GamePlanets: A journey through time & Space

What is GamePlanets?

Gameplanets was a fantasy-packed, educational children's television gameshow that revolutionized children's television in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the Netherlands and across Europe.

Gameplanets is a fantasy packed real-time virtual studio television format for children 8 to 12 yrs old. In each episode two contestants fly to 7 or 8 of the 70 fantastic 3D worlds available. On each planet they answer questions or play interactive games like Fast Food Fight, Tennis or Football. The finale is held in a huge domed room where contestants must make their way through the Laser Lane before they can take home their prizes.

Imagine children flying in real time through stunning 3D virtual worlds, traveling from planet to planet, solving questions, puzzles, and engaging in real-time interactive mini games, all hosted by a virtual robot.

The GamePlanets turnkey content/software/hardware system enabled the production of between 5 and 8 half-hour TV episodes per day, making the format incredibly cost-effective. This pioneering visual concept and software/hardware solution was designed to make television learning an adventure, a fun filled fantasy, with great prizes to win, and easily produced in any country.

GamePlanets History

After the success of Gameplanets Netherlands and then through lucky curcumstances The Baker and Brett Gamecompany bv ended up owning 100% of the Gameplanets format enabling them to license the format to 4 more countries over a period of 8 years...

The original GamePlanets was a hit show with over 600 half hour episodes produced between 1999 and 2007 across 5 European countries. Reaping huge rewards for the sponsors, broadcasters, individual country producers and entertaining millions of kids.

Gameplanets is a proven television format in these countries:
Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Portugal and Romania.
 
In each country the market share ratings were consistently very high:

Germany - Super RTL4 - 40%
Netherlands - Fox Kids - 22 to 28%
Ireland - TG4/RTE - 28 to 37%
Portugal - SICTV - 35%
Romania - Romania One - 30%

Gameplanets History: 600 episodes produced across Europe between 1998 and 2007.

FoxKids Gameplanets - 67 eps FoxTV & FoxKids, Netherlands. 1998/99.
Cruinneas Gameplanets - 390 eps TG4 Telegael Ireland 2001/2007.
Spielegalaxie - 39 eps. SuperRTL4. Germany 2001/2003.
Jocul Planetelor - 40 eps Romania 1, CVI, Bucharest. 2003/2004.
Jogo dos Planetas - 64 eps SIC TV Portugal VideoMedia. 2005.

The Baker & Brett legacy

GamePlanets was the brainchild of the Netherlands-based Baker & Brett GameCompany bv, founded by Brett Cabot and François Boulangé. Developed with vision and creativity between 1998 and 1999, it was initially created for FoxTV/Fox Kids Netherlands and later became their own format, allowing Baker & Brett full creative control.

Brett and François's innovative approach combined real-time interactivity, fantasy, education, and entertainment in a manner that captivated young audiences, setting a new standard for virtual studio and interactive children's television programming of its time.

"The GamePlanets format had a great run. I like to think it influenced a generation positively, creatively, and educationally across the various territories where it was broadcast, mixing fun, fantasy, and education to create an engaging, real-time, and cost-effective children's TV gameshow production."

GamePlanets Behind the scenes

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