ACC Network got it's first carriage deal

[ThePanthers]

ACC gets it's first carriage and distribution deals. This is good... very good.

You can read the whole article at least for now.

The ACC Network is off and running with its first distribution deals.

The ESPN-owned conference channel recently secured its first carriage agreements with digital video providers, guaranteeing that the channel will be available to consumers when it launches in August 2019. The deals mark an important first step that comes as critics question the network’s viability in such a volatile media marketplace. ESPN would not identify the providers who agreed to a deal, saying it is with providers whose carriage deals run beyond 2019.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/06/26/Media/ESPN-ACC-Network.aspx

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

ACC gets it's first carriage and distribution deals. This is good... very good.

You can read the whole article at least for now.

The ACC Network is off and running with its first distribution deals.

The ESPN-owned conference channel recently secured its first carriage agreements with digital video providers, guaranteeing that the channel will be available to consumers when it launches in August 2019. The deals mark an important first step that comes as critics question the network’s viability in such a volatile media marketplace. ESPN would not identify the providers who agreed to a deal, saying it is with providers whose carriage deals run beyond 2019.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/06/26/Media/ESPN-ACC-Network.aspx

Wow............"ACC Network, but it’s expected to be lower than the rates for the SEC Network (72 cents per subscriber per month, according to Kagan) or BTN (43 cents, according to Kagan)."!

Just goes to show, SEC RULES, and almost twice as much Value than the Big Ten. The ACC will be less than Big Ten, but that should pass Big-12 and Pac-12 Payouts per School in 2019.

Whether bigger distributors push back on the ACC Network in an environment where pay-TV channels have been losing subscribers remains to be seen, but one of the first tests will come this fall when ESPN renegotiates its affiliate deal with cable operator Altice USA, formerly Cablevision. Altice USA primarily serves areas around New York City, and it is the one major distributor that doesn’t carry the SEC Network, another ESPN-owned conference channel that launched in 2014.

"Between now and the ACC Network’s planned launch in 2019, ESPN also has affiliate deals coming up with Verizon Fios (at the end of 2018), Charter (mid-2019) and AT&T (late 2019), sources said"...........Magnus said negotiations have been helped by the ACC’s on-field successes, which include the two most recent national championships in football (Clemson) and college basketball (North Carolina)".........
Clemson an FSU has been able to compete with the Best of SEC and Big Ten and that is what matters.

"The ACC also touts its massive footprint, which ranges along the Eastern Seaboard from Miami to Boston, accounting for more than 40 percent of the nation’s households. Still, the ACC has prepared its stakeholders for tough distribution battles, especially in this climate. The ACC’s presidents were joyous at the news last summer that ESPN was fully committed to an ACC Network, but at the same meeting they were dealt a word of caution. There will be skeptics about the launch of a linear channel, said Commissioner John Swofford and the league’s media consultant, Wasserman’s Dean Jordan."..........
I recall Chicken Little, SVPanther that was a PSU Troll under a different handle crying and arguing with the Lair Posters. Gone and Forgotten now.

"Later that day, Swofford wrote to his presidents and athletic directors with this message: Tune out the critics, the layoffs don’t affect us, our plans for a network are “full-steam ahead.” That emboldened ACC athletic directors to believe that the network could be successful enough to close the financial gap between their conference and the power five’s richest leagues, the SEC and Big Ten. At a meeting with his board of directors last February, Florida State AD Stan Wilcox said a new network could deliver as much new revenue as the SEC Network did in 2014 — about $7.5 million per school."

Looks like some Little Brothers East of Pitt will be jealous Pitt is in the ACC BIG FOOTprint growing, and they will struggle in the Rusting Big Ten.

