Syracuse, N.Y. -- The ACC Network launched Thursday night, but not everyone in Central NY was able to watch – even some Spectrum customers.

Time Warner legacy customers won’t have access to ACCN and will need to switch over to a Spectrum cable package to watch, Andrew Russell, Charter’s director for communications in the Northeast, confirmed in an email Friday.

Eighteen percent of Spectrum customers in Central NY are still on their old Time Warner pricing plans, the company said. In 2015, Charter Communications bought Time Warner’s cable business and moved its customers to Charter’s Spectrum service.

Switching from Time Warner’s legacy plans to Spectrum’s packages will probably cost customers more money.

Russell says whether customers see a price increase will depend on their legacy plan.

The lack of the ACC Network could push Time Warner customers out of their current legacy bundles into Spectrum pricing, which can be higher.

Customers with access to ACCN through a Spectrum cable package won’t see a price increase with the addition of the network.

ACCN is available to Spectrum customers on the Select TV package, which includes 125 channels for $64.99 per month. A more basic package is available that doesn’t include ACCN.

While the network launched in NY and other ACC markets Thursday, non-ACC markets won’t have access to ACCN until early September.

Along with Spectrum, the ACC Network is available on Verizon Fios, DirecTV and New Visions in Central NY. It can also be streamed through Hulu, YouTube TV and Playstation Vue.

ACCN says it plans to broadcast over 450 games this fall, with 40 football games and 150 basketball games. ACCN also plans to show another 200 games from other sports throughout the season.

Another 900 events are expected to air on the online-only ACC Network Extra.

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Ben Burrows is a sports reporter for syracuse.com/The Post-Standard. He can be reached via Twitter and email.