Off the Fence Appoints New Sales Head

AMSTERDAM, April 2: Independent
production and distribution company Off the Fence (OTF) has promoted Erik
Schuit to head of sales.

In his new role, Schuit,
who was previously the sales manager at Off the Fence, will work on licensing
OTF titles to Discovery and National Geographic channels, and will also
continue to work with clients in territories that include Scandinavia, Russia,
the Middle East and Africa. Alongside these responsibilities, he will oversee
public relations, the international sales team, market launches and sales
strategies as well as handle the company’s developments into direct-to-consumer
business via new media such as Joost, Azureus and DivX/Stage 6.

Schuit joined OTF in 2003.
Prior to this, he was the acquisitions manager for Dutch public broadcaster
AVRO and the various pan-European thematic channels of UPCtv.