ACC Network is scheduled to go live at 7 pm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stray Gator
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ACC Network is scheduled to go live at 7 pm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stray Gator
Ah, that's so strange. I have DirecTV, and as of moments ago, there is no channel 612 for me at all, could not find any ACCN listing...maybe by 7pm? I see the Big Ten and SEC networks (as usual)...Quote:
Originally Posted by MulletMan
I live in the New Orleans area and as of now my Directv channel guide shows nothing for Channel 612. However, I " chatted" with a Directv customer rep who told me that I should begin receiving ACCN on Channel 612 beginning at 6:00 PM central time tonight. Apparently, to receive that channel you have to subscribe to either their CHOICE, XTRA, ULTIMATE, or PREMIER package, which include the "regional sports package".Quote:
Originally Posted by MulletMan
Assuming I am ultimately able to receive channel 612, I will keep my fingers crossed that I will be able to watch Duke games. The regional sports package also includes the FOX sports channels, and 90% of the time the Duke games are "blacked out in my area" due to "contractual considerations", even though Duke is over a thousand miles away and the games are sold-out. Apparently, Directv is unwilling to pay FOX for Duke games in my area, even though by paying for the extra package, I was led to believe that I would be able to watch the Duke games on the FOX sports channels.
Pardon me for venting, but I have been extremely unhappy with Directv on numerous occasions.
Same here, although fwiw I'm in Wisconsin. Expecting the worst. I subscribe to sportspack, or whatever they call it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 60sDukie
Was in Pittsburgh last weekend and people are just as confused whether or not they'll be able to see Pitt's games. Uncle Turk is blaming the ACC network for a ridiculous 11AM kickoff time for Pitt's cannon fodder game with Ohio. "What are they thinking? That's prime tailgating time!!" He got so fed up with the ambiguity of football schedules that he chose not to re-up his season tix for the first time in 30+ years, and don't get him started on Thursday night games. (On the other hand, his yard is immaculate).
I also happened to catch some nonsense on the Worldwide Leader plugging the ACCN, where they showed the "greatest" ACC football team, regardless of whether the school was actually in the conference at the time. So they listed Dan Marino at QB, Jim Brown and Tony Dorsett at RB, etc etc etc. That's just wrong on so many levels. Of the 22 players on offense / defense, I think the only two players from the "original" ACC were on defense (Peppers and LT), and yes, I'm excluding The U and F$U because I said so.
It will be interesting to see how deep the ACCN will have to dig into the "wayback machine" in order to fill all that air time. "Wait, I'm paying cash money to see the Boston College 1973 football season highlights?!?" "Oh yeah, I can't wait to watch a rerun of the Clemson spring football game for the fourth time. I'm all in - get out the chips and Bud Lite! Dilly dilly!"
How many days until basketball season? I don't think I'm going to make it...
We've "cut the cable" and are now using YouTube TV for our streaming service. It's showing on our schedule that the ACC Network is being offered and I'm going to record the shows tonight. I hope this is true! I don't know if it is part of the ESPN package - we get ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN-U, and ESPN News - but the ACC Network is showing up on the schedule with the various ESPN stations.
Bingo! I got it! God knows what it is costing me.
I got it for “free” for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by sagegrouse
ACC Network is on my TV. :cool:
Channel is listed but content unavailable on Sling. They say they’re working with Disney on it. Uh huh. This may be the end of the road for me and Sling...
Supposedly AT&T tv NOW (just renamed from DirectTV NOW last week) is carrying it, but they have not added it to their channel list yet. Thankfully, I only care when I actually need to see a Duke game, so they've got a few weeks to get it right.
Not showing for me right now. The nice dude in The Philippines told me that I should have it but it’s out in my region right now. Call back tomorrow if it isn’t showing.
Reception on Directv 612 in Durham was excellent tonight
To be fair, not only did the ACC Network magically appear on my TV at 7:00 PM on channel 612 of DirecTV, the features on the 1986 Duke basketball team were outstanding.
UPDATE: I have had ATT & Directv service (tv, internet, home phone line, and wireless (3 phones) for over 10 years. My monthly bill approaches $500. I have the Directv XTRA package which includes a "regional sports package" with which I get the Big Ten (610) and SEC (611) and various FOX Sports channels at no additional charge. When I tried to pull up the ACCN channel (612), I got a message that I was not subscribed to that channel, but the problem might be solved by rebooting my receiver. I rebooted and got the same message, suggesting that I call customer service with error code 721. The customer service representative said he saw no reason why I was not getting channel 612, and that he could help me. After about 20 minutes and rebooting my receiver a couple of times he pulled up channel 612. In his closing summation, he mentioned that he had added a "Premium Sports Package". When I asked if there was any additional charge, he said that the Premium package would be an additional $13.95/month, but he could give me a $5.00 credit for 3 months. When I balked at that, he referred me to the "Loyalty Department" which after being put on hold several times agreed to give me a "break" by giving me a one-time credit of $70.00. Some break! While i can now get Big Ten and SEC network games at no additional charge, I now have to pay a net of approximately $8.33/month for the first year and $13.95/month after that for ACCN, and the Directv representative could not guarantee that Duke games would not be blacked out in Louisiana. I continue to be very unhappy with Directv and will be looking for other providers.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimBD
Duke previously had a recruiting advantage in that more Duke basketball games were broadcast on television at no additional charge than any other school. Now families and friends of recruits will have to pay to see many of those games.
I thoroughly enjoyed the show and even Bilas’ presence didn’t bother me. Didn’t know why Jackman transferred, now I get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by roywhite
For me, the only unanswered question was Weldon Williams PT. When I saw him play cleanup minutes, I thought he was much better than the scrubs. I recall he was an engineering major and maybe didn’t focus on b-ball as much, but was there more to this? He seemed pleased to be part of the show and group last night, guess no hard feelings.
I missed the first 35 minutes or so, but what struck me is how many sound bytes they played from David Henderson and how few comments from Danny Ferry and Billy King got on air. And it's still too soon to think about the Louisville game. It always will be. That was the saddest I've ever been after a Duke loss.Quote:
Originally Posted by arnie
Me too, I was pleasantly surprised by how good the piece was (I only watched part of it, recorded the rest)...evidently my Choice package from DirecTV qualifies me to get ACCN without extra charge...(it ought to be, I pay those guys way too much each month)Quote:
Originally Posted by roywhite
pretty good NY Times article here from yesterday...they mention the balancing act required, i.e. ESPN is paying $240 million over the next 20 years for ACC games, so they'll want to get the best ones (duh) on ESPN or ABC...yet they have to feed ACCN something to make it relevant...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/s...work-espn.html
Since Ferry and King weren’t in the class that saved K, they didn’t do much talking. Was glad to see the others included though.Quote:
Originally Posted by HereBeforeCoachK