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Mega-Brands That Built America - Season 2

Series: Mega-Brands That Built America

4.1

(10)

Episodes

Rating

TVPG

Year

2024

Language

English

Publisher

History

About

THE Mega-Brands That Built America is the newest series in History's "That Built" franchise, telling the origin stories of some of the most successful businesses in history.

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Episodes

1. End of the Landlines

43m

When Motorola introduces the first handheld portable telephone to the world, the futuristic technology sets off a fierce battle among international telecommunications companies to produce the most popular cell phone.

2. Internet Killed the Video Store

43m

A database software engineer is inspired to create a bigger, unprecedented family friendly video-store, Blockbuster. But, as the dot com boom explodes an opening appears for two software executives in California to redefine the industry.

3. Easy Money

43m

In the middle of the 20th century, a small piece of plastic revolutionizes the world of commerce.

4. Suite Dreams: Birth of the Modern Hotel

42m

Two visionaries breathe new life into the hotel industry in America and the world, by setting the modern standard for hospitality. Despite setbacks, economic downturns, and international conflict, these rivals will stop at nothing to be number one.

5. Music on the Move

43m

In the 1950s, rival electronics companies aim to make music portable for the first time ever. What follows is a decades-long rivalry that prompts the creation of iconic products like the Pocket Radio, Cassette Tape, Walkman and the CD.

6. Clash of the Computer Titans

43m

A game designer named Steve Jobs starts a personal computer company in his parents' garage on his way to bringing computers mainstream.