I don't know how much the BBC paid Discovery for the rights, but France.tv had to do the same and has the right to up to three simultaneous TV broadcasts, and w

I don't know how much the BBC paid Discovery for the rights, but France.tv had to do the same and has the right to up to three simultaneous TV broadcasts, and what seems to be all sports streaming online (with an awful UI, but that's another matter). Eurosport/Discovery also broadcasts in France, like in the rest of Europe.