Rocket Beans TV
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| TV station ( private law ) | |
| Program type | Division program |
| reception | Internet digital |
| Image resolution | ( Entry missing ) |
| Start of transmission | January 15, 2015 |
| language | German |
| Seat | Hamburg , Germany |
| owner | Rocket Beans Entertainment GmbH |
| executive Director | Arno Heinisch (deputy: Heiko Gogolin) |
| List of TV channels | |
| Website | |
Rocket Beans TV , or RBTV for short , is a German-language live stream channel of the television and media production company Rocket Beans Entertainment GmbH, based in Hamburg . Rocket Beans TV was created as a YouTube channel parallel to the broadcast of the video game program Game One on MTV . After Game One ended , the project became the company's official broadcaster and from now on broadcasts content on the Internet platforms YouTube, zattoo , Twitch and waipu.tv .
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The station's founders include Daniel Budiman , Nils Bomhoff , Etienne Gardé and Simon Krätschmer , who all had years of experience in gaming television and had already worked at GIGA Games . On June 14th, 2012 they founded the television and media production company Rocket Beans Entertainment GmbH and their YouTube channel Rocket Beans TV with Managing Director Arno Heinisch . The name Beans consists of the initials of the respective advantages or nickname of the five founding members together: B Audi, E tienne, A rno, N ils and S imon. At that time, the computer game program Game One on the TV channel MTV was the main project of the production company, the Rocket Beans TV project was initially run alongside. The formats were partly shot in the same studios with the same moderators. Unlike Game One , Rocket Beans TV covered a broader range of topics in terms of content; not only computer games and game culture were dealt with, but also entertainment topics such as film, television and technology.
With the pilot film for the series Quelle: Internet , the channel received the German Web Video Award in 2014 in the “FYI” category. The series was commissioned for Tele 5 and should be broadcast on the Internet; In the end, however, it was no longer produced. The video with the pilot episode was then published on June 5, 2013 on YouTube.
At the end of 2014 it became known that Viacom would discontinue the TV program Game One . The last episode ran on December 24, 2014. In an announcement video, the employees of Rocket Beans TV announced their plans to expand their offering from a YouTube channel to an Internet station of the same name with 24-hour airtime. On December 19, 2014, Bohn Jour's pilot episode was the first of the internet broadcaster's formats, the first episode of which gave details on the station's planning and future. Among other things, both live programs and recorded entertainment formats should be broadcast around the clock. On January 15, 2015, Rocket Beans TV began broadcasting. The main moderators were again the former Game One moderators Nils Bomhoff, Simon Krätschmer, Daniel Budiman and Etienne Gardé, who were now supported by a team of over 30 people. The station broadcast its content on the Twitch streaming platform .
There was a great deal of interest in the project, which was relatively unusual in the German-speaking Internet entertainment scene at the time, to initially finance the station primarily through crowdfunding . With the Support Rocket Beans campaign in October 2014 , the company called on viewers to contribute to the project with voluntary donations. The reason for the campaign was that, despite the positive response, the company had insufficient financial resources for further productions and was threatened with closure.
In June 2015, the broadcaster received the German Web Video Award in the “Person of the Year - Male” category for its services over the past year. At peak times, Rocket Beans TV reached around 50,000 simultaneous viewers on Twitch, and around 200,000 people tune into the station every day.
Since August 6th, Rocket Beans TV has been broadcasting parts of the program on regional TV channels in Germany in cooperation with Freaks 4U Gaming and Giga Games founder Helmut Keizer . Under the name GamesNight.tv , the broadcaster and Freaks 4U Gaming show content about games independently of one another on a daily basis.
On September 8, it was announced that the station had received a broadcast license from the Commission to determine concentration in the media sector. In connection with the application for approval, the selection of individual games was restricted by the protection of minors. Since October 2015, a technical adjustment has enabled the broadcaster to be able to show games with USK approval from the age of 18 before 10 p.m. The same applies to the program Kino + , which also shows film trailers for an older audience. Underage viewers receive access to the station only in accordance with the usual requirements of youth media protection.
The awarding of the 6th web video prize on June 4, 2016 was presented by Rocket Beans TV after Christian Ulmen was unable to present the award ceremony due to illness.
Rocket Beans TV briefly interrupted the broadcast on Twitch on September 1, 2016, before resuming it on May 31, 2017.
