Like A Shot Entertainment Acquired by Argonon

Argonon Group has purchased Like A Shot Entertainment, which is behind series such as Abandoned Engineering, Witness to War and Forbidden History.

Since being established in 2011, Like A Shot has sold and produced more than 180 hours of wholly owned content and has worked with numerous clients, including UKTV, Channel 5, Discovery, SBS Australia, ZDF, Foxtel, Nat Geo and Viasat World.

Argonon has also appointed a U.S.-based COO, Shirley Escott, marking the company’s intentions to expand into non-U.K. territories and focus on IP, co-production and distribution as part of its second five-year strategy.

Laura Bessell, Argonon Group COO, said: “After exceeding our first five year goals, Argonon is now a year into its second phase of growth. With IP and maximizing distribution rights at the heart of what we do, welcoming Like A Shot to the group will further enable us to expand our network and use new ways of creating production, funding, IP and distribution opportunities. Henry and his team are poised for further success stories and increased scale with Argonon’s support.”

Henry Scott, managing director of Like A Shot, added: “Joining Argonon, with its experience of creating original high-quality content and maximizing rights, is a brilliant opportunity to build on our unique business model—increasing Like A Shot’s access to new markets for our programming and IP to travel internationally. We look forward to a productive partnership with the Argonon team at this exciting time.”

James Burstall, Argonon Group CEO, commented: “Shirley is a very warm and committed senior executive with deep roots in the U.S. production community, which will help the group evolve and grow. Her international expertise across all scale of budget, staff size and productions means she is the perfect fit to help Argonon further build on our presence in the U.S.”