Download: The True Story of the Internet — Season 1
About this season
Download: The True Story of the Internet is documentary television series about Internet history. It is aired on Science Channel at US and Discovery Channel for other countries. It originally aired on March 3, 2008. The show was hosted by John Heilemann.
Episodes (4)
1. Browser Wars
Aired 3 March 2008 • 44 min
This is the story of an epic battle between America’s mightiest corporation and a small group of “computer geeks” who created a revolutionary technology.
2. Search
Aired 10 March 2008 • 60 min
In a few short years a new and unique way of finding information revolutionized the Web and in the process created one of the largest companies in the US; Google.
3. Bubble
Aired 4 March 2008 • 60 min
In an astonishing journalistic coup, the founders of the Amazon and Ebay, Jeff Bezos and Pierre Omidyar, tell the story of how their business grew from nothing to dominate the global economy and profoundly change the way we live our lives.
4. People Power
Aired 4 March 2008 • 60 min
This is the story of how the internet has changed society and how a new breed of entrepreneurs are shaping our digital futures. It all started with Napster; a way of swapping music that was dreamt up by the teenaged Shawn Fanning.