Pitt Athletics and UPTV Bring ACC Network to Campus Residence Halls
3/24/2021 11:55:00 AM | General
PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh will soon feature the ACC Network within its residence halls thanks to a partnership between Pitt Athletics and University of Pittsburgh Television [UPTV], Channel 68.
"We are excited to partner with UPTV to bring the ACC Network to our students here on campus," said Seth Graham, Assistant AD of Information Technology. "It was important to us that students had access to Pitt events televised by the ACC Network and they will now be able to watch those contests from their own rooms when they are not able to attend in person."
The ACC Network will be presented by UPTV for live events that feature the Panthers. Through this agreement, only selected Pitt events televised on the ACCN will be available on Channel 68. Saturday's softball game between Pitt and Syracuse from Vartabedian Field (4:30 p.m.) will be the first ACC Network contest presented by UPTV available in campus residence halls.
"We're super grateful for this opportunity to bring Pitt sports to students on campus," said Jacob Mahaffey, president of UPTV. "This is a fantastic opportunity to keep school pride high when in-person events aren't an option, and it's also a great way to introduce and promote some of the work of students in our organization."
ACC Network presented by UPTV Spring '21 Schedule
March 27 - Softball vs. Syracuse - 2 pm
March 28 - Baseball vs. Virginia Tech - 1 pm
April 16 - Softball vs. North Carolina - 5 pm
April 17 – Football Spring Game – 1 pm
April 17 -Softball vs. North Carolina - 5 pm
April 18 - Softball vs. North Carolina - 3 pm
May 18 - Baseball vs. Akron - 3 pm
UPTV
University of Pittsburgh Television is a student television station at the University of Pittsburgh. Its purpose is to provide television and film production training to Pitt students. It provides cameras and other filming equipment, as well as computers to edit and create finished projects. Students may either create their own project or help in the production of a number of shows and films. The station has an office in the William Pitt Union, next to WPTS-FM. Additional information on UPTV is available HERE.
ACC Network
Owned and operated by ESPN in partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Network (ACCN) and its digital platform ACCNX is a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports that launched on August 22, 2019. ACCN features regular-season and tournament games from across the conference's 27 sponsored sports plus a complement of news and information shows and original programming. ESPN has been televising ACC content since 1979 and has exclusive rights to every conference-controlled game across all sports and championships.
Carriage agreements are in place with the following video providers: AT&T U-Verse, AT&T TV NOW, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Google Fiber, Hulu Live TV, Optimum, Sling TV, Spectrum TV, Suddenlink, TVision, Verizon Fios, YouTube TV, members of the NCTC, NRTC and Vivicast, among others. All ACCN games will also be available on the ESPN app to authenticated subscribers. Fans interested in learning more about ACCN can visit www.GetACCN.com.
"We are excited to partner with UPTV to bring the ACC Network to our students here on campus," said Seth Graham, Assistant AD of Information Technology. "It was important to us that students had access to Pitt events televised by the ACC Network and they will now be able to watch those contests from their own rooms when they are not able to attend in person."
The ACC Network will be presented by UPTV for live events that feature the Panthers. Through this agreement, only selected Pitt events televised on the ACCN will be available on Channel 68. Saturday's softball game between Pitt and Syracuse from Vartabedian Field (4:30 p.m.) will be the first ACC Network contest presented by UPTV available in campus residence halls.
"We're super grateful for this opportunity to bring Pitt sports to students on campus," said Jacob Mahaffey, president of UPTV. "This is a fantastic opportunity to keep school pride high when in-person events aren't an option, and it's also a great way to introduce and promote some of the work of students in our organization."
ACC Network presented by UPTV Spring '21 Schedule
March 27 - Softball vs. Syracuse - 2 pm
March 28 - Baseball vs. Virginia Tech - 1 pm
April 16 - Softball vs. North Carolina - 5 pm
April 17 – Football Spring Game – 1 pm
April 17 -Softball vs. North Carolina - 5 pm
April 18 - Softball vs. North Carolina - 3 pm
May 18 - Baseball vs. Akron - 3 pm
UPTV
University of Pittsburgh Television is a student television station at the University of Pittsburgh. Its purpose is to provide television and film production training to Pitt students. It provides cameras and other filming equipment, as well as computers to edit and create finished projects. Students may either create their own project or help in the production of a number of shows and films. The station has an office in the William Pitt Union, next to WPTS-FM. Additional information on UPTV is available HERE.
ACC Network
Owned and operated by ESPN in partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Network (ACCN) and its digital platform ACCNX is a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports that launched on August 22, 2019. ACCN features regular-season and tournament games from across the conference's 27 sponsored sports plus a complement of news and information shows and original programming. ESPN has been televising ACC content since 1979 and has exclusive rights to every conference-controlled game across all sports and championships.
Carriage agreements are in place with the following video providers: AT&T U-Verse, AT&T TV NOW, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Google Fiber, Hulu Live TV, Optimum, Sling TV, Spectrum TV, Suddenlink, TVision, Verizon Fios, YouTube TV, members of the NCTC, NRTC and Vivicast, among others. All ACCN games will also be available on the ESPN app to authenticated subscribers. Fans interested in learning more about ACCN can visit www.GetACCN.com.
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