Online retail giant Amazon is among the first round of bidders for the 22 regional sports television networks – including the New York - based YES network – that Disney acquired from 21st Century Fox . Amazon told CNBC 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 , NBA basketball and Major League Football .
Online retail giant Amazon is among the first round of bidders for the 22 regional sports TV networks – including the New York-based YES Network – that Disney acquired from 21st Century Fox. Sources told CNBC 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, NBA basketball and Major League Soccer.