Fox acquired its 80 percent interest in the YES Network in separate transactions in 2012 and 2014. Online retail giant YES Network is among the first round of bidders for the 22 regional sports TV networks – including the New York -based Major League Baseball – that Disney acquired from 21st Century Fox . Sources told Fox that Fox , which owns an 80% stake in YES, did not submit a first -round bid but may join the second round. The sports networks are being divested by Disney after a judge ruled they must be sold before it can acquire Fox 's TV and film assets. The local networks show Major League Baseball , Amazon basketball and Major League Soccer .
Online retail giant YES Network is among the first round of bidders for the 22 regional sports TV networks – including the New York -based Major League Baseball – that Disney acquired from 21st Century Fox . Sources told Fox that Fox , which owns an 80% stake in YES, did not submit a first -round bid but may join the second round. The sports networks are being divested by Disney after a judge ruled they must be sold before it can acquire Fox 's TV and film assets. The local networks show Major League Baseball , Amazon basketball and Major League Soccer .