Kelvin_y

Anyone has suggestion on how to watch BBC iPlayer in Hong Kong? i tried to go to the official page but only radio is available, No TV.
Cheers,

jesspekris

All free vpn/proxy are rubbish. Use paid VPN, i tried a few, there are good and bad ones: vpngates.com – catch up is ok but not good for Live and BBC Sports

Uktvhk.com – works very well for my home, very smooth. It now supports BBC and ITV. Good enough for me and my husband.

ukproxyserver.co.uk – bad, bandwidth test gives only 300Kbps, stopping all the time, waste of money

any other suggestion…

penguinsix

Overplay.net works well for me. 60 countries for $10 USD (including UK, Ireland, NZ, USA, Canada and Australia). Plenty of English-language content to be found.

Chris22

You can also use a DNS service like unblock-us or unotelly. In my opinion, a DNS service is a better solution than VPN because it's faster and you can easily stream on HD. Personally I use unotelly. It works good and it costs 4.95$ per month.

athanis

i agree overplay.net is a great service only $10 a month

Kelvin_y

thanks suggestion. I tried overplay but it was slow for my home, can't really watch ITVplayer.

then I paid for 10-day trial of UKTVHK.com , it works very well for me, probably will make a subscription after the weekend.

andreatay

looks great, i got the free trial account from UKTVHK.com , the streaming seems pretty good for me at home and just watched itv X factor. they are offering Free Trial accounts, good to try it out.

sarahl77

tried unblock vpn last month it buffers a lot, my experiences wasn't very good.

Thanks jesspekris, i joined the trial of UKTVHK.com as well and the streaming seems much better and stable for me. BBC is showing "Parade's End" these days, very good one.

ex reg

For us its been a bit of a disappointment. Not so many interesting story lines as Downton and not such good acting, they all seem too modern.
We thought Parade's End was going to take off half way through last night's third episode but it didn't and they seem to have missed the chance.

We are in UK again for another month so may catch the end of the series.
If back overseas then will have to wait for BBC Entertainment or Diva which show good BBC/ITV drama. Can't manage with the buffering of trying to get some of the proxy stuff to work.

hong_konger

Ah well its a good job there are plenty of more interesting things to do in Hong Kong rather than watch UK TV !!

sarahl77

ex_reg, you are right. Parade's End getting a bit disappointed. How about the latest 'Dragon Dens' i found quite interesting as those who are interested to do some own business : )

AD68

If you have set up a VPN try the BBC iPlayer Desktop. You can download programs and series from iPlayer and watch at your leisure. Not all programs are available straight away but once downloaded you get a few weeks to watch and, more importantly, no buffering.

Dorset Gal

What's the safest way to pay for these services, I'm not keen on using my credit card, do any of them take paypal?

penguinsix

Overplay.net accepts Paypal according to their FAQ.

Dazaldo

I got fed up with my VPN going down all the time and gave up on watching UK TV. Until a friend suggested I take out a free trial with Thai Expat TV, and its very impressive I must say. The service offers a 7 day on demand history from a good selection of channel content. The quality is spot on and they take PayPal once you wish to subscribe to the service after a free trial.