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• iBEAM Broadcasting pioneered high fidelity video streaming via satellite, ad-enabled content, to Internet viewers. Major media and entertainment including BBC, Bloomberg, MSNBC, FOX, NFL, Golf Channel, the Academy Awards and a significant portion of Internet radio was webcast via iBEAM.Network architecture bypassed Internet congestion, bringing broadcast quality streaming video to entertainment audiences; delivering value at a lower cost than other CDN cached distribution methods.iBEAM, the first company to invent and deploy a network dedicated to streaming media and the edge network concept. At its peak, iBEAM traded at $2bil, raised 30+ million privately and 300 million via its IPO, delivered 80% of all audio streaming on the Internet, and owned all top media accounts in the US. Among some of its amazing achievements iBEAM was: first to insert ads into streaming media; first with FCC rights and first solution to broadcasting earnings calls; first to deliver IP/TV streaming service via satellite; developed Real's G2 reflector technology;helped design the first layer 7 switch with Foundry Networks; first simulcast of TV show; helped invent and improve time slicing and TCP/IP utilization of satellites.iBEAM's business relationships and large media customer partners did not survive the bubble bursting in 2001. Prior to its dissolution, iBEAM was purchased by Williams Communications.Status: iBEAM Broadcasting has been closed; IPO / Stock: Went Public on May 21, 2000Founder: Nils Lar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilslahr
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  Headquarters:Po Box 1658 , Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

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  Employees:4

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  Revenue:$1 - 10M

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  Legal Name:Ibeam Broadcasting

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• |  NAICS Code: 334614  |

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