(Telecompaper) Altice France announced that it has reached an agreement with rival Free over the linear distribution of the three free-to-air TV channels that were dropped from Free's IPTV platform on 27 August. BFMTV, RMC Decouverte and RMC Story have now been restored alongside two other local channels (BFM Paris and BFM Lyon Metropole), said the company. The news follows a similar deal agreed by Altice and Orange on 09 September for the same channels.