernet.
Broadway Specifications and System Requirements
Broadway Triple HD 292
Technical specifications
Tuner
- TV standards: Digital terrestrial DVB-T (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC / H.264*) (Freeview over-the-air TV, in areas where available), DVB-T2 and DVB-C
- Tuning range 174~862 MHz
- Channel bandwidth 7, 8 MHz
- Antenna input: IEC, 75 Ohm
TV standards supported by Broadway Triple HD 292
- Freeview HD, Freeview, DVB-C
- S-Video or composite video, e.g.
- from a cable TV or satellite set top box
- PAL or NTSC analogue camera
Broadway HD-S2
Technical specifications
Tuner
- Satellite receiver for Freesat DVB-S2 and DVB-S (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC / H.264)
- Frequency range: 950MHz-2175MHz
- Supports DiSEqC 1.0
- Satellite connector: F-type, 75 Ohm
TV standards supported by Broadway HD-S2
- DVB-S and DVB-S2 tuner for SDTV and HDTV
- S-Video or composite video, e.g.
- From a cable TV or satellite set top box
- PAL or NTSC analogue camera
Broadway TD
Technical specifications
Tuner
- TV standard: Digital terrestrial DVB-T (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC / H.264*) (Freeview over-the-air TV, in areas where available)
- Tuning range 174~862 MHz
- Channel bandwidth 7, 8 MHz
- Antenna input: IEC, 75 Ohm
TV standards supported by Broadway TD
- Dual tuner Freeview DVB-T (SDTV and HDTV)
- S-Video or composite video, e.g.
- from a cable TV or satellite set top box
- PAL or NTSC analogue camera
System Requirements
Hardware
- Home router (required)
- Internet access (highly recommended)
- DVB-T signal and/or TV connection from cable or satellite box
- For TV streaming at home: Wi-Fi connection to your home router (or wire LAN with a Mac/PC)
- For TV streaming over the Internet: Home router connected to the Internet with an uplink speed of min. 256kbit/sec. Your mobile device should be connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or a 3G connection.
Using Apple® handheld devices
- iPad or iPhone (any version) or iPod Touch. Safari mobile webbrowser.
- iOS 3 or later
Using Android® based handheld devices
- Android 2.2 (“Froyo”) or higher with integrated Adobe Flash®
- capable web browser
Using a Mac
- Mac with OS X 10.5 or newer
- Web browser (Safari recommended)
Using a PC
- Microsoft® Windows 8®, 7®, Windows Vista with latest Service Pack or Windows XP Service Pack 3.
- 1.5 GHz processor for SDTV
- 2.6 GHz multi core processor for HDTV*
- Web browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome or Opera) for live TV streaming
- for full PVR functionality install TV Center 6 from inluded CD-ROM