To make this more complicated, some games are standalone ACCNX, like Tarleton, I think, and some wind up there if there’s not a RSN partner in your market.
And sometimes you get really lucky to live in a market where the RSN delays it until 2am, so you get the worst of all worlds, and you wind up on a janky stream. (I’m too old for janky streams…)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there’s no RSN issues anymore because the ACC changed its media partnerships there over to The CW, which is an Over The Air broadcast channel.
I’m still confused by that, but did it totally replace the RSNs or just a small handful of those games? I’ll check…
Yeah, I don’t see any RSN games on our schedule anymore, and I see two CW games, so fingers crossed…
That’s good, because YouTube TV usually doesn’t carry the RSN games and those games get blacked out on the ESPN app in ACC territories, meaning I have to fiddle with a VPN.
For streaming, I think that schedule makes Sling Orange + Sports add-on the cheapest way to get almost every game. It doesn’t cover 4 games: 2 on FS1 for the Fort Myers tournament (which is on Sling Blue) and then 2 on the CW, which you can get with an antenna (see @73CAV’s post earlier).
I just made an interesting discovery. On my Roku device, there is a Fox Sports app. I installed it, and, apparently, it gets both the FS1 and FS2 networks. The app did not ask me to sign in or to subscribe to anything, which is not the case if you open the ESPN app, I was able to watch what is currently being shown on FS1. I imagine I’ll learn more next Monday.
That sounds good, but I’d be surprised if Rupert is just leaving a free way to access sports that he’s making others pay through the nose for… My guess is that’s some sort of promo. But who knows? Also, does Rupert still own the sports stuff? Or did that get sold with GoJo and Vaulter to Madsen? Is Tom still the CEO? (ignore the last two questions… bad jokes…)
They offer some free previews, but eventually they ask for your pay TV credentials to watch everything else
It’s nice that we can watch every game now but man has it gotten to be really complicated to do it. haha This thread makes my head hurt.
I remember back in the day… I had access to zero regular season games (perhaps one if it was on AFN… those were the days. sigh
Could be worse. Big Ten fans have to get peacock.
Here’s the definitive breakdown:
Games on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ESPNNews, you need a cable or equivalent streaming subcription service to get. Verizon FIOS, AT&T U-Verse, Comcast, Sling, Hulu Live, YouTube TV, and probably others, can provide this.
ACC Network (ACCN) and ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) are included in that cable or streaming subscription, but may need to be purchased through an option / add-on bundle.
If you get ACCN, you get ACCNX. However, ACCNX isn’t a dedicated channel, you have to either go into the On Demand section of ACCN through your cable provider, or use the ESPN App on your smart TV and use your cable subscription log-in.
ESPN+ is a completely separate subscription service not included in your cable / streaming package’s ESPN/2/U/News/ACCN bundle. It’s either ~$10/mo by itself through plus.espn.com or it’s included in a Disney+/Hulu bundle or maybe some other promotion. This only affects non-revenue UVA sports this academic year.
The Ft Myers event is on Fox Sports (opener is on FS1, 2nd game yet to be announced). You’ll need to check whether your cable / streaming subscription includes this as well, may be a part of an add-on tier as well.
Regional Sports Network games are a thing of the past for the ACC this year. Instead, the “other” games have been moved to the CW (as we’ve seen with football this fall), which is a broadcast channel, same as CBS or Fox. That said, there’s no dedicated streaming platform for it and it doesn’t coming through on the ESPN app, so you either need (a) a cable / streaming subscription that includes local channels (an option with some streaming platforms, but not Sling), or you need an HD antenna to get them the old fashioned Over The Air way.
NCAA Tournament games are on CBS, TNT, TBS, and TruTV. Generally the March Madness App will let you watch the CBS games for free if you don’t have it on another medium, but you’ll need a cable / streaming subscription to watch the Turner network channels, and triple check if TruTV is included in your tier, sometimes it’s part of a more expensive tier.
Me, just wanting to watch the ball game:
I remember back in the day listening to Mac MacDonald (McDonald?) tell us about every foul the refs missed. Sadly, he was better than Chris Cramer (Kris Kramer?) who would treat us to dead air in mid game. During my time in school, I think you could count on both hands the number of televised games Virginia played. Maybe one hand. Things are so much better today.
It really has come full circle to the point that just buying a comprehensive (read: $$$) cable TV or satellite package will come with all the channels you need, rather than trying to piece it all together to save maybe $10-20 a month.
There is a CW app on Roku. It is also in LG Content. It may be on FireStick, but I don’t know. It isn’t on Amazon Prime. Now, whether the app will be showing the games isn’t known to me. In the Roku app, there is a ‘Sports" category, but since no one is playing anything at the moment, I have no idea if any games will appear here. I have not found a "Live TV’ option, so I don’t know if you can watch on the app what is being broadcast by the network. (You can stream lots of old CW TV shows, though.) I didn’t see the “Sports” category in the LG app.
CW app doesn’t have streaming. Tried with the UNC football game. 
This is a great public service and I salute you.
I’m technologically challenged so when i can’t find a game I’ll be crying and screaming on here until someone tells me what to do