FIFTH SEASON (formerly Endeavor Content) has made a raft of appointments and promotions across its expanding EMEA Television Distribution team.
Led by the recently promoted President of Television Distribution, Prentiss Fraser, FIFTH SEASON’s Television Distribution team is headquartered in London, with executives located in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Rome, Colombia and Beijing.
Jennifer Ebell has been upped from SVP of EMEA Sales to EVP of EMEA Sales and Acquisitions. Under this expanded role, Ebell will now oversee the company’s London-based acquisitions team, which is led 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.
Additionally, Fabio Tinchant has been upped 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, spearheading FIFTH SEASON’s expanding AVOD/FAST exploitation and digital transactions business. Additionally, Ann Schröder has been elevated 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.
Prentiss Fraser, President, Television Distribution at FIFTH SEASON, said: “Jennifer is an incredibly talented executive in the Television business and a star leader within the FIFTH SEASON organisation. 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“.
