ACC Network news is blowing up the internet.
ESPN’s @McMurphyESPN summarizes the entire deal.
The long-awaited ACC Network will launch by August 2019, according to league sources.
The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN have agreed to a 20-year deal and rights extension through the 2035-36 academic year, sources said.
The ACC also extended its conference grant of rights deal nine years through 2035-36, a source said.
The conference's grant of rights makes it untenable financially for a school to leave, guaranteeing in the 20 years of the deal that a school's media rights, including revenue, for all home games would remain with the ACC regardless of the school's affiliation.
Read the Full Article Here: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/17102933/acc-espn-agree-20-year-rights-deal-lead-2019-launch-acc-network
Initially I was slightly disappointed that the launch date was in 2019 and not 2017 or 2018 as I expected, but that the ACC will launch a digital service as early as August softened the blow.
As we’ve said on the blog for years, the ACC was in solid position going forward. This proves it.
A lot of bloggers out there mis-fired on their ACC Network predictions. We didn’t. Yes we’re tooting our horn a bit!
