YouTube TV , the increasingly powerful pay-TV operator fresh off of a carriage fight with Fox Corp., is now in a public dispute over distribution with TelevisaUnivision .

The Hispanic media giant is warning its viewers, via on-air spots and social media posts, that its networks are at risk of being shunted off to a Spanish-only add-on package. The move would dramatically limit its reach and force Hispanic households to pay more for the Spanish-language programming they used to get as part of their base $82.99-a-month YouTube TV subscription.

The parties are in talks for a new distribution agreement ahead of the September 30 expiration of the current carriage deal. YouTube TV, founded in 2017, has grown to more than 8 million subscribers, making it one of the top handful of pay-TV

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