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Prep

Netflix adapts Curtis Sittenfeld’s YA novel Prep

Three Girls’ Nicole Taylor to write and showrun, with production via Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Prods label

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Wednesday round-up: Latest news, deals & hires

All the latest news from the global content industry on Wednesday, 4 November

Ben Amadsun

Ben Amadasun departs Netflix after seven years

Africa and Middle East vice-president of content left as part of recent job cuts

Sherlock and Daughter

HBO Max buys Sherlock & Daughter for UK, Ireland

London-based detective drama finds domestic home having been sold around the world

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Show of the Week: Ruins: Rise and Fall

Breathtaking digital reconstructions explore how buildings rose - and fell

Broadcast International October_2026

Broadcast International - October 2026

Jane Turton on moving beyond TV; Is Netflix eating into YouTube’s territory?; Hot Picks - download the entire Mipcom edition here