ACC Network
| Country | United States |
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| Availability | Regional |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina |
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Broadcast area
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United States |
| Owner |
Raycom Sports (until July 2019) ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference (August 2019-2032) |
| Parent |
Raycom Media (syndicated until July 2019) ESPN (cable channel and fully syndicated beginning in August 2019) |
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Key people
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Ken Haines (President & CEO, Raycom Sports) John Swofford (Commissioner of the ACC) and John Skipper (President, ESPN Inc.) |
| Established | December 1982 (without a branding) May 2010 (under the ACC Network branding) |
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Launch date
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September 2010 (ACC Network) August 2019 (ACC-ESPN) |
| Dissolved | July 2019 (Raycom Sports) |
| Affiliates | list of affiliates |
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Official website
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www www |
Raycom Sports (until July 2019)
Raycom Media (syndicated until July 2019)
September 2010 (ACC Network)
The current ACC Network (unofficially known as the ACC Network by Raycom Sports and ACC Network by ESPN) is an ad hoc television network featuring live broadcasts of college football and basketball events from the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 2019 it will give way to the ACC Network linear channel announced in July 2016 by the league and media partner ESPN.
The current network is an exclusive presentation of its owner and operator, Raycom Sports, the sports syndication unit of Montgomery, Alabama-based Raycom Media. The network itself is based at Raycom Sports headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Broadcast games are shown locally on over-the-air broadcast stations, regional sports networks, as well as on online streaming service ESPN3 and the WatchESPN application on mobile devices. The syndicated network is produced in a partnership between Raycom, ESPN, and the ACC.
On July 19, 2016, Commissioner John Swofford announced that the ACC had extended its media rights deal with ESPN through 2036, and that it would launch an ACC Network cable channel in 2019. As an aspect of the expanded rights deal, it was also announced that ESPN would begin to stream additional ACC events through its digital platforms under the brand ACC Network Extra beginning in August 2016, as a prelude to the launch of the linear television channel.
ACC men's basketball had been broadcast by Raycom/JP Sports, a joint venture of Raycom Sports and Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions, since the 1982-1983 basketball season. The roots of the current package date to 1957, when Greensboro businessman C.D. Chesley hastily assembled a five-station network to broadcast North Carolina's appearance in that year's Final Four. The Tar Heels went on to win the national championship, and Chesley expanded to a full-season package for the 1957-58 season. Chelsey retained the rights until his retirement in 1981, and then Baltimore-based Metrosports had the ACC rights just for the 1981-82 season.
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