Off the Fence is a privately owned company and a subsidiary of Insight TV, headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with established creative and commercial offices in London, Bristol, and Toronto. Founded in 1994 by industry veteran Ellen Windemuth, the company operates with approximately 120 employees and specializes in entertainment content rights. It is recognized for its non-fiction programming and independent factual television, focusing exclusively on high-end unscripted media. The company has created and distributed more than 6,000 hours of content spanning nature, science, history, lifestyle, and crime. Its original feature-length co-production, *My Octopus Teacher*, produced alongside the Sea Change Project and Netflix Originals, won the Academy Award and the BAFTA for Best Documentary Feature in 2021.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1994

Headcount

61

Headquarters

Netherlands

Primary Segment

Entertainment content rights

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

Off the Fence (OTF), a global factual content distributor, on June 26, 2026, announced a new representation agreement with DocYard TV, adding two wildlife documentaries, "Hidden Kingdom: Kalahari" and "Ancient Eden: Mayan Jungle," to its catalogue. Previously, on May 14, 2026, Off the Fence formed a collaboration with John Downer Productions and One Tribe TV, a partnership intended to go to market with a development slate of natural history projects offering co-development and co-production opportunities. Earlier, on February 26, 2026, Off the Fence and Insight TV showcased their partnership momentum during London TV Screenings and MIP London week as part of the newly formed World Storytelling Media Group (WSMG), where they met producers, buyers, and platform partners. On February 6, 2026, Off the Fence appointed Rachel Carson, previously with Kartoon Studios and Little Dot Studios, as acquisitions executive, reporting to VP of acquisitions Loren Baxter. This appointment was intended to strengthen the outfit’s full portfolio rights expertise. This follows the October 30, 2025, news that former Off The Fence executives Celine Ritchie and Peter Mills-Frost joined the development team at UK prodco One Tribe TV.

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