Awful Announcing
"Our new deal with the NCTC will allow member operators to continue serving their customers across the country by delivering Disney’s robust and expansive portfolio of networks, which includes the addition of the ACC Network."
"We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs today. ...We’re not interested in taxing our customers when they don’t watch the channels."
"With Mediacom’s strong presence in key markets, the addition of the ACC Network and its extensive offerings of live sporting events will add tremendous value for their customers."
Those channels would include NBC Sports and Telemundo Deportes, which carry Premier League and Sunday Night Football.
Another ACC Network holdout bites the dust.
This deal means ACC Network could reach as many as 52 million subscribers altogether now.
Four games in Week 2 and one in Week 3 will be on "ACC Network Extra," a digital product within the ESPN app only available to authenticated ACC Network subscribers.
It doesn't look like the former Fox RSNs will return to Dish any time soon.
After a temporary extension Sunday, the Fox RSNs have now gone dark on Dish and Sling TV. And the sides don't seem close to a deal.
The 750+ members of the NCTC can now opt in to carry the ACC Network at launch.
The ACC Network's current announced deals only cover about 20 million homes, although more are expected by launch. But there are still some big holdouts, including Comcast, Dish, and Charter.
This may help alleviate some of the immediate worries about the RSNs' future carriage under Sinclair.
The Pac-12 Networks' carriage issues might get even worse if AT&T U-Verse drops them.
