H-8QAM-IP 8 Channel Clear QAM Cable RF to IPTV Gateway

The Thor Broadcast H-8QAM-IP is an 8 tuner Cable QAM to IP gateway designed to receive clear digital QAM channels from a coax RF cable system and convert the available TV programs into IPTV streams for network distribution. This model is built for clear QAM cable RF input, making it ideal for private cable TV systems, headends, campus RF networks, hotels, hospitals, schools, sports facilities, and commercial buildings that need to move existing QAM channels onto an IP network.

The H-8QAM-IP takes up to 8 QAM RF frequencies from a coax feed, demodulates the selected cable channels, and outputs the TV services as IP transport streams. Each QAM carrier can contain multiple programs, allowing the gateway to extract the available services and deliver them over Ethernet as multicast or unicast IPTV streams.

Clear QAM RF Channels to IPTV

Many commercial buildings already have a coax based QAM cable TV system. The H-8QAM-IP allows those existing clear QAM channels to be converted into IP streams without rebuilding the full video source system. Instead of keeping the content only on RF coax, the channels can also be made available to IPTV set-top boxes, IP decoders, computers, monitoring systems, digital signage players, and other LAN connected video devices.

This is especially useful when a facility wants to combine a traditional RF headend with modern IPTV distribution. The H-8QAM-IP works as a bridge between the coax cable TV side and the Ethernet network side, allowing the same TV lineup to be used in more flexible ways.

How the H-8QAM-IP Works

Connect the clear QAM RF feed from your cable TV system, RF combiner, modulator bank, or private headend into the QAM tuner inputs. The unit locks onto the selected QAM frequencies, reads the transport streams inside each carrier, and makes the available programs ready for IP output.

The selected programs can be streamed as IPTV using UDP, RTP, or RTSP. The gateway can be configured for multicast delivery when many users need access to the same channels, or unicast delivery for direct point-to-point streaming.

Important Note About Encrypted Cable

The H-8QAM-IP is intended for clear, non-encrypted QAM channels. It does not decrypt protected cable TV channels from a cable provider. For best results, the incoming QAM signals should come from a private headend, clear cable system, or other authorized clear QAM source.

Key Features

• Model: H-8QAM-IP
• 8 independent clear QAM cable RF tuners
• Converts QAM RF channels from coax to IPTV streams
• Supports QAM 64 and QAM 256 cable formats
• Outputs IP transport streams over Ethernet
• Supports UDP, RTP, and RTSP streaming
• Supports multicast and unicast IPTV output
• Can output selected services from each tuned QAM carrier
• Supports SPTS and MPTS operation depending on system configuration
• Useful for moving existing cable RF channels onto a LAN network
• Pass-through gateway design, no video re-encoding required
• Supports MPEG-2 or H.264 video when present in the incoming QAM stream
• Supports common broadcast audio formats including AC3 and MPEG audio
• Includes ASI input and ASI output for broadcast headend integration
• Web browser control for setup, monitoring, and channel management
• Compact 1RU rackmount chassis for professional installation

Typical Applications

• Clear QAM cable TV to IPTV conversion
• Private RF headend to IP network streaming
• Hotel, hospital, campus, school, and enterprise IPTV systems
• Monitoring QAM channels over a LAN
• Adding existing RF cable channels to an IPTV lineup
• Converting modulated QAM channels from HDMI or SDI modulators into IP streams
• Combining traditional coax TV systems with IP based video distribution
• Commercial building TV distribution over Ethernet

Why Use QAM to IP?

A QAM RF system is reliable and widely used for cable style TV distribution, but many modern facilities also need IP access to those same channels. The H-8QAM-IP makes it possible to receive the existing QAM RF lineup at the headend and stream the programs over the LAN.

This allows integrators to keep the current RF infrastructure while adding IPTV flexibility. A facility can continue feeding TVs over coax while also making selected channels available to IP decoders, computers, digital signage systems, or IPTV set-top boxes.

Works With Thor RF Modulators and Headend Systems

The H-8QAM-IP can be used with Thor Broadcast QAM modulators, RF combiners, and cable TV headend equipment. For example, HDMI or SDI sources can first be modulated into QAM RF channels, combined into one coax feed, and then converted by the H-8QAM-IP into IP streams for network distribution.

This creates a flexible system where the same video sources can be distributed through both coax RF and IPTV, depending on the needs of the building or project.

Network Output

The IP output is delivered through the Ethernet port and can be configured for multicast or unicast streaming. Multicast is normally recommended when the same TV channels need to be viewed by many endpoints on the same managed network. With proper IGMP switch configuration, the IPTV streams can be distributed efficiently across the LAN.

Professional Rackmount Gateway

The H-8QAM-IP is housed in a professional 1RU rackmount chassis for installation in AV racks, telecom rooms, MATV rooms, broadcast headends, and cable TV equipment rooms. The front panel includes network ports, ASI connections, USB, display screen, status lights, control buttons, and power switch for easy local access.

H-8QAM-IP Summary

The Thor Broadcast H-8QAM-IP is a practical solution for converting up to 8 clear QAM RF cable channels into IPTV streams. It is designed for systems that already have QAM channels available on coax and need to make those channels accessible over an IP network. With 8 QAM tuners, multicast and unicast output, web based management, ASI support, and professional rackmount construction, the H-8QAM-IP is a strong choice for hybrid RF and IPTV distribution systems.