In a major development, ESPN announced Tuesday that Xfinity would be making ACC Network available to its Comcast customers. According to a release from ESPN, the change will be finalized and the channel will be accessible “in the coming weeks.”

Xfinity and Comcast were the last major television carriers to hold out from making ACC Network available to customers, as Spectrum, DirecTV and Dish Network all carry the channel. The release stated with ACC Network’s addition to Comcast, it will now be available to “nearly 90 million households.”

“ACCN provides tremendous value to college sports fans, and we are excited about this agreement with Comcast, which ensures subscribers will have access to the full slate of content offered on ACCN and ACCNX [ACC Network Extra, the network’s digital platform],” said Ilan Ben-Hanan, Senior Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions for ESPN. “ACC fans will now have the opportunity to watch ACCN’s extensive lineup of live sporting events, studio shows and original programming in the coming weeks.”

“We are thrilled that ACC Network has reached full distribution with the addition of Comcast to our already robust lineup of providers,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. “This is a milestone moment in the short history of ACCN, and we appreciate the continued leadership at Disney, ESPN and ACCN for working diligently to make this a reality.”

Launched in August 2019, ACC Network has expanded the conference’s multimedia presence by broadcasting football, basketball and various Olympic sports games across the country. Currently, seven UNC men’s basketball games in the 2021-22 season are scheduled to be broadcast on the ACC Network, as well as seven women’s basketball games. Several other women’s basketball games will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.

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