Bids are due in today, January 26, for the domestic media rights for France national team Test rugby union matches from July 2012 to June 2016.
The rights include preparation games ahead the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England as well as the annual autumn international matches against teams from the southern hemisphere.
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions shows the games under the existing four-year deal, from 2008 to 2011, with the Fédération Française de Rugby, the French rugby federation.