There is little to no chance that Fox would actually pay for the production of the games, however I think Sports + in France would not be too far away from televising a match a week. WIth the Catalans in the super league, there is a little more pressure on them to televise rugby league as well as a free to air channel to televise it again, so if Sports+ lost some Catalans matchs to France 2 for example, then they may be tempted to increase their own league content. If so, it would come down to what is better for their channel, to pay for the rights to an NRL match or another SUper League match, or to produce a French Elite match of the round. With the frenchs' love of everything french, there is more than good possibility they would opt for their own.
If there was some support coming from Aus, Eng, or EuroSports that would pay even a nominal amount, it could be enough to persuade Sports+ to go ahead with it. The regular SL and Catalan matchs have already started making a difference, at least now, when I talk with a union bloke over here, he has some idea of league and if he has seen some of the matchs, he will usually have an appreciation of it. I started playing union this year (a long story) and I was surprised that one of my first conversations was about the Tri Nations final and what an incredible game it was. I would like to know what the ratings are for Catalans matchs and the Trinations (which are not generally given good time slots).
For Aus viewers, it would be worth watching a few French games because they play a different style to Aus. Aus are better athletes and this comes across in the style of play in aus. IN france, its a little bit more like the old days. Also, because union is so strong over here, it influences a little bit, the game of league just as league influeces union in aus. It makes for a different game, not necessarily better or worse, but a different game to watch.
