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July 11, 2013

ACC Info

Filed under: ACC,Conference,Media — Chas @ 12:30 pm

ACC Media Days are closing fast. Oops, sorry. It’s actually called the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff. In just ten days. (Man, do I need to finish with all the old links and stuff.)

The ACC released the list of players who will be in attendance. Two per team is the rule. No surprise that for Pitt it will be Aaron Donald and Devin Street. These are the two best players on each side of the ball. Both are seniors. Both are needed/expected to be team leaders.

The ACC also announced that they have a deal in place to have YES in the NYC market to carry football and basketball for the upcoming season.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country the past 10 years, has reached an agreement with FOX Sports Media Group by which YES will televise live Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball and football games and Big East basketball games beginning this fall.

As part of the deal, YES will televise up to 10 ACC football games and up to 23 men’s ACC basketball games, as well as select women’s basketball and Olympic sports.

I like the chances of more Pitt games showing up in this package.

Locally, Pitt football games will be on WTAE (ABC) as well as some of the basketball games. Root Sports also has a deal in place to show Pitt/ACC games.

It’s looking like it won’t be too difficult to find Pitt on TV even with the Raycom factor.





YES, I get Yes on my local cable system (Time-Warner) here in Cleveland area

More importantly, it will help NYC recutuing efforts in BB … this should be music to our ears. I believe it is the flagship for Yankee baseball so I assume it gets much viewership

Comment by wbb 07.11.13 @ 3:24 pm

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ACC affiliation just keeps getting
better and better. Lets go Pitt!!

Comment by JR 07.11.13 @ 3:45 pm

Sounds promising for 2013-14. I wonder what the Washington, DC coverage will be like in 2014-15 after Maryland moves to the Big 10?

Comment by pitt1972 07.11.13 @ 5:44 pm

All Good News!!!

Comment by Gordo 07.11.13 @ 7:14 pm

Does this result in a bigger payout to ACC teams? If so, by how much? I see the agreement is between Fox and YES, but I would assume there’s still an added benefit to the conference. Either way, good news.

Comment by Jeff 07.11.13 @ 7:51 pm

This is great news. There should be just as much coverage on YES and yes even MASN of the ACC nothern tier schools. As we are more interested in seeing them play as opposed to Wake Forest/Ga Tech or Clemson/Miami, etc. in basketball.

I would think these regional networks would know what school’s teams will draw good ratings in their geographic footprint.

This isn’t Rocket Science !

Comment by EMel 07.11.13 @ 10:48 pm

Actually WTAE will carry both football & basketball.
Including basketball is a big move in the Pgh market for TAE.
They have to give up network programming and thus sponsors.
That tells me that local advertising dollars are either interested or TAE feels strongly they can sell the ads.
Very good move for Pitt. It will help drive PSU out of the picture from December and further isolates WVUlgar. No one wants to advertise during the Hoopie v T tech hardwood struggle.

Comment by Sfpitt 07.12.13 @ 10:05 pm

Unfortunately, I don’t believe I get “YES” and don’t think I can get it unless I pay for the highest tier of service on DISH which I am unwilling to do since it would likely double my monthly cable bill. I hope there will be enough coverage on ROOT and MASN to keep me happy in the DC “exurbs.” I might just add and immediately drop “YES” occasionally if there is a game or two I really want to see.

Comment by pitt1972 07.13.13 @ 7:17 am

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