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ACC Network will be operated out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
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It was thought when ACC Commissioner John Swofford last year announced plans to launch an ACC Network by ’19 that the ESPN-owned channel would operate out of Charlotte and share its headquarters with SEC Network, which has been based in Charlotte since its launch in '14. ESPN has invested significantly into its studios and office space for ESPN Events in the city, about 100 miles south of the ACC's Greensboro HQ. However, ESPN told network staff today that ACC Network’s primary studio home will be on its Bristol, Conn., campus, where it built a 194,000-square foot studio three years ago for more than $100M for shows like “SportsCenter” and ESPN’s NFL studio programming. “Some had the sense that Charlotte was a natural, but, really, both locations are within our footprint,” Swofford said, referring to the conference’s northeastern schools of Boston College, Pitt and Syracuse. “ESPN has been looking at different scenarios since before we announced that we are moving forward with the ACC Network. We ended up in a really good place.” ESPN will keep its presence in Charlotte -- in fact, some ACC Network senior leadership, like Senior VP/College Networks Programming Rosalyn Durant, will remain there. Charlotte staff will continue to produce studio programming for SEC Network, which is not moving. In certain cases, ESPN’s Charlotte studio will conduct some coach and player interviews for ACC Network, but its studio production and operations will be housed in Bristol. Similar to the SEC Network, each ACC school will have its own studio space on campus.
IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION DECREASING: ESPN Exec VP/Programming & Scheduling Burke Magnus said, “In today’s world of video communication and technology, physical location is becoming less important every day. This was a circumstance born out of having the most resources at our disposal in Bristol to deliver on our plan for the ACC Network.” The ACC’s new network is expected to launch in ’19 and already has carriage deals in place with some digital video providers. Swofford said his optimism about the channel grows every day. “We’re where we thought we’d be, if not ahead of schedule,” he said. “The production facilities on campuses are going well, and we continue to be very excited about it.”
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily...twork.aspx
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 12:36 PM)Maize Wrote: From the article:
It was thought when ACC Commissioner John Swofford last year announced plans to launch an ACC Network by ’19 that the ESPN-owned channel would operate out of Charlotte and share its headquarters with SEC Network, which has been based in Charlotte since its launch in '14. ESPN has invested significantly into its studios and office space for ESPN Events in the city, about 100 miles south of the ACC's Greensboro HQ. However, ESPN told network staff today that ACC Network’s primary studio home will be on its Bristol, Conn., campus, where it built a 194,000-square foot studio three years ago for more than $100M for shows like “SportsCenter” and ESPN’s NFL studio programming. “Some had the sense that Charlotte was a natural, but, really, both locations are within our footprint,” Swofford said, referring to the conference’s northeastern schools of Boston College, Pitt and Syracuse. “ESPN has been looking at different scenarios since before we announced that we are moving forward with the ACC Network. We ended up in a really good place.” ESPN will keep its presence in Charlotte -- in fact, some ACC Network senior leadership, like Senior VP/College Networks Programming Rosalyn Durant, will remain there. Charlotte staff will continue to produce studio programming for SEC Network, which is not moving. In certain cases, ESPN’s Charlotte studio will conduct some coach and player interviews for ACC Network, but its studio production and operations will be housed in Bristol. Similar to the SEC Network, each ACC school will have its own studio space on campus.
IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION DECREASING: ESPN Exec VP/Programming & Scheduling Burke Magnus said, “In today’s world of video communication and technology, physical location is becoming less important every day. This was a circumstance born out of having the most resources at our disposal in Bristol to deliver on our plan for the ACC Network.” The ACC’s new network is expected to launch in ’19 and already has carriage deals in place with some digital video providers. Swofford said his optimism about the channel grows every day. “We’re where we thought we’d be, if not ahead of schedule,” he said. “The production facilities on campuses are going well, and we continue to be very excited about it.”
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily...twork.aspx
I wonder how many more "oh, by the way....." things ESPN has in store for the ACC before this thing gets going.....
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
I'm guessing that with the recent layoffs, ESPN has a fair amount of extra office space and studio space available in Bristol, so why not.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 12:51 PM)BadgerMJ Wrote: I wonder how many more "oh, by the way....." things ESPN has in store for the ACC before this thing gets going.....
