Archive for category: News

How IPTV Will Change The World
/ November 10, 2010 12:29 pm

How IPTV Will Change The World

Sleepydog CEO, Toby Moores will chair a panel discussion at this year’s Media Festival, on how IPTV will change the world. Looking at YouView and beyond, and what it could mean for business, panel members will include: > Richard Halton, Chief Executive, YouView > Bismarck Lepe, Founder and President of Products, Ooyala > Michael Barry, Director of Programming and Creative, BT Vision The

We’ve Moved Offices!
/ October 18, 2010 11:26 am

We’ve Moved Offices!

It’s been three years since Sleepydog relocated to the historic town of Market Harborough, and we felt the time was now right to move again! We’ve not gone far though, just a short walk from the centre of town to brighter, nicer premises. We’re now practically next door to Market Harborough’s train station, meaning we’re just a short hop from

Online Q&A With Malcom Gladwell
/ May 12, 2010 5:04 pm

Online Q&A With Malcom Gladwell

Times Online today hosted a live Q&A with best-selling author and journalist, Malcom Gladwell. Best known for his books, The Tipping Point (2000), Blink (2005), Outliers (2008), and What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009), Gladwell has also been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. Sleepydog CEO, Toby Moores took the opportunity to ask a few

Wake Up To Weird & Wonderful
/ April 13, 2010 11:38 am

Wake Up To Weird & Wonderful

Early risers in Australia were treated to a preview of Weird & Wonderful Hotels, when we featured on Channel 9′s morning show, Kerri-Anne. The segment included clips from our visits to the Null Stern Hotel, Marqués de Riscal, The Tea Factory, Hostel Celica and Tongabezi Lodge. For those of you not from Down Under, you can watch the clip from Kerri-Anne’s show

Nat Geo To Broadcast Weird & Wonderful Hotels
/ March 5, 2010 1:48 pm

Nat Geo To Broadcast Weird & Wonderful Hotels

National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has today announced the acquisition of Sleepydog’s first television series, Weird & Wonderful Hotels! The series will air in April 2010 on NGCI’s Nat Geo Adventure channel, which is available in more than 40 countries around the world including: Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Israel, Africa

GUN-play
/ February 14, 2010 6:05 pm

GUN-play

Jean-Luc Godard memorably remarked that “all you need for a movie is a girl and a gun“, but because we like to put a fresh twist on everything, in Slingers one of our girls is a gun. The relationship that stems from Frank carrying her and not quite understanding her makes for some interesting situations and it’s this odd-couple dynamic

Slingers Featured in SFX
/ February 11, 2010 11:36 am

Slingers Featured in SFX

Sleepydog’s forthcoming television series, Slingers has been featured in the latest issue of SFX magazine. Talking about how we developed the Slingers concept, writer Mike Atherton said: “Our approach was always that Slingers would be a ’60s-style heist show that just happened to be set in space. I’m not trying to dismiss the SF element because I live and breathe

Video Preview – Weird & Wonderful Hotels
/ January 13, 2010 4:05 pm

Video Preview – Weird & Wonderful Hotels

Season one of Weird & Wonderful Hotels is now complete, and we couldn’t wait to share this video preview with you! Later this month, The Fremantle Corporation will be promoting the show at NATPE, an industry event which attracts TV execs from more than 70 countries worldwide. We’ll be posting more details of where and when you’ll be able to

Sean Pertwee Talks Slingers
/ December 22, 2009 12:34 pm

Sean Pertwee Talks Slingers

On the set of the Slingers sizzle, Sean Pertwee talks to writer, Mike Atherton about his thoughts on our TV project and their shared love of

AVATAR Review
/ December 14, 2009 11:15 am

AVATAR Review

Slingers writer, Mike Atherton, was lucky enough to attend the world premiere of James Cameron’s AVATAR last week. He published one of the very first reviews of the movie for TWITCH, which we thought we’d share here. Tickets are on sale already… go, go go! I just got back home from the world premiere of Avatar here in London. It’s