The grueling world of 'graceful girls'

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: CHANNEL 7 - SUNRISE

An Australian documentary crew have revealed what really goes on behind the scenes of the world's toughest dance competition.

Graceful Girls is being distributed by cinema on demand company Tugg.com.au.  Cinema on demand allows everyday Australians to take control of their local cinemas and play the movies they want to have played. It’s like having a remote control for their local cinema. Organisations or people then sell tickets to these special one off screenings via social media networks.

Paleo Diet makes its big screen debut

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: CHANNEL 7 - THE DAILY EDITION

Tom and Sally speak to the director of a new film about the controversial Paleo Diet. Australians suffering a chronic illness that are interested in seeing the movie for free are requested to email hello@welovepaleo.com.

Creators of the world’s first paleo movie ‘We Love Paleo’ say it’s safe for kids

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU

CREATORS of a controversial new movie based around the paleo diet have spoken out saying it’s totally fine for children.

We Love Paleo is described as an easy introduction to the diet’s lifestyle, and includes tips on nutrition, movement, sleep and sun exposure.

Director and producer Caroleen Moise told News Corp Australia; “Kids can absolutely follow a paleo diet and anyone who says otherwise hasn’t investigated the paleo lifestyle in its entirety and the overwhelming research that validates it.

“Moreover, out in the world, there is proof that kids who have been born and raised on a paleo diet are absolutely thriving. I believe conventional wisdom in Australia is a fallacy.”

Third party endorsements: smart marketing for SMEs

CLIENT: UNSTOPPABLES
OUTLET: SKY NEWS BUSINESS

Unstoppables Founder Julio de Laffitte on how small business can benefit from third party endorsements

Supermodel Agyness Deyn takes us behind the scenes

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: THE MORNING SHOW (CHANNEL 7)

Her blonde pixie hairstyle catapulted her into the modelling world. At the peak of her modeling career she shifted her focus from fashion to film - a move that's proved to be 'electrifying'.  

[note: Top UK Model, Agyness Deyn, has delivered a critically acclaimed performance as a woman living with epilepsy in her debut film, Electricity, which is exclusive to the cinema on demand platform, Tugg.com.au. Electricity is a film epilepsy authorities believe will have a dramatic effect on the way the condition is perceived.]

Sunrise Weather abseils down 33 storey building to raise awareness for leading drug rehab centre

CLIENT: SIR DAVID MARTIN FOUNDATION/TRIPLE CARE FARM
OUTLET: CHANNEL 7 SUNRISE

Sunrise Weather presenter, Edwina Batholomew, scales down Sydney Investa building to help raise awareness and funds for the Sir David Martin Foundation, which supports Australia's leading drug rehab centre for youth.  During the morning's five crosses, Edwina speaks to CEO Alex Green, recent graduate, Saige, mountaineer, Andrew Locke and Terry Hewett, the man in charge of the abseiling. 

On-demand cinemas save box office: hosting your own movie nights a big hit

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: GOLD COAST BULLETIN

HOSTING your own movie night at the cinema is proving to be the biggest box office hit of the year, with smart hosts even making money from it.

Just this week alone the new service accounted for the sale of $70,000 worth of cinema tickets around Australia, with hosts who managed to fill their theatre receiving 5 per cent of box office takings.

Founded in the US, online service TUGG allows the “promoter” to pick the film, date, time and cinema for their screening.

Why the big banks were wrong to ditch Bitcoin

CLIENT: UNSTOPPABLES
OUTLET: SKY NEWS BUSINESS

Julio De Laffitte speaks with Dan Murphy about Bitcoin's break-up with the big banks. 

Unstoppables co-founder out to debunk the “myth” of startups being too risky

CLIENT: UNSTOPPABLES
OUTLET: SMART COMPANY

With startups and innovation policy currently at the forefront of Australian politics, it’s important investors and traditional industries are also brought into the conversation, Unstoppables co-founder Julio De Laffitte says.

What De Laffitte calls “the Malcolm Turnbull effect”, is very positive for the country, he says, but the government needs to ensure collaboration going into the future.

“This is only one side of the coin,” De Laffitte says.

Empty cinemas no more

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

Most of us have been there. You walk into an empty cinema and it’s just you and the sticky floor.

But if David Doepel has anything to do with it, solitary viewing will be a thing of the past.

As the rights holder to Tugg Australia, Perth-based Mr Doepel wants to put the cinema into the hands of the audience.

In what he describes as the Airbnb for cinema, Tugg enables an everyday person to become a film’s promoter, with punters essentially hiring a cinema and selling it through their personal networks via the Tugg online platform.