Curio Pictures

{{short description|Television company in Australia}}

{{Redirect|Playmaker Media|the streaming unit of NBC Sports|NBC Sports Group}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2017}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Curio Pictures

| logo = Curio Logo Orange Positive with pictures copy.jpg

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2022

| former_name = Playmaker Media (2009–2022)

| type = Subsidiary

| traded_as =

| genre =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| foundation = {{Start date and age|2009}}

| founders = {{plainlist|

• David Taylor
• David Maher

}}

| defunct =

| location_city = Sydney

| location_country = Australia

| area_served = Australia

| key_people = {{plainlist|

• Jo Porter (managing director)
• Rachel Gardner (creative director)

}}

| industry = Television

| products =

| services = Television program production

| owner =

| num_employees =

| parent = Sony Pictures Television International Production (2014–present)

| divisions =

| website = {{URL|https://www.curiopictures.com/}}

| footnotes =

}}

Curio Pictures (formerly Playmaker Media) is an Australian-based television production company, which develops and produces scripted and unscripted television programs across multiple television channels in Australia. The company was formed by David Taylor and David Maher in 2009. In 2014, it became a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television under its International Production division, taking over distribution for the company's productions.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/sony-pictures-televison-acquires-playmaker-media-the-code-australia-1201305016/|title=Sony Pictures Television Acquires Oz Production Company Playmaker Media|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=1 December 2014|access-date=16 October 2017|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione}} The company is based in Sydney.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/sony-pictures-television-acquires-australias-playmaker-media-1201368222/|title=Sony Pictures Television Acquires Australia's Playmaker Media|author=Cynthia Littleton|work=Variety|access-date=16 October 2017|date=1 December 2014}}

In 2016, Playmaker was commissioned to produce a Mandarin language adaptation of Chosen for Chinese platform iQiyi filmed in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://tvtonight.com.au/2016/12/playmaker-media-to-produce-chinese-thriller.html|title=Playmaker Media to produce Chinese thriller|date=5 December 2016|access-date=16 October 2016|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}

In 2022, Playmaker Media was renamed as Curio Pictures under Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner following the departure of founders David Taylor and David Maher in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/production-company-rebrand-playmaker-becomes-curio-pictures-under-jo-porter/|title=Playmaker now Curio Pictures under Jo Porter|access-date=21 November 2022|work=Mediaweek|date=21 February 2022 }}

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