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Ludo Dufour named Off the Fence MD

Ludo Dufour has been upped to managing director, sales and coproductions, at Off the Fence, and Kurt Thorson named CFO in a company rejig triggered by the exit of COO Daryl James last year. Dufour has been promoted from VP of sales and Thorson becomes finance chief having occupied several roles at the Amsterdam-based distributor. […]

Off the Fence expands ahead of MIPCOM

Producer and distributor Off the Fence has hired a new development executive who will work out of its recently-opened LA office. It has brought on Havva Eisenbaum (below left) as VP. She will create formats and ideas for US broadcasters. Eisennbaum spent eight years at PB&J Media where she developed series including The CW’s Blonde […]

Off the Fence inks US$20m doc deal

Off The Fence and newly-formed Malaysian funding and production group Ideate Media have inked a production and distribution deal worth up to US$20 million. Kuala Lumpur-based Ideate was inaugurated last week. Backed by Malaysian pay TV platform Astro and Malaysian government investment arm Khazanah Nasional, its mandate is to develop Asian-themed content with international appeal. […]

Off the Fence inks UKTV distribution deal

Off the Fence has acquired 300 hours of content that it will sell internationally, including titles from UKTV and Fox’s regional channels. In the UK, OTF will be representing UKTV’s factual channel, Yesterday’s catalogue of one-off documentaries including Colditz – The Legend (pictured), Titanic: The Band That Played On, Royals At War, I Was A […]

Off the Fence to sell Fox lifestyle shows internationally

Off the Fence has inked a deal with Fox International Channels and will distribute over 700 hours of content from Fox’s lifestyle channel 24Kitchen. The exclusive deal adds 760 hours of content to Off the Fence’s catalogue and titles include The Free Range Cook (pictured) and The Taste of Life Travel. The programming in question […]