Like millions of people across the world, I have lived in various countries over the course of my life.
My wife comes from a country we no longer live in, but she loves to keep up with the tv from said country.
I figured I’ll pay for a VPN service and that’ll sort everything out, right? Nope.
I think I’ve maybe made it to six months before the website insists on saying “you cannot stream from overseas”, no matter what show I click on.
I tried everything, different VPN servers, clearing cookies etc, and finally consult the VPN guys themselves, as my suspicion is that the servers are blacklisted. They come back to me saying they’ve had multiple reports of difficulty accessing the site, and yes, it seems like their servers are blacklisted. They might eventually work on obtaining new servers which aren’t blacklisted, but hey, it’s not exactly a priority for them.
What I don’t get is what companies stand to gain from pro-actively blocking people from streaming overseas.
Like I get that there’s issues with the advertisers, and who has the right to advertise where, but surely it blows your (tv channel’s) numbers up to have all the overseas viewers too! Why would you actively look at cutting millions of people from watching your services. I just don’t get it.
Your question has already been answered so I’ll offer a solution to your problem… Rent a VPN server from Amazon or maybe a friend who lives in the US could set one up for you.
Since it’s not part of a large and publically know VPN service, you’ll never be blacklisted… I live in the Philippines and I ha w an open VPN server at my home in Missouri. Works great.
I feel and share your boundless frustration. Ditto for the captcha bullshit. As if google cant figure out a simpler “test” to see if i am a robot. What really pisses me off, is shitty lines of code is going to determine if i am a human. Fucking ridiculous. And the geo-locking horseshit. The internet gives us the opportunity to connect without borders, and yet somehow vested interests try to convince us that putting imaginary borders on streaming is something we should swallow with throwing up uncontrollably onto the person suggesting this absurd way of affairs.
I sort of get your point, but I just don’t think it’s being approached in the right way (or at all) these days.
It feels like the rights holders are happy with what they have, rather than trying to push for more. If I’m a UK citizen living in Germany, I should be able to pay to watch the BBC, rather than have to use a VPN. Same goes for Germans in the UK, they did be able to pay someone an amount which would allow them to watch German TV overseas.
But are they legaly forced to try and block VPNs?
I don’t really think so. It seems to be the service providers decision wheter he tries to block VPNs or not.
Forgive me, but this matters to me for a different reason. Could you kindly give me a shove in the right direction? Specifically I may want to set one up that makes it look like I’m in Northeast Ohio.
this is the best suggestion. OP should find a VPS based in the country he wants to connect to and use an online guide to install a VPN server on it. Then from home, he can connect to his private VPN and it is unlikely that the Video service will ever be blocking it.
Hello mate. You could use one of the major legal IPTV Services like Zattoo. If you access Zattoo from a Switzland IP (which is the best way) you can access 246 world wide TV channels and record up to 20 hours of content with their free account. It’s in 480p and with Ads though but it’s all right. Ads from Zattoo only appear when you switch tv channel. If you pay for their premium plan (10€/month) you get also access to the same 246 channels but most in HD and without ads + 500 hours of content recording to watch shows later if you can’t at their regular time. Zattoo Switzerland includes BBC channels, ITV…
Because it goes agaisnt their terms and as mentioned above if they are a streaming sites it violates the license agreements they hold so they can’t just turn the other way with things that goes agaisnt their policies. Some website even ban you.
idk if you can get it to be that specific, but I have used TorGuard in the past and I just asked them to give me a dedicated IP address in the USA. I don’t want to say exactly where is is, but it was in the north. You can ask customer support of various VPN providers to see if they offer servers near where you need it to be.
I’m in the UK. Never heard of Zatoo so I had a look. It says it’s not available in my country. I may experiment with VPN’s and the swiss link tomorrow. Thanks for showing me something new.
Np. I’m from Germany. Normally Zattoo is only accessible from Germany, Switzerland and Austria IPs I believe. The Switzerland Zattoo has the best offer in terms of channels. That’s why I said use a swiss ip when connecting to it and make sure you signup through switzerland ch/swiss: SRF, 3+ and more: These are our 300+ TV channels | Zattoo
You can also find a list of all channels for free and premium there
