Sony Pictures Television has bought Playmaker Media, arguably Australia's hottest indie drama producer with four shows commissioned by free-to-air networks.
Sony Pictures Pictures Television has promoted the Australian executive who clinched deals with the Seven and Ten Networks and SVoD service Stan to a European post.
The deal was brokered by international distrib Raydar Media for multiple territories including the UK, Ireland, South Africa and fifty other pan-African territories.
British actor Rupert Penry-Jones, Ryan Corr and David Lyons have joined the cast of Stan/Playmaker Media's 'The Commons'.
Playmaker Media co-founders David Maher and David Taylor have announced they will step down from management of the company and return independent production.
AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has snapped up the rights to Playmaker Media’s 'The Commons' for the US and Canada, to premiere December 3.
'Brassic' and 'Our Girl' star Michelle Keegan will lead the cast of Stan and the BBC's 'Ten Pound Poms', now shooting across NSW.
Stan has inked a multi-year strategic content partnership with Sony Pictures Television for exclusive first-run of upcoming drama series like 'Twisted Metal', 'Straight Man', 'Panhandle' and 'Passport to Freedom'.