Thor Broadcast

Thor Broadcast

http://thorbroadcast.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/thor-broadcast

Thor Broadcast is a privately owned company based in the US. Founded in 2009, with approximately 60 employees, the company reported $5.7M in revenue as of 2023. Functioning as a California-based manufacturer with over two decades of experience, it specializes in CATV (Cable Television) and fiber optic transport equipment. The company designs and builds hardware solutions for video and data distribution, including HDMI and SDI-to-RF modulators, IPTV encoders and decoders, satellite modulators, and extensive fiber optic transport systems for signals such as SDI, CATV RF, L-Band satellite, and Ethernet. Thor Broadcast provides these "headend in a box" solutions to a variety of industries, including telecom, broadcast, sports, education, hospitality, and government entities such as NASA and the US Armed Forces.

Revenue

Founded

2009

Headcount

1

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Telecoms network infrastructure

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On June 26, 2026, Virginia International Raceway (VIR) modernized its television distribution system, replacing extensive coaxial cable runs with IPTV multicast and QAM over IP technology. The motorsports facility utilized existing Thor Broadcast infrastructure and Ethernet networking to ensure live television access across its property, which includes various buildings, hospitality areas, and remote viewing locations. Previously, on June 22, 2026, WorldMark Angels Camp, a Wyndham Vacation Resort in California, completed a comprehensive television distribution upgrade. This project involved Thor Fiber RF over Fiber (RFoG) technology to modernize the resort's MATV infrastructure by leveraging its existing singlemode fiber network.

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Thor Broadcast offers 4 products in the media tech and telecoms tech industries. Thor Broadcast's product portfolio comprises of telecoms network infrastructure, connectivity infrastructure and video processing and playout.

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Thor Broadcast's revenues were less than $10M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Thor Broadcast's revenue into 4 different product categories, the largest of which is cable access equipment. For full access to Thor Broadcast's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Jun

26th

2026

09:43

Thor Fiber & Thor Broadcast Products - Thor Broadcast

Explore Thor Fiber and Thor Broadcast solutions for satellite ground stations, TT&C facilities, mission control centers, telemetry networks, launch infrastructure, and aerospace RF transport applications. Jump to Architecture F-LBAND-TX/RX L-Band Over Fiber Transport for Satellite Ground Stations F-LBAND-TX/RX L-Band Over Fiber Kit L-Band over Fiber systems are widely used throughout the space industry to transport satellite RF signals from remote antenna farms to mission-critical equipment rooms without the losses associated with coaxial cable.

Jun

26th

2026

09:33

Virginia International Raceway IPTV & QAM Over IP Upgrade

Virginia International Raceway modernized television distribution by replacing long coax runs with IPTV multicast and QAM over IP using existing Thor Broadcast infrastructure and Ethernet networking. View H-16QAM-IP Gateway Customer Challenge Virginia International Raceway (VIR), one of America's premier motorsports facilities, operates a large property with multiple buildings, hospitality areas, and remote viewing locations requiring access to live television channels during major racing events.

Jun

22nd

2026

16:31

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Thor Fiber RF over Fiber - Thor Broadcast

Project Overview WorldMark Angels Camp, a Wyndham Vacation Resort located in California, completed a comprehensive television distribution upgrade utilizing Thor Fiber RF over Fiber (RFoG) technology. The project was designed to modernize the property's MATV infrastructure while leveraging the resort's existing singlemode fiber network.

May

22nd

2026

13:51

When Do You Need an Optical Attenuator in a CATV RF Over Fiber System?

In a CATV RF over fiber system, an optical attenuator is used when the optical signal arriving at the receiver is too strong. If the optical input power is above the receiver's recommended range, the receiver can become saturated and may not convert the optical signal back into RF correctly.

May

21st

2026

06:05

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

CATV RF Over Fiber Design for 33 TVs Using 1310 nm Transmitter and PLC Splitters

When designing a CATV RF over fiber system, the first product a customer asks about is not always the best final solution. In this real-world application example, the customer originally asked for a complete end-to-end CATV distribution architecture using a multi-output EDFA optical amplifier.

May

19th

2026

15:40

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Converting an Existing Thor QAM Coax System to IPTV

This application explains how to convert an existing in-house QAM coax distribution system into IPTV multicast streams using the Thor Broadcast H-16QAM-IP or H-8QAM-IP QAM to IP gateway. This is a very common upgrade path for facilities that already have Thor HDMI/QAM modulators, Thunder-8 modulators, Hybrid RF-8 modulators, or other QAM RF headend equipment and now want to make the same channels available over an IP network.

May

12th

2026

13:42

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

SDI Video Transport Over 30 km Fiber Using CWDM

Customer Requirement The customer needed a reliable way to move professional broadcast video between a sports venue and a television station. The system needed to support 3G-SDI video over fiber across a long-distance single-mode fiber route.

May

12th

2026

07:36

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Health Club TV Distribution System Using HDMI to QAM Modulators Over Coax

A professional RF distribution guide for gyms, fitness centers, hotels, schools, commercial buildings, and entertainment venues that need to distribute multiple HDMI sources to many TVs using coax cable.

Apr

21st

2026

14:08

How to Deliver a MasterPlay RTMP Stream to a Charter Headend Using a Thor Broadcast IP Decoder and HDMI to ASI Workflow

This educational Thor-style case study explains a practical RTMP to ASI workflow for a cable TV deployment. It shows why a direct RTMP to ASI converter is usually not the best answer in a professional DVB environment, and why a broadcast IP decoder plus HDMI encoder modulator can be the most reliable path to Charter headend ingest.

Apr

8th

2026

17:14

Thor Broadcast Hospital IPTV & RF Distribution Solution

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Mar

27th

2026

11:39

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

How to Design an RF over Fiber Network (1x8, 1x32, 1x64)

Step-by-Step RF over Fiber Design Method 1) Start with the RF source In many systems, the RF source is a multi-channel modulator such as the H-THUNDER-8. It converts HDMI inputs into cable-ready or broadcast-ready RF channels.

Mar

27th

2026

11:25

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

RF Audio Over Fiber for Wireless Microphones, Remote Antennas, Stadiums, and Mobile Production

In professional audio, live production, and broadcast environments, RF reliability is everything. Wireless microphone systems, in-ear monitors, IFB feeds, and remote antenna distribution all depend on stable RF transport. Traditional coaxial cable can work for short distances, but once the installation becomes larger, longer, or more complex, coax quickly becomes a limitation.

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