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AIRWAVZ.TV NAMED AS CES 2017 INNOVATION AWARDS HONOREE

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Airwavz.tv Revolutionary Quarterback® TV antenna named CES 2017 Innovation Award Honoree 

Why pay for TV when you don’t have to?

Airwavz.tv is delighted to announce that they have been awarded the prestigious CES 2017 Innovation Honoree Award in the category of Wireless Handset Accessory.  Innovation Awards are sponsored by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, the producer of CES 2017 – the global gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies, and have been recognizing achievements in product design and engineering since 1976.

Quarterback was evaluated and selected for it’s engineering, aesthetic and design qualities, intended use/function and user value, unique/novel features present, and how the design and innovation of Quarterback directly compares to other products in the marketplace.

Quarterback® is the world’s first all-in-one digital TV antenna & receiver that instantly turns your smartphone or tablet into a TV.  Quarterback’s patented design picks up free TV wherever television is broadcast.  No SIM card needed, and consumers will be delighted to find dozens of hidden TV broadcast channels available without any subscription needed.

front_greenback_greenQuarterback pays for itself with these must-have features:
  • Fresh, Fast, and Free TV, all day, every day
  • Lifeline to broadcast television in the event of an emergency when cellular is off the air
  • Luxury TV integration into the case means no extra accessories
  • Long-life battery extends TV and mobile viewing time
  • Adjustable folding kickstand allows easy hands-free TV and video viewing
  • Location-aware TV app eliminates frustrating and time consuming channel scanning
  • Scientific antenna breakthrough that works even in close proximity to LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth, and NFC antennas
  • Global design easily supports variants for international DTV markets including: ATSC, ISDB, DVB-T2, and DTMB.
  • Future-proof and compatible with ATSC 3.0 upcoming digital TV standard
  • FM radio antenna
  • Pass through charging means easy operation and no additional charger required
  • Easy ON/OFF button for instant access to TV and battery
  • DVR on board

“The entire team at Airwavz.tv sincerely appreciates the CTA for recognizing Quarterback® as an innovative and revolutionary hardware solution for the global broadcast TV market.  This CTA award distinguishes Airwavz.tv as a leader in designing, building and commercializing next-generation portable digital TV antennas.  We look forward to launching Quarterback® in North America in 2017, and supplying our luxury mobile DTV antennas internationally and abroad.  

~Bonnie Beeman, CEO & Founder”    

Quarterback® innovative DTV antenna will be available for hands-on product demonstrations for journalists and the public at CES 2017, January 5 to 9, Las Vegas, Nevada.  To request a live demo please contact Bonnie Beeman for an appointment at: bbeeman@airwavz.tv.  Demonstrations will showcase the television quality, channel access, UI, DVR capability and TV plus social networking integration.

Airwavz.tv plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign very soon.  If you would like to join our Quarterback mailing list, you can sign up here http://quarterback.airwavz.tv.

Quarterback is now featured on the CES 2017 Innovation Honoree Awards site at: CES.tech/Innovation.

Thank you CES and CTA!  See all of you at the show, and in the meantime you can see unbiased, ad-free, international headline and breaking news on Airwavz.tv

 

Demystifying the Quarterback TV Antenna

Airwavz.tv reached another milestone this week by unleashing Quarterback™ out on the innerweb.   You read that right – the innerweb.  What is Quarterback?  Why did we make it?  How does it work? How will it help you?

Let’s start with “What is Quarterback”?

Quarterback™ is a high tech smartphone case with a built in TV antenna that turns your smartphone into an instant television set.  It is also a luxury protective cover with a built-in DVR, and an easy ON/OFF button for quick access to ATSC TV, and auxiliary battery.

Why did you make Quarterback?

Because:

  • Wireless consumers are fed up paying for content x3.  How so?  To get premium wireless data content on your mobile you must:

1) Pay for all-you-can-eat data plan(s)
2) Pay for access to the app that manages the licensed content
3) Subsidize the invisible, duplicate, incessant malware bots, tracking cookies and click-bait advertising offered up by “freeware” sites.   

  • Citizens demand easy mobile access to TV programming that is already broadcast for free over the public airwaves
  • Valuable TV commercial airtime is purchased by our local retail stores and merchants, which are run by friends, family, and members of our community.    
  • All you need to pick up free TV is the right size antenna
  • High definition digital television quality is stunning and instantly captures your attention and imagination.
  • 80% of adult Americans rely on broadcast TV for breaking news, which are events that warrant the interruption of scheduled programming
  • We are the taxpayers subsidizing PBS programming – shouldn’t we be able to watch it whenever, wherever?

