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Europe

February 2009
Sportfive, a Lagardère Sports subsidiary, is awarded the management of European media rights for the 2014 Winter and 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

October 2008
Sportfive wins the television broadcasting rights to Bundesliga (German and Austrian football championship) events for part of the Asian and European markets.

April 2008
MATCH Hospitality AG, the exclusive rights-holder (until 2014) for the FIFA hospitality programme worldwide, selects Sportfive as its exclusive sales agent in Continental Europe.

France
January 2009
With more than 5 million daily listeners and a cumulative audience of 10% in November-December 2008, Europe 1 achieves record growth.

December 2008
Hachette Livre, Lagardère Publishing’s book-publishing brand, acquired a majority stake in Editions Albert René, publisher of the Asterix comic books.

Portugal
IEC in Sports renews a contract for distribution rights to Portuguese football’s first-division league (Superliga) in Europe, Asia and North Africa.

Montenegro
November 2008
HDS Retail Serbia, a Lagardère Services subsidiary, opens its fi rst sales outlet in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.

United Kingdom
April 2008
Hachette Livre UK wins four of the 10 British Book Awards for 2008 at the 19th annual Galaxy British Book Awards ceremony.

April 2008
Lagardère Active acquires Digitalspy.co.uk, the UK’s leading independent portal devoted to showbiz, entertainment and media news.

Poland
March 2008
Lagardère Active Radio International continues its growth in Poland with the launch of the country’s first “electro” radio station, Planeta FM.

United States

December 2008
Relay at IND LLC announces the opening of six retail outlets at the new Indianapolis International Airport.

August 2008
Breaking Dawn, the latest volume in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga (published by Hachette Book Group USA), sold 1.3 million copies on its release day.

Brazil

Sportfive signs an agreement with the Brazilian agency Traffi c for broadcasting rights to African Football Confederation (CAF) events throughout South America.

Asia and Australia

February 2009
Sportfive, a Lagardère Sports subsidiary, is awarded the management of European media rights for the 2014 Winter and 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

October 2008
Sportfive wins the television broadcasting rights to Bundesliga (German and Austrian football championship) events for part of the Asian and European markets.

April 2008
Lagardère Sports acquires a 70% stake in Singapore-based World Sport Group, which specializes in the management of marketing and TV rights plus sponsorship consultancy for Asian sporting events.

Japan
January 2009
Hachette Fujingaho, a subsidiary of Lagardère Active Japan, concludes an agreement with Sumitomo Corporation to develop an e-commerce operation for the ELLE brand.

Singapore
January 2009
Lagardère Services Asia Pacific and Billabong (a specialist in surf clothes and equipment) open their first Billabong shop in Changi airport.

China
June 2008
Lagardère Active launches a Chinese edition of Version Femina.

India
May 2008
Hachette Livre UK opens an Indian subsidiary, Hachette India; two of its books top the bestseller lists in its first week of business.

Australia
February 2008
Lagardère Services Asia Pacific opens a new convenience hub in Sydney’s airport, an ideal spot for travellers and airport personnel to find fresh supplies.