The IX Internatonal Meetng of Markdata was held in Cascais, with partcipants from various countries where the company's solutons are used.

From 18^th to 20^th of April was held another Markdata Internatonal Meeting, which brought together experts from the company and its customers and partners from the various countries where it operates.

Markdata SA from Marktest Group, agreed with IBOPE (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics) a contract renewal for service, licensing and delivery of programs and software regarding analysis of audience, advertising and planning, developed by the Portuguese company. The contract lasts for nine years, running until December 31, 2019. This contract will allow the use of the new Markdata SA software in Latin America (in countries like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) as well as the United States of America.

In the 22^nd, 23^rd and 24^th April 2009, was held in Sesimbra, Portugal, the Eighth International Meeting of Markdata.

This meeting brought together representatives of France, Belgium, Holland, Ukraine, and this year the Latin American countries marked a strong presence with people from different areas of IBOPE Pesquisa de Media from Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica and Mexico.

There were also new faces, a representative of Georgia, Morocco, South Africa and Switzerland.

As in previous years, the reunion had as main objective to introduce the latest market developments of the company in strategic terms, as well as to analyze and discuss realities of each market in order to devise joint strategies for the future.