There could be a new TV home for Reds games next season.
Fox owns 22 regional sports networks across the country – including Fox Sports Ohio, which broadcasts Reds, Cleveland Cavaliers and Columbus Blue Jackets games – and they are up for sale in a sports media auction.
The reason for the sale: Disney acquired 21st Century Fox assets in a $71 billion deal but wasn’t allowed to keep Fox’s 22 regional sports networks because the Justice Department said there were antitrust concerns. (Disney already owns ESPN.)
The regional sports networks, which could be sold individually or bunched together, are expected to be sold in early 2019.