This was pushed far enough out it was to be expected. It's a shame, but, not a surprise. It saves money for ESPN, and, really, given what it takes to get onto ESPN3, the mobile units and whatnot, it doesn't mean you still can't have Charlotte as a hub for some infrastructure.
Plus, those other conferences share with ESPN. They have a little more leverage where it concerns centering operations.
They'll get there...just hope the models don't change too ghastly in the next two years that it gets to realize this dream.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
Get ready for the UCONN fans to start saying this is all about getting UCONN into the ACC.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
Well if that doesn't further cement the hierarchy within P5: The ACC Network gets shunted to whatever leftover office space is available at the mothership while the SEC Network is safely ensconced in the heart of the conference footprint.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 01:32 PM)Cyniclone Wrote: Well if that doesn't further cement the hierarchy within P5: The ACC Network gets shunted to whatever leftover office space is available at the mothership while the SEC Network is safely ensconced in the heart of the conference footprint.
Well, the heart of the SEC footprint is certainly not Charlotte, NC. They don't even have a team in the state! If anything, Birmingham, AL is the center of the SEC. It's just that ESPNU headquarters were in Charlotte at the time the SEC Network was launched, and there's room in Bristol now... nobody has actually gotten any new office space yet (except maybe LHN? I'm not sure).
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 12:51 PM)BadgerMJ Wrote: (09-18-2017 12:36 PM)Maize Wrote: From the article:
It was thought when ACC Commissioner John Swofford last year announced plans to launch an ACC Network by ’19 that the ESPN-owned channel would operate out of Charlotte and share its headquarters with SEC Network, which has been based in Charlotte since its launch in '14. ESPN has invested significantly into its studios and office space for ESPN Events in the city, about 100 miles south of the ACC's Greensboro HQ. However, ESPN told network staff today that ACC Network’s primary studio home will be on its Bristol, Conn., campus, where it built a 194,000-square foot studio three years ago for more than $100M for shows like “SportsCenter” and ESPN’s NFL studio programming. “Some had the sense that Charlotte was a natural, but, really, both locations are within our footprint,” Swofford said, referring to the conference’s northeastern schools of Boston College, Pitt and Syracuse. “ESPN has been looking at different scenarios since before we announced that we are moving forward with the ACC Network. We ended up in a really good place.” ESPN will keep its presence in Charlotte -- in fact, some ACC Network senior leadership, like Senior VP/College Networks Programming Rosalyn Durant, will remain there. Charlotte staff will continue to produce studio programming for SEC Network, which is not moving. In certain cases, ESPN’s Charlotte studio will conduct some coach and player interviews for ACC Network, but its studio production and operations will be housed in Bristol. Similar to the SEC Network, each ACC school will have its own studio space on campus.
IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION DECREASING: ESPN Exec VP/Programming & Scheduling Burke Magnus said, “In today’s world of video communication and technology, physical location is becoming less important every day. This was a circumstance born out of having the most resources at our disposal in Bristol to deliver on our plan for the ACC Network.” The ACC’s new network is expected to launch in ’19 and already has carriage deals in place with some digital video providers. Swofford said his optimism about the channel grows every day. “We’re where we thought we’d be, if not ahead of schedule,” he said. “The production facilities on campuses are going well, and we continue to be very excited about it.”
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily...twork.aspx
I wonder how many more "oh, by the way....." things ESPN has in store for the ACC before this thing gets going.....
This is a real issue? Which place the network is run from? Why?
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 01:59 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote: (09-18-2017 01:32 PM)Cyniclone Wrote: Well if that doesn't further cement the hierarchy within P5: The ACC Network gets shunted to whatever leftover office space is available at the mothership while the SEC Network is safely ensconced in the heart of the conference footprint.
Well, the heart of the SEC footprint is certainly not Charlotte, NC. They don't even have a team in the state! If anything, Birmingham, AL is the center of the SEC. It's just that ESPNU headquarters were in Charlotte at the time the SEC Network was launched, and there's room in Bristol now... nobody has actually gotten any new office space yet (except maybe LHN? I'm not sure).
