Jon Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Hi Guys, Does anyone know if this is possible and if so what is required? Cheers, Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Dan Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Hi It doesn't work - it is blocked. Annoyingly it uses IP detection to guess where you are, so it can even block you if you are in the UK, but it doesn't think so. I spent ages before an England match once using anonymous proxies to connect to 5Live to listen, but to no avail. Treated myself to a Slingbox instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Dan Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Found a bit of a bug ... If you start the download connected to a UK provider, it doesn't matter who you are connected to after. This is useful as I can VPN into the UK, start it and then disconnect and continue downloading on the hotel wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Thanks, I have seen that as a possible workaround, the other being to use a proxy in the UK. Cheers, Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianFD3S Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 http://visibleprocrastinations.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/playing-with-the-bbc-iplayer/ ^ that's all I could find right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Another proxy server company is International Alliance Privacy Services A 6 month UK IP address is 75 USD. Click on the UK/BBC/ITV Radio information button. I think they do a free trial. We have been using them for a few months now and can thoroughly recommend the service. Much better than trying to track down elusive 'free' proxies. Money well spent so we can keep up with Doctor Who and Have I Got News For You while living in abroad! Direct link: https://www.intl-alliance.com/bbc.html I have a 2m Sat dish on the side of my garage to watch Sky and all the UK channels at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigsby123 Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 The trial from Int'l Alliance works well. I have one question.....there are VPN and SSH packages available with a $20 difference. I have sent messages to them asking which one I should purchase but they never respond. Which one is best just for watching BBC/ITV etc. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burble Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 $140/year for a UK IP address seems a bit expensive. For that money you could just about get a virtual private server somewhere in the UK and setup a proxy server on it. Mind you, I suppose letting someone else do the boring techy stuff is worth a bit of a premium. A mate of mine has recently emigrated to Canada and so that he can keep watching stuff on the iPlayer I setup Squid on one of my Linux boxes and then he creates an SSH tunnel from his PC to the box and tells his web browser to use http://localhost:8080 as the proxy server. Works like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 The BBC are a commercial organisation and justifiably want people to pay for what they create outside of the UK, after all we have to pay for it when we are in the UK so why should others get it for free..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 The BBC are a commercial organisation and justifiably want people to pay for what they create outside of the UK, after all we have to pay for it when we are in the UK so why should others get it for free..... Too right!! Its another form of illegal immigration except they're not actually coming into the country!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 The BBC are a commercial organisation and justifiably want people to pay for what they create outside of the UK, after all we have to pay for it when we are in the UK so why should others get it for free..... I pay for it in the UK so why shouldn't I be able to watch it when I'm abroad? I was annoyed the other day when I couldn't watch the F1 on the ITV website from the USA Might have to look into one of these Slingbox thingys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 You can Bazza I will let you off. If you get a slingbox let me know how you get on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burble Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 If you get a slingbox let me know how you get on with it. Any specific questions? I've got a Slingbox (classic) and it does exactly what it says on the tin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Not really, just if it worked well and if you found it useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burble Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Yes to both. It works really well and as I spend a lot of time working abroad it is very very useful. As long as you have about 0.5Mbit upstream available at home and the same at the place you're trying to watch from it'll work just fine. Only slight niggle is that there is a delay of a few seconds from when you push a button on the remote control in the Sling Player software to anything happening but that's down to the way that data is buffered. All in all - a great product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyelliott80 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 When I shifted US, I was worried about watching BBC iPlayer abroad, but thanks to Streaming VPN. I can now avail some of the best and fastest servers and can now watch my favorite programs outside the UK.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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