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This will help drive viewership in the inaugural ACCN season, as well as generate new cable subscriptions, which is the name of the game. If this is hugely successful in season one they may not think it will be necessary thereafter. I guess they can judge by how many cord cutters we see at the end of the first season. If there are a substantial number of cord cutters they will need to repeat this type of scheduling to reel them back in.

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Posted: 07/20/2018 at 1:01PM

Plans are to put high profile ACC matchups on the ACC Channel -- HOO86 07/19/2018 5:03PM

Raycom goes back to cd chesley and Jefferson pilot -- Mercury 07/21/2018 10:06AM

The key to Raycom was founder & VT alum Ken Haines. He came from VT and -- Stech 07/21/2018 10:53AM

Amen lots of vt relationships even back there -- Mercury 07/21/2018 11:02AM

Remarkable what they built -- mrcaniac 07/21/2018 8:59PM

Even though I am not a fan of playing a conference game in Week 1 -- VTHokie2000 07/20/2018 1:36PM

May not be permanent -- 33laszlo99 07/20/2018 1:01PM

Sure sounds like the schools have agreed to the High Profile games to me. -- Stech 07/20/2018 12:34PM

2019 ACC schedules from FBSSchedules -- mrcaniac 07/20/2018 8:08PM

Yeah ND Louisville is a definite possibility. Lots of open games & movable -- Stech 07/20/2018 8:14PM

I would put every ND game on the ACC channel -- EDGEMAN 07/19/2018 7:05PM

Put UNCheat-Duke bball game on ACCN and people will go nuts! -- Lakeridgehokie 07/20/2018 12:12PM

This is why i don't understand why an ACCN wouldn't work 10 years ago. Yes -- corvt2000 07/31/2018 3:44PM

Yep...people will sign up fast! ** -- Stech 07/21/2018 6:50PM

Great idea. Not a chance the networks go for it. ND, either. ** -- reestuart 07/20/2018 08:29AM

It wouldn't come down to ND's decision, it would be ESPN/ABC who decide -- TerryD 07/20/2018 11:08AM

Yeah, even if it's not in ND's hands, I imagine ESPN/ABC would want to keep -- reestuart 07/20/2018 1:26PM

ESPN profits if the channel does well, they will want them on the Channel. ** -- Stech 07/20/2018 7:33PM

The way I look at it, if ND gets a "full share" of the ACCN pie... -- EDGEMAN 07/20/2018 10:24AM

No ACC school is making a "full share" contribution -- TerryD 07/22/2018 10:33AM

I think they are contributing a full amount of possible games.... ** -- RTFC 07/22/2018 6:33PM

Yeah, but they don't really get a full cut. Do they? ** -- reestuart 07/20/2018 10:42AM

Yes, a full share of any ACC Network profits -- TerryD 07/20/2018 11:05AM

Ah. So it's the bowl money that's different. Right? ** -- reestuart 07/20/2018 1:24PM

I believe it's the larger media rights contract that's NOT split evenly -- Late 80s Hokie 07/23/2018 12:09PM

That seems similar to what I remembered. I'd like to see the agreement. ** -- reestuart 07/23/2018 12:11PM

ND splits the bowl money like everyone else other than NY6 bowls. -- HOO86 07/20/2018 2:33PM

Yep...that's why driving up subscribers for their ACC away games would be a -- Stech 07/20/2018 12:35PM

I think most ND fans want access to the ACC channel -- EDGEMAN 07/20/2018 12:46PM

ND fans will sign up right away if they are playing VT, FSU, Miami n ftball -- Stech 07/20/2018 7:40PM

The ACC schedulers will have to be creative to make sure ND is playing -- corvt2000 07/31/2018 3:47PM

I think Swoff is overstating the “high profile games” to ACCN -- Colonel Jessup 07/20/2018 10:13AM

I agree. The "huge" SEC game they started their network with was SC-aTm. -- reestuart 07/20/2018 10:41AM

That was the game that started the overhype of the SEC West -- corvt2000 07/31/2018 3:50PM

I didn’t use BTN because I assume ESPN has rights -- Colonel Jessup 07/20/2018 10:55AM

I believe CBS has first right of refusal when it wants to broadcast -- VTHokie2000 07/20/2018 1:16PM

May not be permanent

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