YouTube TV Sparks Outrage by Blacking Out Univision Channels
Background: YouTube TV and TelevisaUnivision YouTube TV is Google’s cable-like streaming service (roughly 9–10 million U.S. subscribers thedesk.net expressnews.com). Its base package includes major English and Spanish broadcast networks. Univision is the flagship U.S. Spanish-language network of TelevisaUnivision, the Miami-based media giant formed by the 2021 merger of Univision and Mexico’s Grupo Televisa expressnews.com. Along with UniMás, Galavisión and sports outlet TUDN, Univision provides news, sports and entertainment to Hispanic audiences. TelevisaUnivision traces its roots to San Antonio (home to the nation’s first Spanish-language TV station) expressnews.com, and San Antonio is now two-thirds Hispanic. The San Antonio Express-News noted that losing