Charlotte is in South Carolina's backyard and a reasonable drive to Georgia, Tennessee, Vandy, Kentucky, Auburn, Alabama and Gainesville. I guess dead center would be Birmingham or whereabouts. But still good enough for government work, and certainly in a more ideologically and geographically congruous place than Bristol is to the ACC, which is still Southeast-centric even after factoring in BC, Syracuse and Pitt.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
You got to wonder if ESPN made the Big 12 look bad last year by shaming them for not inviting schools, but secretly want some Big 12 schools into the ACC and SEC, and move several AAC schools into the ACC/SEC conferences to expand their footprints. It is a chess match between ESPN and Fox Sports for the Big 12 network? Could they get the SEC or ACC to expand into the Mountain and Pacific time zones? I know some schools in the ACC and SEC are not afraid to schedule BYU and Boise State.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 01:27 PM)msm96wolf Wrote: Get ready for the UCONN fans to start saying this is all about getting UCONN into the ACC.
UConn fans don't expect anything from ESPN and we're never disappointed.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 02:22 PM)TerryD Wrote: (09-18-2017 12:51 PM)BadgerMJ Wrote: (09-18-2017 12:36 PM)Maize Wrote: From the article:
It was thought when ACC Commissioner John Swofford last year announced plans to launch an ACC Network by ’19 that the ESPN-owned channel would operate out of Charlotte and share its headquarters with SEC Network, which has been based in Charlotte since its launch in '14. ESPN has invested significantly into its studios and office space for ESPN Events in the city, about 100 miles south of the ACC's Greensboro HQ. However, ESPN told network staff today that ACC Network’s primary studio home will be on its Bristol, Conn., campus, where it built a 194,000-square foot studio three years ago for more than $100M for shows like “SportsCenter” and ESPN’s NFL studio programming. “Some had the sense that Charlotte was a natural, but, really, both locations are within our footprint,” Swofford said, referring to the conference’s northeastern schools of Boston College, Pitt and Syracuse. “ESPN has been looking at different scenarios since before we announced that we are moving forward with the ACC Network. We ended up in a really good place.” ESPN will keep its presence in Charlotte -- in fact, some ACC Network senior leadership, like Senior VP/College Networks Programming Rosalyn Durant, will remain there. Charlotte staff will continue to produce studio programming for SEC Network, which is not moving. In certain cases, ESPN’s Charlotte studio will conduct some coach and player interviews for ACC Network, but its studio production and operations will be housed in Bristol. Similar to the SEC Network, each ACC school will have its own studio space on campus.
IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION DECREASING: ESPN Exec VP/Programming & Scheduling Burke Magnus said, “In today’s world of video communication and technology, physical location is becoming less important every day. This was a circumstance born out of having the most resources at our disposal in Bristol to deliver on our plan for the ACC Network.” The ACC’s new network is expected to launch in ’19 and already has carriage deals in place with some digital video providers. Swofford said his optimism about the channel grows every day. “We’re where we thought we’d be, if not ahead of schedule,” he said. “The production facilities on campuses are going well, and we continue to be very excited about it.”
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily...twork.aspx
I wonder how many more "oh, by the way....." things ESPN has in store for the ACC before this thing gets going.....
This is a real issue? Which place the network is run from? Why?
Read the first line.
"It was thought......"
That sounds to me like Swofford was left with the impression or at the very least it was implied that the network would be run out of Charlotte.
