[1] In discussions with ESPN management, there were uncertainties over whether an ACC channel would be economically viable, due to cord cutting and changing television viewing habits.

This policy effectively discourages schools from leaving the ACC, and left the SEC as the only Power Five conference to not have a similar grant requirement.

[8] Opening night programming included the ESPN Films documentary The Class That Saved Coach K, which chronicled Mike Krzyzewski's turnaround of the Duke Blue Devils basketball team in the 1980s.

[9] It aired its first football game on August 29, with the defending national champion Clemson Tigers hosting the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

[9] All ACC will serve as the network's general news program, while The Huddle airs on Friday nights and Saturday mornings during football season.

[19] In October 2017, Altice USA committed to offering the channel as part of in its latest round of carriage negotiations with Disney.

[22] Live television streaming services Hulu, PlayStation Vue, YouTube TV and TVision Home also signed agreements to carry the channel at launch.

[23][24] On August 14, Charter Spectrum, the largest cable provider in the ACC's heartland of North Carolina, agreed to carry ACCN as part of a new carriage agreement covering all Disney networks (including those acquired from 21st Century Fox).

[30] The holdout, Comcast, which provides cable television to 19 million households as of Q3 2020,[31] claimed in September 2019 that ESPN was not allowing them to carry the network at a "fair and reasonable cost" to their customers.