Three years of waiting come to an end tomorrow, August 22, 2019, as the ACC Network officially launches. Campuses are starting to open their on-site production facilities, and cable companies are scrambling with last-second negotiations. Let’s summarize where things stand in case you haven’t been keeping track.
Always the biggest question. Since March, ESPN, the ACC, and various coaches have been encouraging fans to request that it be added to their cable provider. There’s a lot that goes behind that, and if you have a subscription, David Glenn wrote a great piece in the Athletic. It goes into the weeds of both how much money is at stake and all the factors that go into a company adding the channel.