Corporations can also act as a sales company on behalf of a university to effectively sell courses without the participating university spending its time in that area. Students like more live interaction. In France, TV programs are not well integrated. Renting digital satellite channels to broadcast all over Europe enables universities to reach students and partnerships in Europe. People can decide to not listen or navigate in the language that is of interest to them.
Partnerships are within institutions.
The twin diploma is a European thing. In France, there is no open university and no official distance diploma. Student support is needed. With added dimensions of language barriers and cultural barriers, student support needs to be increased. Time zone centered support system may be more important than geographical concerns.