Fox Entertainment Global (FEG) has hired Fifth Season’s Liz Tang to run UK content and acquisitions, less than a year after her former boss Prentiss Fraser made the jump to FEG.
In the newly-created role based in London, Tang will oversee content management for the distribution division of Fox Entertainment in the UK along with acquiring shows from producers to add to FEG’s global distribution slate. Fox runs Gordon Ramsay’s Studio Ramsay Global out of the UK and sells the indie’s Next Level Chef, Next Level Baker and Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service. Also out of the UK, FEG sells the upcoming Best Medicine, which is based on hit UK series Doc Martin, and biblical drama The Faithful.
Tang has spent the past five years at Severance studio Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor), leading a global team that acquired and financed scripted and unscripted projects for the TV distribution business. Prior to Fifth Season, Tang was a buyer for channels including Sky UK, BBC Studios, Channel 5 and Discovery Networks International.
“Liz is an accomplished and well-loved content executive with deep relationships across the industry and an exceptional eye for commercially and creatively compelling programming,” said FEG President Fraser. “Her experience with the production community and across acquisitions and programming with both broadcasters/platforms and global distribution companies, will be invaluable in supporting Fox’s expanding slate.”
Fraser joined FEG earlier this year to run global TV distribution after a lengthy spell at Fifth Season working closely with Tang. The outfit returned to the global sales game three years back and has been aggressive in the market since. It sells the likes of the Joel McHale-led Animal Control and Dan Harmon’s animated series Krapopolis to international broadcasters and streamers, while developing shows like Emily VanCamp’s Prejudice via its licensing deal with Canada’s Bell Media.
Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade has previously said investing in international distribution is key to growing Fox’s studio and helping its network content strategy.