Kentaro seals deals for United’s pre-season tour

The Kentaro agency has completed a number of broadcast deals for the five matches of English Premier League football club Manchester United’s 2013 pre-season tour of Asia.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America will carry the games in Hispanic America, while fellow pay-television broadcaster SuperSport will screen the games in South Africa.

Pay-television operators Rogers TV and Viasat will show the games across Canada and several Scandinavian territories respectively.

State broadcaster CCTV will carry the games in China.

Manchester United has retained the rights in several markets to service existing agreements.

The first match of the five-game tour will take place on Saturday when Manchester United will play a Singha Thai All Star XI.