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ACC Network?
Will a deal be reached by September with ACCN (ACC Network)? I have been a DirecTV customer for the last 15 years and recently moved to an area where I cannot have a dish. I recently went with Xfinity for my internet/tv and cannot believe they do not carry the ACC Network. If a deal is not reached, I will most likely switch cable providers, as I am a HUGE football fan and Xfinity does not carry the games I like to watch. I miss DirecTV already!
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CCJessie1
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5.9K Messages
4 years ago
All,
While we have no plans to launch the ACC Network channel now, we regularly evaluate our channel lineups as our customers' interests change and make changes that we think will add more value to their Xfinity services. If this changes in the future, we will be sure to share that here in our Xfinity Forum.
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ThatDonGuy
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836 Messages
4 years ago
Well, the ACC Commissioner said a few months ago that he expects a deal to be made soon. However, most people I know think that Comcast is waiting until the full rights deal with Disney to cover its channels (including ESPN and whatever ABC stations the network owns directly) is to be renegotiated, and one source says that won't be until next January.
There don't seem to be any "big" games really early in the season on ACC network - Alabama-Miami, Georgia-Clemson, and Notre Dame-Florida State are all on ABC - so there may not be that much incentive on Comcast's part to cut a deal by the start of the season.
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seattle4sports
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93 Messages
4 years ago
According to the Comcast renewal page the carriage agreement with the ESPN networks expires in September. In addition the carriage agreement for several Disney channels expires in the same month along with 7 owned Disney TV stations. So that is a lot of networks and stations involved.
Hopefully they will be able to come up with a new carriage agreement before the end of September but if not more then likely they will extend the current contract until they can agree to a new carriage agreement.
Extending current contracts is not unusual. Right now Root Sports NW is listed for September but originally it showed that the carriage agreement for that network was going expire in March then July and now September. Comcast has a history of being able to negotiate new carriage agreements although sometimes they do have to extend the current contract if both parties agree to do so.
And of course you hope that when they do come up with a new carriage agreement it will include the ACC Network.
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eainge10
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4 years ago
they better keep the SEC Network or Im switching to Youtube TV
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seattle4sports
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4 years ago
I am hearing that in some areas that the ACC Network has been added to the channel lineup and apparently taking the place of the SEC alternate channel. So far it has not been added here in the Seattle area but we don't have the SEC alternate channel and only the main SEC channel.
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seattle4sports
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4 years ago
Per this tweet it looks like the appearance of the ACC Network on some systems last night was an operational error on the part of ESPN.
Ken Sugiura on Twitter: "The ACC Network appearing on Comcast last night was apparently an operational error on the part of the distributor (ESPN) in inadvertently putting it on an overflow channel. Comcast and Disney continue to negotiate new contract, which is expected to include ACCN." / Twitter
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4 years ago
@eainge10 Please don't post in all capital letters because it's against the Forum Guidelines and the Acceptable Use Policy. Thanks!
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HMR1
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4 years ago
I feel your pain because I have the same injury.
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