Its an antenna. An omni-directional one at that. Yes, you can use it for TV. It will have far less gain than an application specific TV antenna, but you may find that you are close enough to the transmitter to get what you want. The 300 to 75 ohm transformer that comes with it is already used in TV applications. It will already be impedance matched to your television. Put a splitter on it and go. You may find that you need a preamp before the splitter though, since you'll be sharing the signal. If you do put an amp on it, put it at the antenna end of the coax. Putting an amp at the receiver end of the coax only serves to amplify all the noise that it picked up on its way into the house.