In March 2019, the station published an overview of the situation in 2018. In the meantime, more than 60 percent of sales come from collaborations with other companies. This also includes events at which spectators are sometimes guests. Around 20 percent come from the viewers themselves. They can take up a paid subscription in the so-called Supporters Club. The number of subscribers increased continuously. The managing director Heinisch emphasized in an interview that the increase in sales led to an increase from almost 30 to around 95 employees.
concept
Both live programs and recorded entertainment formats are offered on the respective streaming platforms 24 hours a day. In addition, the content is published as video-on-demand on YouTube or Twitch; this enables viewers to watch content retrospectively. The programs can also be viewed live on the broadcaster's website as well as retrospectively in the media library and some of them can be downloaded as podcasts .
The program includes game formats in which different types of games are played or news of the game industry is reported. There are also talk formats such as #MoinMoin . Individual formats such as Kino + or Almost Daily were transferred from the YouTube channel to the internet station. In addition, productions by third-party media producers are broadcast here and there.
The station is partly financed through collaborations with other companies. Another part comes from viewers, especially in the early days of the station, who can donate via various platforms.
Another element of the sender is the transparent handling of internal company information and processes. In addition, the viewers are involved in the live formats or otherwise interactively. The participation of the audience takes place primarily online via various social media platforms or Internet projects submitted by viewers.
Charisma
All programs are broadcast according to a program schedule on YouTube and in parallel on the website. Since August 6, 2015, some programs have been shown in the GamesNight.tv program on NRW.TV, rheinmaintv, bw family.tv and via Astra .
In 2016, a number of formats were broadcast in parallel on RTL II You , RTL II's newly founded youth channel . Since May 2017 there has been a broadcast on the IPTV platform waipu.tv .
From May 31, 2017, the broadcast on Twitch was resumed parallel to the live streams on YouTube and waipu.tv .
Moderators
The moderators of the program are the former GIGA and Game One moderators Simon Krätschmer , Daniel Budiman , Etienne Gardé , Nils Bomhoff and, since May 6, 2015, the former GIGA and Vorzocker moderator Colin Gäbel . Former GIGA network reporter Dennis Richtarski (including RB News , Knallhart Durchhaben , GAME Plus ), Gregor Kartsios ( Nerd Quiz , Retro Klub ), Sofia Kats ( Point & Chick , Game Two ), Daniel Schröckert have other regular programs in the station's program ( Kino + , Bada Binge ), Michael Reinke ( RB News , GAME Plus ), Donnie O'Sullivan ( #MoinMoin , Bada Binge ).
Ingo Meß (formerly a spokesman for Game One ) has been speaking individual formats since April 2015 (including GAME Plus , Royal Beef , Game Two ).
At the end of 2015, the former professional soccer player Ralph Gunesch joined the team and can be seen regularly on Bohndesliga and in other formats.
As part of a collaboration with the Bonjwa eSport Academy, the former professional eSportsman and Bonjwa founder Niklas "Honor" Behrens as well as eSportsman and Bonjwa co-partner Matteo "Mental Mimicry" Ricciardi acted as guest moderators for formats on the subject of StarCraft (including Straight to Gold , Call of Budi and StarCraft Academy ) with. Further guest moderations will be led by the fitness advisor Gino Singh ( Gino + , Beat yesterday ) and the moderators Lars Eric Paulsen ( Verflixxte Klixx , Chat Duell , #MoinMoin , Neue Deutsche Abendunterhaltung ) and Florentin Will ( Creepjack, Verflixxte Klixx , #MoinMoin , Pen & Paper ).
Other regular moderations as part of a collaboration were carried out by:
- Michael Thiel in TheraThiel (finished)
- Julia Krüger in Weekly Wahnsinn (finished)
- Lara Trautmann in Game Two
Content
Formats
Numerous entertainment formats are broadcast over a broadcast day. Some of the formats were produced and published for the in-house YouTube channel before the station even started. The program mainly consists of show , let's play and non-electronic game formats. The regular programs with a fixed slot include #MoinMoin , RB News , Kino + and GAME + Daily . Third-party productions appear regularly in the live stream and are usually also published on YouTube by the respective providers. The special formats include special programs such as pen & paper or nerd quiz , which appear irregularly. While Pen & Paper represents a joint game of the main moderators, Nerd Quiz , Royal Beef or Call of Budi are set up as tournaments within the company or with spectators.
