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Microspace Celebrates Successful New Satellite Launch

SES 3 Satellite will support Microspace customers for the next two decades

At approximately 7:15pm EST on Friday, July 15th SES World Skies successfully launched SES 3 on an ILS PROTON rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome located approximately 1300 miles southeast of Moscow. SES 3 is an ORBITAL SCIENCES Star 2.4E bird that will ultimately reside in the 103 degree West orbital slot.

The satellite will be used by Microspace Communications to serve existing and future clients with its CONUS Ku Band footprint.

According to Greg Hurt, VP of Sales and Marketing at Microspace “This launch is an important milestone for our company. Microspace’s clients rely on us to take care of their long term satellite delivery needs and SES 3 will allow us to do so well into the 2020’s”.

Microspace will provide updates on the SES 3 satellite at: www.microspace.com

Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), a subsidiary of Capitol Broadcasting Company, is the leader in satellite services for digital cinema, business communications and digital signage. The company operates the largest global business satellite broadcasting network with nearly 250,000 remote links worldwide. With a 20-year heritage, Microspace's VELOCITY® satellite services power networks for Morgan Stanley, Abercrombie and Fitch, John Deere and many, many more. Microspace uses the Intelsat network for delivering services to the digital cinema industry.

Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Radio Programmers Reap The Benefits Of Using Microspace And X-Digital Technology Without Investing Capital In Headend

Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) September 29, 2010

Microspace Communications, an industry leader in providing satellite distribution for private audio and radio networks, has just announced a new service offering. The company will begin providing shared hub services utilizing X-Digital System’s popular content management platform.

According to Greg Hurt, VP of Sales and Marketing at Microspace, “The shared hub concept is one we have had great success with in the past. It’s an ideal solution for radio programmers that want to utilize X-Digital’s family of XDS-PRO receivers but prefer not to invest in headend infrastructure.”

Microspace will provide the necessary satellite bandwidth, uplinking and 24/7 support from its world class Raleigh, NC teleport. Customers will have full access to the fully redundant X-Digital Systems content management systems that will also reside at Microspace.

Ian Lerner, President of X Digital Systems says, “Microspace has a proven track record of providing reliable and cost effective satellite broadcasting services. Combining these services with our popular content management solution makes for an extremely strong content distribution solution.”

X-Digital systems advance integrated content management platform includes live and stored content distribution and playout, store and forward, regionalized insertions, advance scheduling, program time-shifting and other features that can be fully managed by networks and affiliates through one integrated web based user interface.

About Microspace
Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), a subsidiary of Capitol Broadcasting Company, is a leader in satellite services for digital signage, business communications, digital cinema and other applications.

Durham Bulls Hit a Homerun as MLB Network’s First High Definition Minor League Game Telecast

Durham, NC –July 15, 2010  - HD isn’t just for Major League Baseball clubs anymore. In a first for Minor League Baseball, the Durham Bulls (Triple-A – Tampa Bay Rays) vs LeHigh Valley Iron Pigs (Triple-A – Philadelphia Phillies) game on June 28th was broadcast live from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in high definition. The game was available on MLB Network, which reaches more than 55 million cable, telco and satellite homes nationwide. Through the efforts of MLB Network, Microspace Communications, Explorer Post 50 and Time Warner Cable, the HD broadcast of the game, which was won by the Bulls with a walkoff hit, was available to baseball fans across the country.

According to Bonnie McNay, Manager of Video Services at Microspace “It’s wonderful to add this event to Capitol Broadcasting’s long list of high definition accomplishments”.

Equally exciting was the fact that the entire game was produced on site by Explorer Post 50, a cadre of dedicated high school students sponsored by Fox50 TV and the Bulls.

The Bulls scored two runs in the ninth to rally past Lehigh Valley so it was a good day all around in Durham and for MLB Network.

Microspace Communications, a subsidiary of Capitol Broadcasting Company in Raleigh, NC, was responsible for the transmission of the Durham broadcast which was received at Microspace in Raleigh, fibered and rebroadcast nationally from MLB Network’s headquarters in Secaucus, New Jersey.
For more information visit: www.microspace.com

About Capitol Broadcasting
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Drifting Satellite (Zombiesat) Poses No Threat To Microspace Services

The Intelsat satellite, Galaxy 15, which had operated from the 133 degree West Orbital slot recently malfunctioned and is in a drift in the direction of the 131 degree West Slot.

According to Ron Burns, Chief Engineer at Microspace, “It’s unfortunate that Galaxy 15 has experienced a problem but, to be clear, it presents absolutely no threat to any services that Microspace provides.”

A significant portion of Microspace services are Ku Band services and, as a result, are not affected by Galaxy 15’s active C-Band payload. Microspace does operate services on the AMC 3 satellite located at 87 degrees but Galaxy 15 will not drift far enough to reach that slot. It’s likely that the satellite will remain in a drift thru the summer months and will eventually reach an orbital libration point at the105 degree orbital slot.

A libration point is the location between the earth and the moon where the gravitational pull on the satellite is equal and the satellite, as a result, remains in that position indefinitely. Galaxy 15 would end its drift at this point and join over 150 dead satellites that reside there.

About Microspace
Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), a subsidiary of Capitol Broadcasting Company, is a leader in satellite services for digital cinema, business communications, digital signage and many other applications. The company operates one of the largest global business satellite broadcasting networks with over a quarter of a million remote sites worldwide.

About Capitol Broadcasting
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.

World Class Satellite Delivery Solutions are now combined with 3G and 4G Wireless Technology

Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) February 16, 2010 -- In addition to complete turnkey offerings including satellite delivery services and cellular services, Microspace now offers a variety of modems and wireless routers that utilize 3G or 4G technologies. The company has previously announced an agreement with Aeris Communications which operates the nation's largest M to M celluar network that utilizes over 40 carriers nationwide.

The growth of the Microspace digital cinema delivery network has reached a milestone ensuring the most cost effective method of digital cinema delivery over competing satellite networks and alternative forms of delivery such as hard drives.

Delivery Marks First Live Performance Delivered Via Satellite from World-Renowned Opera House

Leading Distributor of Digital Cinema Via Satellite to Deliver Feature Films and Alternative Content to 3,000 Screens in the U.S., Canada and Mexico

Digital Cinema Leader Achieves Significant Milestone with Mexico’s First Satellite Delivered Feature Film

Raleigh, NC, March 6, 2008 – Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading distributor of digital cinema via satellite, today announced the first time satellite delivery of a feature premiere to Mexico. Paramount Pictures Mexico partnered with Microspace for the satellite delivery of The Spiderwick Chronicles premiere, which coincided with the US feature release. The movie will be released nationally in Mexico on March 7, 2008.

Instant Access Media Taps Microspace to Deliver Digital Entertainment to Nationwide Bar Network

Raleigh, NC – February 11, 2008 – Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading provider of point-to-multipoint satellite services, was selected by Instant Access Media to deliver i-am TV, an out-of-home digital entertainment network, to the largest neighborhood and sports bars across the United States.