"With ESPN’s ability to grow revenue deeply mitigated against the tide of declining subscribers, a new product like the ACC Network represents one of the ways ESPN can develop new profits. The SEC Network staged the most successful launch in cable TV history with more than 60 million homes and delivered a profit of about $210 million in its first year. The SEC, like the ACC, shares all network profits 50-50 with ESPN. While such lofty expectations might seem a little over the top, other ACC ADs said they were going on the guidance they received from ESPN. “We’re not pulling these numbers out of thin air,” one ACC AD said. “This is what we’re being told.” If the ACC Network launches like the SEC, that could result in a $100 million profit for ESPN, which explains why the media giant is throwing its weight behind an ACC linear channel at a time when it might seem counterintuitive. The ACC also represents the only conference where ESPN owns all the rights, from TV to digital to marketing, another reason why the effort has ESPN’s full backing. ESPN owns most of those same rights with the SEC, but CBS also owns a selection of games."

If SEC earns $100 million so will the 15 ACC Schools about $6.6 Million per school, not as high as SEC but not Chump Change either.

“The advantage the ACC has over most, if not all, conferences is they couple high-quality football with the highest quality men’s and women’s basketball,” Magnus said. “It’s pretty formidable.”
LINK:
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/06/26/Media/ESPN-ACC-Network.aspx

Oops.....Joe Paterno might had Great Foresight in building Penn State Football Program, staying Silent on Ref Guman Officiating Games with own son playing in and on Penn State Scholarship (Guman's Grandson got one too), and kept Silent on Sandusky after 1976, 1980s, 1998, and 2002, but had way too poor of Vision of choosing the Big Ten. Where Penn State has been reduced to below the BIG TWO and added with the College Worst Athletic Integrity Sanctions Fines and Costs in History, certainly has an legacy of Ashes? Joe must have grow cataracts but Franklin is better and may bring Penn State a NCS again, and the Trusty Guys & Gals that Fired Paterno actually Hired Franklin? Now that is "All Lordy, Lordy"....Cult Dolt dilemma that Lubrano's Brain Pain?

 

[michnittlion]

Wow............"ACC Network, but it’s expected to be lower than the rates for the SEC Network (72 cents per subscriber per month, according to Kagan) or BTN (43 cents, according to Kagan)."!

Just goes to show, SEC RULES, and almost twice as much Value than the Big Ten. The ACC will be less than Big Ten, but that should pass bi-12 and Pac-12 Payouts per School in 2019.

The ACC Network won't get SEC $$$, but I could see the rates being near BTN rates.

ESPN will apply a lot of muscle in the negotiations.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

The ACC Network won't get SEC $$$, but I could see the rates being near BTN rates.
ESPN will apply a lot of muscle in the negotiations.

Not my call, but glad Pitt is in the ACC! Far Better Fit for Pitt!

Penn State fits well in the Big Ten but that conference just favors Michigan and Ohio State over any other Teams. In ACC Basketball, UNC-DUKE same thing. ACC Basketball will make more too for ESPN and ACCN.

But I only care about Football, and Pitt has so much more to do in Rebuilding its Football Program.

Penn State already has a Strong Football Program.

 

[topdecktiger]

The ACC Network won't get SEC $$$, but I could see the rates being near BTN rates.

ESPN will apply a lot of muscle in the negotiations.

One minor point, rates and revenue are two different things. Having a lower rate doesn't necessarily equate to lower revenue. You may have a lower rate per subscriber, but make up the difference in revenue due to having more total subscribers.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

One minor point, rates and revenue are two different things. Having a lower rate doesn't necessarily equate to lower revenue. You may have a lower rate per subscriber, but make up the difference in revenue due to having more total subscribers.

There you are, anytime ACCN is posted, you show up like you have Radar Ears & Bette Davis Eyes ("All The Boys Think He's A Spy, He's Got Bette Davis Eyes") Lyrics!

Glad you came and posts on the Lair! Thank you!

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

This is good news as a start. This article thinks the first is Hulu.

http://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/acc-network-espn-2019-launch-digital-distributors.html

 

[michnittlion]

One minor point, rates and revenue are two different things. Having a lower rate doesn't necessarily equate to lower revenue. You may have a lower rate per subscriber, but make up the difference in revenue due to having more total subscribers.