Most of the station's programs are in-house or co-productions. At the beginning there was regular cooperation with the eSport Academy Bonjwa (e.g. for Straight II Gold , Call of Budi ). Another co-production is the program Gadget Inspectors , which is created together with Vodafone . Shown Gadget Inspectors on the canals of Rocket Beans TV as well as featured, a blog of Vodafone. For the media reach of over 50,000 views per video and the creative implementation, the show received the 2015 Content Marketing Prize . There are also activities such as the Social Viewing Night , a broadcast in cooperation with Amazon , where presenters and viewers watched the first episode of the Wayward Pines series together for the first time on November 5, 2015 .
| format | theme | live |
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| New German evening entertainment | A thematically diverse entertainment program in late-night style. The show is moderated by Andreas Lingsch and Lars Eric Paulsen. The show followed the predecessor Bohn Jour , which was discontinued in November 2016. | Yes |
| Chat duel | A quiz format in which viewers from the YouTube chat interact within the broadcast. In this show, two teams ("Team Beans" versus "Team Guest") of a maximum of three people each compete against each other. Based on the example of the family duel program , the teams have to estimate the answers the viewers give to various questions from the chat. In the first three rounds, points are collected, which are converted into time for the last round. If there are seconds left after answering the last question, these are converted into points.
The audience participation averages 20,000 people. |
Yes |
| Pen & Paper | An irregularly appearing pen & paper role-playing game format in which Hauke Gerdes guides the four players Etienne Gardé, Nils Bomhoff, Simon Krätschmer and Daniel Budiman through the game and tells the adventure. Each player has come up with a fictional character in advance, given their characteristics and finally presents them in the program. At certain points in the story, the viewers determine the further course of action by means of online votes.
In the first season, the TEARS set of rules, written by Gerdes himself, was played (a post-apocalyptic scenario in which the protagonists have to fight zombies - called "mourners"). After the end of the first season, a call was made to vote on the scenario for the second season. On July 3, 2015, the second season started under the name BEARDS (a setting that is based on the living conditions of earlier Vikings, but remains purely fictional and is not an attempt to accurately depict historical and cultural events of the time). From February 24, 2017, the pen and paper followed What happened at Morriton Manor? which is set in London during the Victorian Age . From January 13, 2017 to May 17, 2018, a separate pen and paper ran with Florentin Will and other employees under the name Pen & Paper: 9/11 - Animal Squad , in which animals were chosen as characters for the first time. In cooperation with funk , the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church, Pen & Paper: The Black Death was played with moderators Nils Bomhoff, Daniel Budimann and two external players ( Eva Schulz and Hanno Rother) on December 17, 2017. It was the first pen & paper that was not transmitted on the transmitter, but on funk and from a building outside the transmitter. |
Yes |
| Nerd Quiz / Nerd Quiz 2.0 | In this quiz show, various participants from the editorial team have to answer very detailed questions about different areas and play for first place. The participants collect points over the relay depending on their placement; At the end of the season, the top three players compete against each other in a final. The show is moderated by Gregor Kartsios. | No |
| Mate Knights | A kind of quiz show where two teams compete against each other. The teams usually consist of two friends from the editorial team who have to "prove" their friendship in the form of questions and games. The team that scores the most points wins. The show will be moderated by Dennis Richtarski. | No |
| New Game Plus | A broadcast about video games, the content and style of which is based on Game One . It is a follow-up to GAME Plus , which was only broadcast weekly before its pause. There are trailer played and commented, treated upcoming new releases, games tested and discussions on various topics of the video game industry held. Under the original name Game + Daily , the program was broadcast during the week. | Yes |
| Cinema + | A Thursday live-on-tape format about movies and background information on the film industry, moderated by Daniel Schröckert and mostly with Etienne Gardé. Some issues are shown live and / or in front of an audience or broadcast as special issues on certain topics on other days of the week. There is also a regular alternating cast with members of the editorial team or film and television professionals as guests. Frequently returning guests include the film editor and former Game One employee Andreas Bardét, the film critic Antje Wessels and the film critic and literary scholar Wolfgang M. Schmitt jun. | No |
| Bada binge | Bi-weekly live-on-tape format via TV series, moderated by Daniel Schröckert and Donnie O'Sullivan. | No |
| You are | In which a game format games are played. The format was created as the successor to Almost Plaily, which was discontinued in 2019 . | No |
| Game Two | The follow-up project to Game One , which was broadcast for the first time on November 18, 2016 and is produced on behalf of funk . The program reports on newly released video games and includes thematically adapted clips. The first season was produced live, the others no longer. | No |
