 Discovery CEO David Zaslav stated that the company had considered a bid, but that regional sports networks were a "very treacherous market".In a January 2019 SEC filing, Fox Corporation stated that it no longer had any plans to bid for the channels.On January 11, 2019 CNBC reported that Apollo, Blackstone, CVC and other bidders except Sinclair backed out of the deal for the networks with the sole bidder being the Sinclair/CVC joint venture.