AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — As the Atlantic Coast Conference concludes its four-day spring meetings in Amelia Island, Fla., it appears conversations from its television partner, ESPN, and the conference have went well this week.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford is expected to answer questions later today about those conversations, as it pertains to if and when the league will begin its own television network. Right now the ACC and the Big 12 are the lone Power Five Conferences that do not have their own networks.

It is likely the commissioner will give little to no information on exactly where the ACC is at when it comes to starting a network.

Right now, mum’s the word around the conference as the league has made it clear that any information in regards to the ACC’s negotiations with its television partners at ESPN comes from the league.

“We have had some conversations and really what the substance of it was, from this point forward, all of the communications related to that are going to come from the commissioner,” Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich told The Clemson Insider from Amelia Island. “So as we get into what we hope is the final stages of getting this done, communications will emanate from the commissioner’s office.”

With the SEC and The Big Ten having success in their networks, the ACC is feeling a sense of urgency when it comes to getting something done with ESPN.

In 2014, the Southeastern Conference generated $347 million in television money. According to forbes.com, $300 million of that came from ESPN between rights fees and the conference’s share of profits from the SEC Network.

In its first year, the SEC Network kicked off around $112 million for the SEC.

Last month, it was reported the Big 10 Conference and Fox Sports are close to a new media rights deal that could rival or surpass the SEC’s. Early projections say the new deal could make more than $40 million annually for Big Ten schools.

The ACC has talked about looking into the possibility of starting its own network for several years, but it keeps getting pushed back because ESPN’s viewership has gone down in the last couple of years as more people are ditching their cable providers such as Comcast, Time Warner and DirecTV for streaming on the internet.

Last year, Disney, which owns ESPN, reportedly told the network in had to trim $100 million from its budget in 2016 and $250 million in 2017. ESPN has had to lay off several hundred of its employees since.

However, talks between ESPN and the ACC are still moving forward and the conference is hopeful they will know more, sooner rather than later.

“We’re talking about various issues, we have continued to advance the ball, and hopefully, from the commissioner’s office, we’ll have some information come out this summer,” Radakovich said.

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