How does Quarterback work?

Television Broadcasters send TV signals for free over the air in a digital format, which allows Quarterback users to receive the TV signals on your very own private TV antenna without any monthly bills.

Ok, the Quarterback hardware is a lot more complicated, but you get the gist.   We’ll have tech specs in our FAQ soon.

How will Quarterback help me, and what is the real value?

+ Protects your smartphone in a unique, luxury styled case

+ Added battery capacity for double the TV viewing and extra smartphone      power

+ High definition TV picture quality

+ Does not need a subscription – in fact no SIM card is needed

+ You will discover dozens of TV channels that you didn’t even know              existed

+ Kickstand for upright viewing.  Look Ma, no hands!

+ Easy TV and Battery ON/OFF key

+ 90% of the most popular TV shows are available on free clear-to-air TV

+ DVR

+ Quarterback is a lifeline to communication when cellular and WiFi are        down.

We encourage you to Sign Up on Quarterback, so we can keep you posted when our crowdfunding campaign goes live (very soon).   In the meantime, check out the headlines breaking over on Airwavz.tv.

 

What the Hell is Hyper-Precise?

You might be asking yourself why Airwavz.tv chose the tag line “Hyper-Precise Headline & Breaking News.” Well my friend, you’ve come to the right place.

What we know to be true, is that TIME is the only true unit of measure.  If you want proof, check out this brilliant scene from the movie Lucy, starring  Scarlett Johansson.  You see, without time, no change can occur and thus no measurement.

Hyper-Precise refers to the atomic clock, which is updated by radio signals.  Airwavz.tv wants to answer our ultimate burning question; “What do I need to know about what is happening in the world right now?” Our newsline is all about real-time, context-aware, temporal information that creates meaning for us based on “now.”

8 Reasons why Hyper-Precise matters a lot to news junkies like us: 

  1. Data-driven decision making
  2. Uses consistent, normalized language
  3. Removes assumptions
  4. Reduces time waste
  5. Bottom-line problem solving
  6. Fact-based 
  7. Fast and efficient 
  8. Context-aware

Hyper-Precise helps us become an instant-expert. Soon you will see news-personalization on Airwavz.tv, meaning your news preferences will be highly customized and reflect your personal interests.

At Airwavz.tv you have a newsline that is not driven by your purchases, ad-tracking or click-bait.  Instead, we showcase news from around the world, by journalists and publishers who have the neutrality, skill, experience and credentials to deliver the best headline and breaking news – just for you.

And your opinion matters, so we encourage you to Sign Up and participate in the news you read on Airwavz.tv.   Give it a Thumbs Up, or Thumbs Down to indicate if the journalist or publisher is trustworthy in your view.  Tag a story that you have a strong interest in, and see more stories like it appear in your timeline.  Or, put the story in your read-later list for when you have time to read and consider the source.

And long live Hyper-Precise.

 

Irrational Passion

Here we are, May 7 2016 and Airwavz.tv is LIVE and ON-AIR.   Clearly I have an irrational passion for what I do, but I can assure you there is nothing else I would rather be doing than working with this amazing team, and launching this incredible startup for the purpose of making a powerful and positive difference in the world.

Why did we create Airwavz.tv?   Thanks for asking.  Here’s my why.

  • We wanted dynamic, accurate, context-aware, timeline-based news
  • We had just enough naiveté to take on the monumental technical challenges of conceiving, customizing and building a time-based platform from scratch, laying the foundation for amazing developments we have on our roadmap.
  • And, oh yeah – we like inventing, building and commercializing portable, digital TV antennas for smartphones and tablets.  Coming soon is “QuarterBack”, which is our first flagship luxury portable digital TV accessory – so stay tuned.

Airwavz.tv is a go-to site for what is happening in the world right now, driven and measured by time.   Beyond customization of the news will be advanced analytics, big data and machine learning.  It’s all part of our secret-sauce-in-the-making.

Notice that our timeline is a gaming platform.  You can scroll, pan, zoom-in or out, and assign a cool avatar to your profile.   I encourage you to have a look around, and if you have a suggestion, comment or idea click on the Feedback link and let us know what you think.  There will be lots of improvements to come, and we thank you in advance for your help to make Airwavz.tv the best place on the web for Hyper-Precise Headline & Breaking News.

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day.  Happy Mother’s Day Betty Beeman.

Bonnie Beeman
CEO & Founder
Airwavz.tv