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Second-tier Portuguese football club Academico Viseu has denied reports it is to sell its media rights to Benfica TV, the basic-tier channel operated by Benfica.

Olympique de Marseille was the top-earning side from French Ligue 1’s media rights income in 2012-13.

Pan-Asian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has acquired rights for the 2013 Confederations Cup national team football tournament.

The Kentaro agency has acquired the international broadcast rights to the pre-season football friendly match between Bayern Munich and Barcelona on July 24.

SingTel's application for a stay on the ruling by Singapore's Media Development Authority that the pay-television operator must offer coverage of the English Premier League to pay-television broadcaster StarHub has been rejected.

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport has agreed a new three-year rights partnership with the Extreme Fighting Championship Africa mixed martial arts organisation.

The IMG Media agency has launched the sales process for rights in France to the Wimbledon tennis tournament, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.

State-owned Vietnamese cable television broadcaster VTVcab has acquired live rights to the 2013 season of Japanese football competition, the J. League.

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has secured limited free-to-air rights from pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport International for three major sports events that will feature a South African team.

DigitAlb has renewed exclusive rights in Kosovo for live coverage of the English Premier League.