Second to none, Akamai offered to purchase iBEAM for 2 billion dollars in early 2000 and the board declined the offer.
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At that time, iBEAM's customer list included more than 460 companies, including media and entertainment leaders Disney, Paramount Pictures, MTVi, Sony Music Entertainment, IBM/Lotus, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merrill Lynch and LAUNCH.com.
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iBEAM Broadcasting Corporation, (NASDAQ: IBEM) offered streaming media distribution, revenue–producing applications and interactive Webcasting services to major entertainment and enterprise customers.
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