Game One

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Game One
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CountryFrance
Programming
Language(s)French
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Infogrames (1998–2006)
Groupe Canal+ (1998–2001)
Paramount Networks France (2003–present)
Sister channels J-One
History
Launched6 September 1998;25 years ago (1998-09-06)
Links
Website gameone.net

Game One is a French television channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. [1] [2] The channel shows several programs based on video gaming. It also airs Japanese anime on a regular basis, such as Fairy Tail , Naruto , Naruto: Shippuden , Dragon Ball , Dragon Ball Z , Dragon Ball Z Kai and Eyeshield 21 .

In Germany between 2006 and 2014, a television show about videos games with the same name aired on MTV Germany. [3] [4] After the show was cancelled, the guys from Game One launched an online TV channel with the name Rocket Beans TV on Twitch and YouTube. [5] Since 2016, they moderate the web show Game Two with the support of FUNK, an online service of the German television channels Das Erste and ZDF. [6]

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References

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  2. "C21Media". C21Media.
  3. http://www.gameone.de/
  4. "Game One". IMDb . 27 September 2006.
  5. "Game-One-Team startet Internetkanal Rocket Beans TV auf Twitch". Der Spiegel. 16 January 2015 via www.spiegel.de.
  6. "Game Two". IMDb . 18 November 2016.