If it's me, it begs the question what other "changes" to the "thoughts" are still waiting? The location isn't that big a deal, but it does make one wonder how many other changes will be made before the kickoff.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 02:30 PM)BadgerMJ Wrote: (09-18-2017 02:22 PM)TerryD Wrote: (09-18-2017 12:51 PM)BadgerMJ Wrote: (09-18-2017 12:36 PM)Maize Wrote: From the article:
It was thought when ACC Commissioner John Swofford last year announced plans to launch an ACC Network by ’19 that the ESPN-owned channel would operate out of Charlotte and share its headquarters with SEC Network, which has been based in Charlotte since its launch in '14. ESPN has invested significantly into its studios and office space for ESPN Events in the city, about 100 miles south of the ACC's Greensboro HQ. However, ESPN told network staff today that ACC Network’s primary studio home will be on its Bristol, Conn., campus, where it built a 194,000-square foot studio three years ago for more than $100M for shows like “SportsCenter” and ESPN’s NFL studio programming. “Some had the sense that Charlotte was a natural, but, really, both locations are within our footprint,” Swofford said, referring to the conference’s northeastern schools of Boston College, Pitt and Syracuse. “ESPN has been looking at different scenarios since before we announced that we are moving forward with the ACC Network. We ended up in a really good place.” ESPN will keep its presence in Charlotte -- in fact, some ACC Network senior leadership, like Senior VP/College Networks Programming Rosalyn Durant, will remain there. Charlotte staff will continue to produce studio programming for SEC Network, which is not moving. In certain cases, ESPN’s Charlotte studio will conduct some coach and player interviews for ACC Network, but its studio production and operations will be housed in Bristol. Similar to the SEC Network, each ACC school will have its own studio space on campus.
IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION DECREASING: ESPN Exec VP/Programming & Scheduling Burke Magnus said, “In today’s world of video communication and technology, physical location is becoming less important every day. This was a circumstance born out of having the most resources at our disposal in Bristol to deliver on our plan for the ACC Network.” The ACC’s new network is expected to launch in ’19 and already has carriage deals in place with some digital video providers. Swofford said his optimism about the channel grows every day. “We’re where we thought we’d be, if not ahead of schedule,” he said. “The production facilities on campuses are going well, and we continue to be very excited about it.”
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily...twork.aspx
I wonder how many more "oh, by the way....." things ESPN has in store for the ACC before this thing gets going.....
This is a real issue? Which place the network is run from? Why?
Read the first line.
"It was thought......"
That sounds to me like Swofford was left with the impression or at the very least it was implied that the network would be run out of Charlotte.
If it's me, it begs the question what other "changes" to the "thoughts" are still waiting? The location isn't that big a deal, but it does make one wonder how many other changes will be made before the kickoff.
No ACC school cares where the network is based since they will all have the capability to host studio shows on campus. The only thing they care about is the revenue & exposure a network might bring. Now it would not surprise me if the ACCN replaces ESPN news or U on the linear side if the equation & which ever it replaces gets placed on the digital only platform
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 02:22 PM)TerryD Wrote: (09-18-2017 12:51 PM)BadgerMJ Wrote: (09-18-2017 12:36 PM)Maize Wrote: From the article:
It was thought when ACC Commissioner John Swofford last year announced plans to launch an ACC Network by ’19 that the ESPN-owned channel would operate out of Charlotte and share its headquarters with SEC Network, which has been based in Charlotte since its launch in '14. ESPN has invested significantly into its studios and office space for ESPN Events in the city, about 100 miles south of the ACC's Greensboro HQ. However, ESPN told network staff today that ACC Network’s primary studio home will be on its Bristol, Conn., campus, where it built a 194,000-square foot studio three years ago for more than $100M for shows like “SportsCenter” and ESPN’s NFL studio programming. “Some had the sense that Charlotte was a natural, but, really, both locations are within our footprint,” Swofford said, referring to the conference’s northeastern schools of Boston College, Pitt and Syracuse. “ESPN has been looking at different scenarios since before we announced that we are moving forward with the ACC Network. We ended up in a really good place.” ESPN will keep its presence in Charlotte -- in fact, some ACC Network senior leadership, like Senior VP/College Networks Programming Rosalyn Durant, will remain there. Charlotte staff will continue to produce studio programming for SEC Network, which is not moving. In certain cases, ESPN’s Charlotte studio will conduct some coach and player interviews for ACC Network, but its studio production and operations will be housed in Bristol. Similar to the SEC Network, each ACC school will have its own studio space on campus.
IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION DECREASING: ESPN Exec VP/Programming & Scheduling Burke Magnus said, “In today’s world of video communication and technology, physical location is becoming less important every day. This was a circumstance born out of having the most resources at our disposal in Bristol to deliver on our plan for the ACC Network.” The ACC’s new network is expected to launch in ’19 and already has carriage deals in place with some digital video providers. Swofford said his optimism about the channel grows every day. “We’re where we thought we’d be, if not ahead of schedule,” he said. “The production facilities on campuses are going well, and we continue to be very excited about it.”