| Damn Klixx | A weekly format with Lars Paulsen and Florentin Will, in which the moderators try to estimate the number of views of randomly selected YouTube videos. The viewers can guess in parallel with a specially built application in the chat . | Yes |
| Talk formats | ||
| Bohndesliga | A weekly talk show about the Bundesliga . The presenters of the show are Nils Bomhoff and Etienne Gardé. These are supported by Tobias Escher and Ralph Gunesch . In the studio there are changing guests from the editorial office or football. In cooperation with the streaming service DAZN , Bomhoff and Gardé commented on the final of the Carabao Cup between the English football clubs Manchester City and Arsenal London on February 25, 2018 . It was the first broadcast game in a professional league that was commented on by the moderators. | Yes |
| #Good Morning | A breakfast format that is moderated on weekdays by Donnie O'Sullivan, Lars Paulsen, Andy Strauss, Etienne Gardé and Florentin Will. There is no fixed content structure; the design of the program is largely left to the respective moderators. | Yes |
| Almost Daily | A talk format in which several employees and guests talk about a topic every week. Usually it is a discussion about a central topic that is redefined every week. In the case of special editions, viewers vote on several topics, which are then dealt with in a broadcast and broadcast live. The setting of the show consists of a black background and a table that has been painted gold for a long time. During the opening of the German Web Video Prize 2016, the moderators sat at a table on a darkened stage, reminiscent of the Almost Daily program . | No |
| Game fights | Three speakers discuss issues in the gaming world in different rounds and have to convince both the judge and the chat of their opinion. | Yes |
| Movie fights | Three speakers discuss cinematic issues in different rounds and have to convince both the judge and the chat of their opinion. | Yes |
| Let's play formats | ||
| Gambling with beans | The core format of the station, in which changing editorial members (usually one) sit in front of the camera in the style of a Let's Play and play or play video games live. Often the viewers are invited to join in if it is a multiplayer game . Gambling with beans is by far the largest part of Rocket Beans TV's live programming. | Yes |
| Community beef | The editorial team of Rocket Beans TV competes every Monday against the community in a previously announced game. | Yes |
| Royal beef | A successor to the category already started in Game One , in which the moderators Etienne Gardé, Nils Bomhoff, Simon Krätschmer and Daniel Budiman compete against each other in various video game disciplines every week. For each discipline, the players receive points. The aim is to get the most points. Characteristic of the format is the mixture between neutral competition and the personal level on which the moderators present themselves. The first season, which was broadcast before the station was founded, had an interruption. Nils Bomhoff took first place. The second season aired on Rocket Beans TV in 2015. Etienne Gardé took first place. In 2017 came the third season with first place for Simon Krätschmer. In the fourth season, which was recorded in March 2018 and aired in the fall, Daniel Budiman won.
In 2017, the channel showed an offshoot under the name Beef Jr . The tournament followed the same rules. Participants were Gunnar Krupp, Colin Gäbel, Dennis Richtarski and Gregor Kartsios. Gunnar Krupp took first place. |
No |
| Games with a beard | Simon Krätschmer and Gregor Kartsios play older games that have aged comparatively poorly. | No |
| Retro club | In the Retro Club , old game concepts are shown using modern games; then the respective classics are played. Thematically, an attempt is made to explore new video games in a nostalgic way. | Yes |
| After Dark | In this format, atmospheric and rather "dark" games are played in the evenings. | Yes |
| Point & Chick | Rocket Beans employees play point-and-click adventures. | Yes |
| Speedrundale | Together with Siamak Ashouri, the employees play video games in quick succession. The aim is the game in the style of a Speedruns to end as soon as possible. | No |
| Tough as hell | A Let's Play format in which the selected game is played through multiple editions to the end. Usually one to three players play a game together in the same constellation. | usually no |
| Last call | A Let's Play format in which viewers can vote via chat whether or not to continue playing a game. The moderator himself determines the percentage to be achieved. | usually yes |
| Rage of Empires | A format, initially under the name 1 round with Age of Empires II HD Flonnie vs. Marco known, in which Marco Giesel, Donnie O'Sullivan and Florentin Will duel in the computer game Age of Empires II: HD Edition . | Yes |
| Creepjack | A format in which Florentin Will and Jannes Tjarks (Back2Warcraft) duel in the computer game Warcraft 3 . Fixed components of the program are a quiz format called "Jannes Kann Es" and a detailed presentation of game elements. Former participants and guests are Marco Giesel, Christoph Meier from Game Two and Niklas "Honor" Behrens from Bonjwa. | Yes |
Awards
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- German web video award
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Odds meter television price
- "Best Web Channel" category (2015)
- German content marketing award
- Category "Content Creation and Curation" (2016) together with Vodafone for Gadget Inspectors
- Start-up scene price
- Category "Start Up Newcomer (2016)"
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German television award
- Category "Best Moderation Entertainment" ( 2017 )
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German role play award
- Category “Best Online Format” (2019); filed What happened to Morriton Manor?
