An ACC Network is on the way, and this is no longer empty speculation: as first reported by the N&O's Luke DeCock, the league and ESPN have been ironing out the details of both a traditional television network and an online streaming service.
Additional details have since leaked: according to ESPN's Brett McMurphy, the ACC Network*** will debut by 2019. The league's streaming service is going live in August of this year, per Sports Business Journal's John Ourand, and will be available to all ESPN subscribers.
(***Quick clarification: we are not talking about the current iteration of the "network," which is merely branded production that appears on local television affiliates in the ACC region.