Fifth Season recently unveiled details about a series of executive appointments and promotions across its expanding EMEA Television Distribution team. The modifications, overseen by President of Television Distribution, Prentiss Fraser, include executives located in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Rome, Colombia and Beijing.
Jennifer Ebell has been promoted from SVP of EMEA Sales to EVP of EMEA Sales and Acquisitions. Ebell will now be tasked with leading company’s London-based acquisitions team, which is overseen by Liz Tang, who was recently promoted from Director, Content to Executive Director, Acquisitions. Ava Mustos also joined the team in January as Associate Director of Acquisitions from BBC Studios, reporting to Tang.
“Jennifer is an incredibly talented executive in the Television business and a star leader within the Fifth Season organization," Prentiss Fraser, President, Television Distribution at Fifth Season, said. "I’m so impressed with the work she’s done and the team she’s built over the past few years here and happy to be able to acknowledge her contributions with this expanded role. It’s always a pleasure to be able to promote from within, and it’s exciting to bring in new talent as well to develop business lines for us as we continue to grow and evolve our next-generation distribution business around the world.”
Additionally, Fabio Tinchant has been promoted from Executive Director Sales, French Europe, CEE, MENA & Turkey to VP Sales for the same markets, with the addition of Southern Europe to his remit. Based in Rome, Maria Grazia Ursino has also joined FIFTH SEASON as Director, Southern Europe. In further new hires, Simon Algie has been appointed as Executive Director, Digital Sales, leading Fifth Season's gorwing AVOD/FAST digital transactions business. Additionally, Ann Schröder has been upped from Director, Sales: Nordics, Benelux and Ireland to Executive Director for the same markets, and Kaia Roemer joins as Senior Sales Manager for Germany and CEE.
The company's slate of premium scripted and unscripted content includes the Emmy-winning “Severance,” Jack Thorne’s forthcoming BBC drama “Best Interests,” crime drama “Tokyo Vice,” originally commissioned by HBO Max in the US, Nordic dramas “Headhunters” and “The Congregation” from TV4 and C More; “The Morning Show,” Fulwell 73’s high-end reality show “Blowing LA,” Made Up Stories’ first unscripted series, “Undressed With Kathryn Eisman” and their romantic dramedy “Wolf Like Me”; and Lightbox’s premium limited docuseries “Spector” and “Curse of the Chippendales."
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