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Capitol Broadcasting Company founded Microspace Communications in 1988 to deliver critical data, video and audio content to business clients.

The Microspace technology was developed in the mid-80s to solve a competitive problem for Seeburg Music, another CBC company. Seeburg provided background music for businesses, but was struggling against three much larger national competitors.

Seeburg set out to bypass those competitors by developing a way to deliver the music directly to each business via satellite. Seeburg and its partners developed technology that utilized a small receiving dish and cost less than $500 and–in the process–created a disruptive technology that upended the entire business music industry.

Seeburg was sold to make way for a new CBC company that would capitalize on the revolutionary satellite technology. As a result, Microspace Communications was formed in 1988 and almost immediately—all three of Seeburg’s former national competitors became Microspace customers. Soon, companies delivering stock quotes, weather data and paging messages came on board and were beaming their signals throughout the United States.

The growth didn’t stop at American borders. Microspace began to grow internationally, introducing service to Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.

The company is a leading provider of point-to-multipoint satellite services and operates one of the largest business satellite networks in the world, with over a quarter of a million receive sites positioned around the globe.

Microspace offers dozens of unique applications and the list of services and markets served continues to grow. The company’s trademark VELOCITY service supports customers such as Morgan Stanley, Abercrombie and Fitch and The Christian Radio Consortium with services ranging from business TV, distance learning, digital signage, digital cinema and web hosting, among many others.

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Microspace and Bible Broadcasting Network Forge Strategic Partnership to Expand Religious Audio Content Distribution into Latin America

Microspace, a leading content distribution company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, is pleased to announce the finalization of a groundbreaking agreement with Bible Broadcasting Network (BBN). This strategic partnership will see Microspace spearheading the distribution of religious audio content to multiple countries in Latin America, reinforcing both companies’ commitment to expanding their global reach. The […]
Microspace Engineers Satellite Media Tour Featuring Doctor Dispelling COVID Myths

Microspace engineered a Satellite Media Tour (SMT) for their client Three Dimensions Production last Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Entitled “Dispelling Myths and Misinformation: About COVID-19 & the Vaccines,” the interviews featured Dr. Ryan Stanton in the Microspace Video Services Studio. Stanton is an emergency physician with Central Emergency Physicians in Lexington, KY, and the traveling […]
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Microspace Communications, a leading satellite and cellular data service provider, recently announced a rebrand of its logo and tagline to showcase its greatest asset, connectivity. The rebrand highlights the connections they have been able to build with their clients, as well as their ever-expanding service offerings that allow clients to connect anywhere in the world […]
Microspace Announces Hire of Vice President & General Manager

Microspace Communications, a leading satellite services provider owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, has hired a new executive leader. Jimmy Goodmon, President and COO of Capitol Broadcasting, announced Thursday that Cyrus Wilson has been named Vice President and General Manager. Wilson brings more than 20 years of experience in satellite communications, operations and customer management, and […]
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Microspace

Highlights for Microspace

Microspace and Bible Broadcasting Network Forge Strategic Partnership to Expand Religious Audio Content Distribution into Latin America

Microspace Engineers Satellite Media Tour Featuring Doctor Dispelling COVID Myths

Microspace Refreshes Brand To Reflect Greatest Strength

Microspace Announces Hire of Vice President & General Manager

The Greatest of All Time at WRAL-TV