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Making further inroads into markets in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond, Studiocanal, one of Europe’s top production-distribution-international sales powerhouses, has clinched further sales on premium daily drama “The Vow” (“La Promesa”), closing Poland and two Baltic States, as well as France.

Produced by Spain’s Bambú Producciones, a Studiocanal company, Studiocanal and national Spanish public broadcaster Rtve, “The Vow” has been acquired by Polish pubcaster Tvp Poland, state-backed network Err Estonia and state-owned Ltv Latvia.

In additional new sales, Dubai TV has closed rights to Mena territories. French free-to-air channel C8, owned like Studiocanal by the Canal+ Group, will begin airing the series in July.

Mediaset Italy has now acquired all three seasons of “The Vow,” as has Dori Media Israel and Finnish state network Yle.

Hrt Croatia and Ltv Lithuania and commercial network Ktv Kosovo, which have broadcast Season 1, have signed up for further seasons.

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New York, Sep 1 (Ians) Scientists have found promising early results that a therapy combining cell-killing and immune-stimulating drugs are safe and effective in extending survival for patients with gliomas — a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.

Given gliomas’ poor prognosis and limited response to treatments like chemotherapy and radiation, the team looked to using the adenoviral gene therapy. The therapy proved not only safe but also improved survival, reveals the study published in the journal The Lancet Oncology.

“Being able to move a novel therapy from bench to bedside in such a streamlined fashion is exciting, and represents a tour-de-force in translational medicine,” said Oren Sagher, Professor of neurosurgery at University of Michigan.

In the phase 1 trial, the team focused on two types of genetic therapies in high-grade gliomas.

The first was a combination of Hsv-1-tk — a protein — and Valtrex — a drug used to treat viral infections like cold sores and chickenpox.

Exclusive: Studiocanal has sold Spanish drama The Vow into Italy and the show has been commissioned for a second season.

On the eve of Mip TV, the producer-distributor has struck a deal with Italy’s Mediaset, which will air The Vow on Canale 5 later this year.

Created by Josep Cister Rubio and airing on Tve’s La1 in Spain, The Vow takes place at the beginning of the turbulent 20th century amongst the stunning landscapes of Southern Spain. Jana, a maid working at the waning yet ruthless House of Luján, seeks revenge for her mother’s murder, but there is one element she did not anticipate, falling in love with Manuel, son of the Count of Luján. Tve has just renewed for a second season.

The move comes around 18 months after Mediaset acquired Two Lives (Das Vidas). Both dramas are produced by Studiocanal-backed Bambú Producciones and Studiocanal has been...

Registered delegates of the Mumbai Film Festival don’t need to stand in queues for hours anymore. The festival has launched an online registration portal wherein all registered delegates can reserve a ticket online for a film two days prior to the screening at any of the three venues. This portal can be used on phone, iPad, tablets and laptops. The link to the portal will be available on www.mumbaifilmfest.com

How to book a ticket?

- Tickets can be booked from Mumbai Film Festival website. Registrations will open today, October 16, 2013 at 6pm.

- Log in to the registration portal using the Registration ID and Password printed on the registration badge.

- Select the film that you want to watch.

- You will get a confirmation SMS for the reservation. Once confirmed, the reservation cannot be cancelled

- You can click on the tab ‘My Screenings’ to view the...