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<blockquote data-quote="topdecktiger" data-source="post: 129602802" data-attributes="member: 1459051">Yet more clarification on some of the issues that were argued:<a href="http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/what-an-acc-network-means-as-the-big-12-is-now-alone-without-a-channel/">Skipper also noted ESPN will fully own the ACC Network, just as it does with the SEC Network. The ACC will get a new dedicated channel that's taken to the market for distributors, meaning it won't be a current ESPN-branded channel that changes into the ACC Network, Skipper said.</a>So, yes as I said, ESPN will own 100% of the network. That leads into the next point.<a href="http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/what-an-acc-network-means-as-the-big-12-is-now-alone-without-a-channel/">Might there be a day when a Duke-North Carolina basketball game is on the ACC Network in order to drive distribution? ESPN owns all of the ACC's rights so it's certainly possible. When ESPN2 was trying to get off the ground in 1998, the network aired Duke-North Carolina and set a viewership record at the time for the channel.</a>As I also said, ESPN owns all of the ACC's rights. There it is, right there. ESPN owns all of the ACC's rights, yet the ACC has a network. The ACC has a network, and will get paid for it. So according to the above theory, ESPN is &quot;paying twice&quot; for rights they already own. Not so, because as I pointed out, the payments from the network are for subscriptions, not for content.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="topdecktiger, post: 129602802, member: 1459051"] Yet more clarification on some of the issues that were argued: [URL='http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/what-an-acc-network-means-as-the-big-12-is-now-alone-without-a-channel/']Skipper also noted[U] ESPN will fully own the ACC Network[/U], just as it does with the SEC Network. The ACC will get a new dedicated channel that's taken to the market for distributors, meaning it won't be a current ESPN-branded channel that changes into the ACC Network, Skipper said.[/URL] So, yes as I said, ESPN will own 100% of the network. That leads into the next point. [URL='http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/what-an-acc-network-means-as-the-big-12-is-now-alone-without-a-channel/']Might there be a day when a Duke-North Carolina basketball game is on the ACC Network in order to drive distribution? [U]ESPN owns all of the ACC's rights[/U] so it's certainly possible. When ESPN2 was trying to get off the ground in 1998, the network aired Duke-North Carolina and set a viewership record at the time for the channel.[/URL] As I also said, ESPN owns all of the ACC's rights. There it is, right there. ESPN owns [B][I][U]all[/U][/I][/B] of the ACC's rights, yet the ACC has a network. The ACC has a network, and will get paid for it. So according to the above theory, ESPN is "paying twice" for rights they already own. Not so, because as I pointed out, the payments from the network are for subscriptions, not for content. [/QUOTE]

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