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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 3051437, member: 44"] I thought this was interesting as well: [B]The ACC Network launch will be considered a modified success.[/B] [I]The [B]ACC Network[/B]’s launch will look more like that of the [B]Big Ten Network[/B] — which endured a couple of years of brutal carriage fights — than the launch of the SEC Network — which nearly had full distribution from the start. ESPN already has a negotiating blueprint thanks to its Altice deal. Plus, you won’t find a better distribution executive than [B]Justin Connolly[/B], who was behind the SEC Network’s launch. It won’t be an unqualified success, but it will be good enough to keep schools happy.[/I] If true this is potentially good news for UConn since Fairfield County in Connecticut falls within the the NYC DMA and would be useful in getting the network first tier pricing. This was the engine that made Rutgers attractive to the B1G. [/QUOTE]