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily...twork.aspx
I wonder how many more "oh, by the way....." things ESPN has in store for the ACC before this thing gets going.....
This is a real issue? Which place the network is run from? Why?
Totally agree. Like saying sorry, we have run out of ribeye so you are going to have to settle for a T-Bone.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 01:32 PM)Cyniclone Wrote: Well if that doesn't further cement the hierarchy within P5: The ACC Network gets shunted to whatever leftover office space is available at the mothership while the SEC Network is safely ensconced in the heart of the conference footprint.
Some of you guys are funny as you keep looking for some kind of shade and disrespect or the smallest slight from ESPN towards the ACC, to the point that you have to imagine that its a slap in the face to the ACC for ESPN to house the ACCN in their unused, state of the art, offices so that the ACCN would have the best broadcast quality around, and staffed by the best in the business, with all of ESPN's resources right in house. All so that the ACCN would have the greatest opportunity for success when it starts.
IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION DECREASING: ESPN Exec VP/Programming & Scheduling Burke Magnus said, “In today’s world of video communication and technology, physical location is becoming less important every day. This was a circumstance born out of having the most resources at our disposal in Bristol to deliver on our plan for the ACC Network.” The ACC’s new network is expected to launch in ’19 and already has carriage deals in place with some digital video providers. Swofford said his optimism about the channel grows every day. “We’re where we thought we’d be, if not ahead of schedule,” he said. “The production facilities on campuses are going well, and we continue to be very excited about it.”
Yeah, us ACC folks feel so disrespected.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 02:22 PM)TerryD Wrote: This is a real issue? Which place the network is run from? Why?
I can see the symbolism. Running it out of Charlotte would have put it on operational parity with the SECN. Running it out of Bristol is a signal that it doesn't have operational parity with the SECN.
And let's face it: Comparisons with the SECN are what the ACCN is all about.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
Here's a big idea for ESPN--consolidate the ACC and SEC. Drop the 3 northeastern schools and WF and add the other 10 to the SEC for a 24-team mega league that you control all of the rights to. Make a 4 divisions of 6 or 6 divisions of 4 or however you want to splice it up.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
What exactly is on SECN that is worth a shi+t? I have the maximum U Verse package so I have about 5-6 channels that are always tumbling the SEC checkerboard logo. What am I missing? Paul Finebaum? There is nothing special about the SECN, it's just a marketing bundle and you can easily sell it in the SEC fan footprint.
An ACCN is nothing but a marketing bundle and if I have to suffer Jay Bilas on that, I wont watch it either.
What the ACCN is selling is three elements - ACC basketball games, and Southern ACC school football games, and ND.
If I were in broadcasting for a living, I think I would like to live 100 miles from NYC and Boston as opposed to Charlotte. But what do I know?
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
Carriage rates and market penetration matter greatly for the ACC Network.
However, the studio location is irrelevant. One could argue that being in Bristol is a better location than being in Charlotte since the ACCN can more easily leverage the national commentators based at ESPN HQ. I'm fairly certain this simply came down to a combination of cost and where pre-existing space was available.
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RE: ACC Network will be runned out of Bristol, Connecticut instead of Charlotte, NC...
(09-18-2017 05:10 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: Here's a big idea for ESPN--consolidate the ACC and SEC. Drop the 3 northeastern schools and WF and add the other 10 to the SEC for a 24-team mega league that you control all of the rights to. Make a 4 divisions of 6 or 6 divisions of 4 or however you want to splice it up.
The Southern Conference split up in 1933 because it had 23 schools.
What you are suggesting is the recreation of the old Southern Conference. If that happened in the future, it will be done with at least 36 schools - the current 29 plus Texas, OU, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and Kansas plus 2.
The last two spots would likely be between Penn State, MD, West Va, Navy, Cincy.
However, 6 divisions of 6 might as well be 2 conferences of 18 or three of 12 and such a beast would probably last 2 decades at best.
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