ZDF Enterprises Acquires Dutch Factual Outfit Off the Fence

ZDF Enterprises has purchased a 100 percent ownership stake in the Dutch nonfiction content company Off the Fence.

Founder Ellen Windemuth will stay in office as CEO of the Off the Fence group.

Off the Fence Productions has created more than 500 hours of television content across a range of genres that include science, history, adventure, human stories and natural history. Off the Fence Distribution has sales offices in Amsterdam, London, Cape Town and Mainz, and boasts a catalog of over 6,500 hours of programming across wildlife, science, history, travel, people and culture and lifestyle genres.

Windemuth commented: “We are very excited to join such a clever and dynamic group. We have worked closely together for twenty years, and there is a lot of mutual respect. We have developed a synergistic common strategy, and I look forward to realizing it together.”

Fred Burcksen, president and CEO of ZDF Enterprises, added: “Ellen has been a valued partner of ZDF Enterprises in general and for ZDFE.unscripted in particular for many years. We have always admired her innovative strength, creative spirit and economical power. For all of us, it was the next logical step in our partnership to join forces and networks in order to enable us to jointly be even more successful in the future.”