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[QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 421468, member: 652"]
I explained this last night and wish I could just use those statements instead of having to type it again. The reason BTN is successful is that News Corp owns 49% of the network and was able to get it put on basic cable tier when it launched on DirecTv. This helped cause News Corp leveraged BTN with Fox News Channel. FX, and all channels its own. This allowed the BTN get every user who has basic cable to have to pay the network a monthly fee and brings in capital. In BTN markets they get every more capital per cable user. The reason an ACC network isn't going to happen is that Disney would have to do the dirty work to get an ACC Network up and running and I bet right now the SEC network is a higher priority for ESPN/Disney than the ACC. Thus, the ACC needs Notre Dame to sign its Football TV rights with ESPN or talk to the SEC about a joint SEC/ACC network to have a chance to get the network up and running I will post later on this if people care, but its a lot of work to a get a network on basic cable unless the parent company plays hardball its almost impossible. That is why I will take News Corp over Disney every day of the week K. Rupert Murdoch > Bob Iger.
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