on december 14, 2017, as part of a merger between both companies, the walt disney company announced plans to acquire all 22 regional fox sports networks from 21st century fox, including fox sports sun and sister network fox sports florida. however, on june 27, 2018, the justice department ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing disney's ownership of espn. on may 3, 2019, sinclair broadcast group and entertainment studios (through their joint venture, diamond holdings) bought fox sports networks from the walt disney company for $10.6 billion. the deal closed on august 22, 2019.