SPORTFIVE and the Ligue Nationale de Handball (LNH) [National Handball League] have announced a partnership agreement concerning in particular LNH marketing rights

15-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — SPORTFIVE, the international sports marketing leader and a subsidiary of Lagardère Unlimited, and the Ligue Nationale de Handball have announced the conclusion of a partnership agreement concerning in particular marketing rights of competitions organised by the Ligue Nationale de Handball.

Philippe Bernat-Salles, President of the Ligue Nationale de Handball said: “Reaching such an agreement with SPORTFIVE is perfectly in line with our goal of assisting and ensuring the attractiveness of handball. This partnership will allow us to take advantage of SPORTFIVE’S expertise to market our premium rights as well as participating in on-going discussions on the development of our events”.

Vincent Tong Cuong, Managing Director of SPORTFIVE France, said: “SPORTFIVE is proud to become a trusted partner of the LNH to be able to contribute to the expansion of a major discipline in the French sporting environment. Our respective teams are already hard at work on subjects that will enhance the attractiveness of this sport and of the LNH.”

Press contact

• Florent Marty – Clients Strategy Director SPORTFIVE
  E-mail: florent.marty@sportfive.com / P : +(33)01 74 31 71 68 / M : 06 48 74 30 32
• Annette Sindal – Communications Manager Lagardère Unlimited
  E-mail: asindal@lagardere-unlimited.fr / P : +(33)01 74 31 72 08 / M : 06 33 44 77 65
• Etienne Capon – Managing Director French National Handball League
  E-mail : e.capon@lnh.fr / P : +(33)01 78 09 97 97 / M : 06 72 88 68 54

About LNH
The latest member of collective sport professional leagues, the Ligue Nationale de Handball includes the 14 first-division men’s Handball clubs. In charge of managing, promoting and marketing the competitions it organises, LNH has been supporting the development of this discipline since 2004. The increase in club budgets, audiences, in the renown of the championship, the signature of a TV contract with the Canal+ group and the return of many French Olympic champions and foreign stars to French competitions allow us to consider the French D1 as the world handball benchmark next to the Bundesliga.

• For further information, please visit www.lnh.fr

About SPORTFIVE and Lagardère Unlimited
SPORTFIVE, a subsidiary of Lagardère Unlimited, is an international sports marketing agency and the European and African leader in the management of marketing and media rights for sports. SPORTFIVE offers sporting clubs, federations and events its unique experience and know-how in professional sports management: negotiating TV rights at international level, advertising in stadiums, sponsorship and hospitality programmes. The agency represents the marketing interests of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), of 37 European federations, of more than 10 professional leagues and over 40 football clubs.
A division of the Lagardère Group dedicated to Sport and Entertainment, Lagardère Unlimited deploys its international expertise in six complementary business lines: event management; talent representation; venue consulting ; sale of marketing rights and products; management of distribution rights; and management of sports training academies
Lagardère Unlimited employs over 1,200 people, and its activity extends over three international zones: Europe and Africa, United States and South America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

For more information, visit:

• www.lagardere-unlimited.com
• www.sportfive.com