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ KEK sender entry ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b http://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/wissenschaften/Rocket-Beans-Die-Community-ist-King,rocketbeans100.html ( Memento from June 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ German Web Video Prize: Web Video Prize 2014 - The Winners . Created on May 24, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2015. ( Memento of December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ DWDL: I have to smile when Joiz is sold as new . Created on July 29th, 2014 by Jochen Voß. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ Spiegel Online: Games broadcast on MTV: Game over for "Game One"
- ↑ DWDL: Rocket Beans want to start live streaming channels . Created on December 16, 2014 by Alexander Krei. Retrieved June 15, 2015 ( Memento July 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Spiegel Online "Game One" team: restart with its own Twitch channel .
- ↑ heise.de Rocket Beans TV: 24-hour TV channel of the Game One team on Twitch.tv .
- ↑ gamestar.de: Rocket Beans TV - New 24-hour streaming channel .
- ↑ stern.de: Why Youtube stars rely on crowdfunding . Created on November 6th, 2014 by Ines Punessen. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: People watch us on our bikes .
- ↑ br.de: Rocket beans go steep .
- ↑ Appearance at 3sat
- ↑ Appearance at Boomarama on TELE 5.
- ↑ "Rocket Beans" - The web video stars from Eimsbüttel
- ↑ http://www.onlinemarketingrockstars.de/das-phaenomen-twitch/
- ↑ "Game One" -Macher return to television . Created August 3, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ↑ infosat.de: Medienwächter give the go-ahead for web TV station rocketbeans.tv . Created September 9, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ KEK press release of September 8, 2015. Accessed November 15, 2015.
- ↑ Message from Rocket Beans TV: Rocket Beans TV turns 18 . Created October 9, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ↑ Web video prize 2016 in Düsseldorf: Youtube stars awarded - no prize for Böhmermann . Created June 5, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ↑ We're moving! - Rocket Beans TV. August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016 .
- ↑ "The Beans Report - Facts and Analysis". Created March 28, 2019. Accessed March 28, 2019.
- ↑ ZEIT: Linear television is not dead . Posted on July 24th, 2015 by Aimen Abdulaziz-Said. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Game One" -Macher return to television . Created August 3, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ horizont.net: RTL 2 You: Isobar develops launch campaign for a youth broadcaster . Created on May 30th, 2016 by Marco Saal. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ↑ bonjwa.de: Bonjwa at Rocket Beans . Created January 15, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ bonjwa.de: Archon Cup - powered by Bonjwa and Rocket Beans TV . Created May 28, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ rocketbeans.tv: Welcome to Therathiel . Created December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ Information on psychologethiel.de. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ horizont.net: Rocket Beans TV - This is the premiere of La Red for Jägermeister by Jessica Becker. Created February 17, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ↑ Online edition of the Stuttgarter Zeitung: Nils Bomhoff from Rocket Beans TV: “A bit like football.” By Ulrike Ebner. Created May 9, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ↑ List of winners and laudation of the Content Marketing Prize 2015
- ↑ absatzwirtschaft.de: German Content Marketing Prize: Audi, Vodafone, Südtirol, WWF and Telekom win . Created October 13, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ↑ rocketbeans.tv: Wayward Pines: 1st Social Viewing Night! . Created October 29, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ↑ Report on onlinehaendler-news.de. Created October 30, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ↑ gruenderszene.de: Rocket Beans: How crazy is this founder to start an online TV station? by Georg Räth. Created February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ↑ Rocket Beans TV: Poll: Pen & Paper 2 Universe . Created on March 13, 2015. Retrieved on July 14, 2015. ( Memento from July 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ funk.net: First pen & paper from funk: “The Black Death” on December 17th . Created December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ↑ Our new board game format: “You are!” Rocketbeans.tv, June 10, 2019, accessed on July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ quotenmeter.de : " Beans board English football". Published February 13, 2018. Accessed February 28, 2018.
- ↑ Description of Game Fights on the Rocketbeans website. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
- ↑ Description of Film Fights on the Rocketbeans website. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
- ↑ 12th TV Prize: The Winners. Retrieved April 8, 2016 .
- ↑ The 2015 Winners - German Content Marketing Prize. In: German Content Marketing Prize. Retrieved May 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Rocket Beans - This is the start-up scene newcomer 2016! Gründerszene, June 13, 2016, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Press release: German TV Prize: The winners have been determined. Created on February 2, 2017. Accessed February 3, 2017. /
- ↑ Laudatory speech: Rocket Beans. Website of the German Role Playing Award, June 24, 2019, accessed on June 25, 2019 .
