CHARLOTTE, N.C. —ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference will launch the ACC Network in 2019 with a digital component set to debut in August, according to the ACC.
ACC Commissioner John Swofford and ESPN President John Skipper made the announcement Thursday at the conference’s annual football kickoff media event in Charlotte.
The network will be a comprehensive linear and digital network, they said.
The 20-year partnership will provide ACC fans with unprecedented access to live events via a comprehensive, multi-platform network, Swofford and Skipper said. It also provides for the extension of the conference’s existing rights agreement with ESPN to 2036.
ESPN is the ACC’s exclusive worldwide rights holder.
Fans will be able to access more than 600 exclusive live events from across the conference via a digital live-events channel, ACC Network Extra, which will be immediately available to users who have access to ESPN3 via WatchESPN and the ESPN app, officials said.
More than 1,300 ACC events will be distributed across the platforms when the linear network launches in 2019.
The linear network will feature 450 exclusive live events, including 40 regular-season football games, more than 150 men’s and women’s basketball games, more than 200 other regular-season contests and tournament games from across the conference’s 27-sponsored sports, plus a complement of news and information shows and original programming.
ESPN has been televising ACC content since 1979 and has exclusive rights to every conference-controlled football and men’s basketball game, plus women’s basketball and conference sports matchups and all ACC championship events.
“We look forward to working with our longtime partners at the ACC to create a network that reflects the depth and quality of its athletes and teams, and serves the fans who passionately support them,” Skipper said. “We are proud and excited to add the ACC Network to our industry-leading college content offerings.”
ACC Commissioner John Swofford and ESPN President John Skipper made the announcement Thursday at the conference’s annual football kickoff media event in Charlotte.
The network will be a comprehensive linear and digital network, they said.
The 20-year partnership will provide ACC fans with unprecedented access to live events via a comprehensive, multi-platform network, Swofford and Skipper said. It also provides for the extension of the conference’s existing rights agreement with ESPN to 2036.
ESPN is the ACC’s exclusive worldwide rights holder.
Fans will be able to access more than 600 exclusive live events from across the conference via a digital live-events channel, ACC Network Extra, which will be immediately available to users who have access to ESPN3 via WatchESPN and the ESPN app, officials said.
More than 1,300 ACC events will be distributed across the platforms when the linear network launches in 2019.
The linear network will feature 450 exclusive live events, including 40 regular-season football games, more than 150 men’s and women’s basketball games, more than 200 other regular-season contests and tournament games from across the conference’s 27-sponsored sports, plus a complement of news and information shows and original programming.
ESPN has been televising ACC content since 1979 and has exclusive rights to every conference-controlled football and men’s basketball game, plus women’s basketball and conference sports matchups and all ACC championship events.
“We look forward to working with our longtime partners at the ACC to create a network that reflects the depth and quality of its athletes and teams, and serves the fans who passionately support them,” Skipper said. “We are proud and excited to add the ACC Network to our industry-leading college content offerings.”
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