True. I ran some quick numbers here:

B1G states (w/ population): IL (12.8MM), PA (12.8), OH (11.6), MI (9.9), NJ (8.9), IN (6.6), MD (6), WI (5.8), MN (5.5), IA (3.1), NE (1.9)

ACC states: FL (20.6MM), NY (19.7), PA (12.8), GA (10.3), NC (10.1), VA (8.4), MA (6.8), IN (6.6), SC (4.9), KY (4.4)

Total those up and the ACC has a considerable lead. 104.6 to 84.9.

Of course, it's really more equal. (1) The B1G has a considerable TV presence in NY as well as in "fringe B1G cities" like Northern Virginia, St Louis and Denver. (2) And it's arguable just how much the ACC will be able to "actualize" subscriptions in areas like eastern PA and non-Louisville Kentucky (where there's an in-state ACC team but there are considerably less fans vs. elsewhere in the state).

But I do think the ACC network will do well on the total subscribers (total revenue) front as well. There are lots of eyeballs in ACC country.

 

[TIGER-PAUL]

All good and thank god Pitt got in.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

it's bo time

 

[tetonpanther]

THE OFFICIAL BOO JEANGLES NETWORK YEEEHAAAAA

 

[michnittlion]

THE OFFICIAL BOO JEANGLES NETWORK YEEEHAAAAA

Don't knock Bo. I've connected in Charlotte (over other cities) specifically to get some Bo on the layover.

 

[Pitt4Life34]

The ACC Network won't get SEC $$$, but I could see the rates being near BTN rates.

ESPN will apply a lot of muscle in the negotiations.

But you guys got Rutgers!
Just messin! Welcome!

 

[pittiswhereiamfrom2]

Don't knock Bo. I've connected in Charlotte (over other cities) specifically to get some Bo on the layover.

Sounds like something to brag about.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

This is good news as a start. This article thinks the first is Hulu.

http://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/acc-network-espn-2019-launch-digital-distributors.html

I didn't see any "hint" of who the deal is with, especially not Hulu, who Disney owns 30% of. I mean its a foregone conclusion that ACCN will be able to be streamed on Hulu.

They said its a company whose rights deal is due up after 2019. Translation:

"Everybody said we are going to backdoor our way into getting cable companies to pay for a network they dont want by packaging it with our more mainstream networks but this network is being so well-received that we didn't have to do any "packaging" to get our first carriage deal."

 

[ThePanthers]

I didn't see any "hint" of who the deal is with, especially not Hulu, who Disney owns 30% of. I mean its a foregone conclusion that ACCN will be able to be streamed on Hulu.

They said its a company whose rights deal is due up after 2019. Translation:

"Everybody said we are going to backdoor our way into getting cable companies to pay for a network they dont want by packaging it with our more mainstream networks but this network is being so well-received that we didn't have to do any "packaging" to get our first carriage deal."

They said it is with a distributer who is signed past 2019, not due up in 2019. They probably packaged it in with the rest of the family of networks. Most think it's Hulu but that puts the pressure on other providers in the future.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I didn't see any "hint" of who the deal is with, especially not Hulu, who Disney owns 30% of. I mean its a foregone conclusion that ACCN will be able to be streamed on Hulu.

They said its a company whose rights deal is due up after 2019. Translation:

"Everybody said we are going to backdoor our way into getting cable companies to pay for a network they dont want by packaging it with our more mainstream networks but this network is being so well-received that we didn't have to do any "packaging" to get our first carriage deal."

They said it is with a distributer who is signed past 2019, not due up in 2019. They probably packaged it in with the rest of the family of networks. Most think it's Hulu but that puts the pressure on other providers in the future.

I said due up "after 2019" meaning they didn't have to package ACCN with anything since ACCN starts in Aug 2019 while this carrier is STILL on contract to carry ESPN, ESPN2, etc.

 

[topdecktiger]

Point of correction here. The article did not say it was only one digital service. The deal is with multiple services. ESPN didn't confirm which companies were part of the deal. The only speculation about Hulu is that it is one of the carriers, not that it's the only one.

 

[michnittlion]

Sounds like something to brag about.

Yep, I was bragging about getting some fried chicken at an airport.

 

[pittiswhereiamfrom2]

Yep, I was bragging about getting some fried chicken at an airport.

Glad you feel the need to verify your douchiness.