ND had been working on its own "Irish Network" prior to joining the ACC.
Its WatchND app provided digital media access to ND games for a number of years.
As part of its $400 million Crossroads project (stadium additions/renovation), ND is almost finished building a new media center:
“It is a massive undertaking by the university,” says Scott Rinehart, broadcast technology program director,
Fighting Irish Media, which will move into its new home — a state-of-the-art media center — next August. “It’s a media center that takes the Fighting Irish Media mission of
telling the story of Notre Dame through the lens of athletics and expanding it to all of campus. We’re supporting non-athletic events today, but this just takes it to a whole other level.”
The media center will be located on the first floor of the complex’s east building and operated by a newly formed group called Notre Dame Studios, reporting to the university’s Office of Information Technology. T
he 18,000-sq.-ft. facility will support all facets of Notre Dame media production. From digital content in support of academics and faith-based initiatives to production of the videoboard shows in Notre Dame Stadium, Purcell Pavilion, and Compton Family Ice Arena, it will be a resource for students, faculty, and staff.
“The media center,” says Dan Skendzel, senior associate athletic director for media and branding, “is
the manifestation of University President Rev. John Jenkins CSC and VP/Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick’s vision when they approved the launch of Fighting Irish Media: get started in athletics but always with the intent of scaling capability to support the university’s academic and faith missions.”
The media center will house two control rooms to support live productions for ACC Network Extra and NBC digital shows as well as live linear-television broadcasts. Two additional studio spaces, six edit rooms, and two audio rooms will also be brought online. Existing FIM facilities of two edit rooms, three control rooms, and one studio will be folded into a new IP-centric infrastructure. All venues —academic, athletic, and faith — will be connected via single-mode fiber to the media center.
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Louisville to build $8 million ESPN/ACCN studio
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This addition will make Louisville an even more attractive candid to other conferences even if the ACC net work does not come to fruition or God fore bid, the ACC were to implode or get raided. You always have to be forward looking to change and always be prepared for that change, if it occurs! Louisville is always looking forward at the end of the day. 
