Hulu announced Wednesday that it plans to launch a live streaming television service for around $40/month.

Hulu is owned by Disney, Fox, and NBC-Universal. NBC has yet to sign on to this live streaming service, but talks are taking place.

The idea is to have a service that will off-set "cord cutters" and offer Disney, ESPN, ABC, Fox and all of its sports and regional sports entities for broadband-only consumers at a much lower price. This is a counter to SlingTV by a company with much more clout.

I don't know whether this would include all ESPN networks, but it could mean even more money if the ACCN becomes a reality. Plus the ACC is at the forefront of digital content anyway. This should definitely ease the burden ESPN has been feeling in regards to cord cutting. They've found a way to stay in the game regardless of the future of television.

Now would be the time for an ACCN to emerge so that it can be included in this deal, even if the ACCN, LHN, and SECN are part of an "add-on." The writing is on the wall that the window is closing and ESPN has to protect the ACC no matter what because of it is an asset.

The timing of the news by Hulu is eerily convenient to the smoke surrounding the possibility of an ACCN coming "sooner rather than later."