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Broadcast.com was an Internet radio company founded as AudioNet in September 1995 by Cameron Christopher Jaeb. Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban later led the company's daily operations which was eventually sold to Yahoo! on April 1, 1999, for $5.7 billion, making it the most expensive acquisition Yahoo! has made. [1]
Jul 25, 2016 · Fortunately for Cuban -- but unfortunately for Yahoo -- Broadcast.com was purchased around its peak. The service, which simulcast TV and radio programming on the Internet, was way ahead of its...
Apr 4, 2021 · Cuban co-founded Broadcast.com in 1995, a company that streamed sports and video online. He shares his vision, strategy and lessons from the deal that made him rich.
Jan 15, 2023 · Broadcast.com was one of the first streaming platforms in existence, paving the way for today’s biggest streamers. Cuban and his friend Wagner invested in it in 1995 and sold it to Yahoo in 1999, despite the skepticism of many.
Jul 6, 2011 · Long before there was Netflix (NFLX, Financial) or YouTube, there was Broadcast.com, the brainchild of Mark Cuban and his lesser known partner Todd Wagner. They were pioneers in the field of accessing streaming content via the Internet, and Cuban to his credit was able to parlay the notion into a billion-dollar fortune.
Broadcast.com and Yahoo!'s other broadcasting services were discontinued within a few years after the acquisition. Cuban has repeatedly described himself as very lucky to have sold the company before the dot-com bubble burst.
Sep 10, 1995 · Broadcast.com. Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner create web based radio site AudioNet, based on an Internet based radio startup by Chris Jaeb. Within a few years, the company would stream broadcasts from hundreds of sporting events and stream content to millions of users.
