The countdown to the launch of the ACC Network is into single digits.

Thursday at 7 p.m. marks one week from the launch of the linear network, capping off a process that has lasted more than three years since ACC Commissioner John Swofford officially announced the network on July 21, 2016.

While many in Tallahassee are still waiting for their cable provider to jump on board, the network landed one of its big targets Wednesday when Charter/Spectrum agreed to terms to carry the ACC Network.

Charter/Spectrum is the second-largest distributor in the ACC footprint. It is available in Florida in the Orlando and Tampa areas and is also available in ACC markets including North and South Carolina, New York and Louisville.

While a number of providers have agreed to terms to carry the network, a number of key providers have not yet agreed to terms.

Comcast, Century Link, Dish Network and Frontier Communications are the main providers who have not yet struck deals to carry the ACC Network.

To emphasize the gravity of the situation, FSU Athletic Director David Coburn sent out a letter last Friday, urging fans to change providers to avoid missing any of the coverage at launch.

The list of providers who have agreed to carry the network in Tallahassee includes Hulu Live, Youtube TV, Playstation Vue and DIRECTV.

"I think the letter that David sent out last week has really kind of been a reality check for people who have been waiting to see what was going to happen," Jason Dennard, FSU Associate Athletic Director for New Revenue Generation and Marketing, told the Democrat.

"We've asked prior that you call and let your cable operator know you want to demand the network. Now, it's at a point that if you don't want to miss something, now's the time to go ahead and start looking at alternatives because if you don't want to miss any of the action and honestly could end up being cheaper."

Per a Twitter poll posted Tuesday, 33% of the 306 voters have already cut the cord or changed providers to ensure they will have the ACC Network at launch. 13% more said they would change providers if their carrier hasn't agreed to carry the network by launch on Aug. 22.

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The remaining 54% said they're holding out hope. With two of FSU's first three football games set to be broadcast exclusively on the network, however, that number would likely shift if their carrier continues to not carry the network into September.

At July's ACC Media Days, Swofford told the collected media that some carriers may not agree to terms incredibly close to the launch Thursday night. Others may not pick up the product by Aug. 29 when Georgia Tech travels to face Clemson in the first football game broadcast exclusively on the network.

More forebodingly, Swofford said other networks may draw out the process as long as three years as they may not want to add the network to their existing contract with ESPN. Upon re-negotiation, ESPN can make the ACC Network a mandatory channel to include as part of its package.

"We are very pleased with the distribution agreements that we have in place currently," Rosalyn Durant, ESPN's Senior Vice President of College Sports, said on a teleconference Aug. 3.

"As you’d imagine, we continue to have lots of conversations and productive conversations with other distributors for ACC network coverage, in the ACC footprint and beyond the footprint."

While football will be the main draw for adding the network, it extends far beyond that reach for many FSU fans.

"It's not just about football here because we've grown the ACC Network Extra platform tremendously over the last couple of years. Last year, (FSU) did 80-plus events. That means baseball games, basketball games that weren't on TV, the spring game last year and so on and so forth," Dennard said.

"Most of the softball games are all available on the ACC Network Extra and if you have a smart TV, you can watch those games just as easy as you could grabbing the remote and watching something. If it were on TV. You really don't know the difference in product."

The network plans to broadcast over 450 live events per year in addition to a massive amount of additional live events on ACC Network Extra. In all, it has planned more than 1,350 live events on the network and online in the first year.

FSU will broadcast the first live event on the network, a soccer match against Wisconsin Aug. 25 at 7 p.m.

The football team's home opener against ULM on Sept. 7 and true road opener at Virginia on Sept. 14 will also be broadcast exclusively on the network.

Additionally, the network has added "The Bowden Dynasty," a documentary focusing on Bobby Bowden's legendary career as FSU's head coach, to its programming. The ACC Network will broadcast the documentary at least eight times in the first year of the network.

"There's gonna be a lot of programming, too, on the network that people are going to want to see," Dennard said.

"We've heard fans say for a long time when you turn on the ESPN and you'd like to hear more about Florida State or you'd like to hear more about the ACC in general. Now, you have a network that that's all are going to talk about and they're going to highlight our campuses.

"I think it's a really good marketing tool for the conference because comprehensively, there's not another conference like the ACC. Football's strong, basketball, baseball, softball, women's soccer. No one has what the ACC has. I think it's a compelling story. It really is."

ACC Network Launch

When: Aug. 22, 7 p.m.