Geo blocking by BBC
 

I have just found out that my VPN provider (Golden Frog) is now being blocked by sweet little old Auntie so, while I can get ITV and channel 5, iplayer is unavailable. Has anyone got any ideas to get round this? All thoughts appreciated.

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Looks like VPN access is finished...

BBC begins blocking VPN access to iPlayer | Ars Technica UK

Not surprising with 60 million unlicensed viewers.

If the BBC could get just £10 out of each overseas viewer it would pay for all the over 75s in the UK.

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I read recently a report that the BBC were planning to do exactly this, but probably not before 2017

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https://fusebox.tv

Use the FuseDNS service. They are in public beta. I'm watching BBC iPlayer in California in HD, surround sound with no buffering on my TV with an Xbox One...

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Anything that interest me from BBC (eg six o clock news, crime dramas, David Attenorough) I download via Filmon.

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I don't think you can complain too much if you're not paying for the content. My gripe is that I do pay the licence as I'm in the UK for part of the year but can't access the service when I am not in the UK (without VPN) or some other fix. User name and password based on a licence serial number would seem to be a relatively easy fix, like Sky Go, for example.

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I replied to this and for whatever the reason the moderator wouldn't let it pass. VPNs are not really very good for streaming for all sorts of reasons, but there are some good SmartDNS services out there which is the best solution available to unblock geo-restricted content with maximum quality and reliability (I'm using Fusebox.tv FuseDNS, which is in public beta).

Whichever service you use I believe the license fee is only required for watching the live streams. As a brit exiled in California I'd pay for the license fee *if it was possible*; 90% of what I watch is from the beeb.

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  It got blocked automatically because you're a new member and your post contained a web link. It's in place to stop people joining just to post spam all over the place.  

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My iPlayer seems to be working fine at the moment. I'm using Private Internet Access. The iPlayer is installed on an Android media box.

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The BBC have been busy blocking more VPNs to prevent illegal Xmas viewing.

AngloINFO Discussions - VPN not working : Normandy, France

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I really don't understand why the BBC can't offer non-UK residents the opportunity to buy a TV licence electronically and log onto the iPlayer to watch. I know in parts of the US that the BBC's output is still revered and plenty of us living overseas still miss the odd programme.

I can't see who it hurts either. Aside from things like sports TV rights, most people taking the service are doing so because they can't speak the language well enough where they live to enjoy the TV so are RAI/Mediaset really going to miss those viewers?

The current situation with TMS (cricket commentary) really annoys me. You can't listen online to TMS from overseas anymore, even though there is no such thing as a radio license and there don't seem to be too many rival broadcasters over here offering the same service....

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If you cant live without UK tv cant you just buy a sling box and send your legit paid for BBC content down the line?

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Reading wikipedia the Slingbox seems to rely on the idea that you have a licensed TV back home in the UK and the data is sent over the internet to Italy from your own TV.
If you dont have a TV in the UK and you are taking the BBC content from somebody else's TV then surely it is just as illegal as using a VPN and the BBC will try to switch it off.

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yes, I thought the OP said he paid the licence fee in the Uk...but he didnt, that was someone else!

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That site filmon is rather good!

thanks for the mention

I use Surfeasy VPN normally but not often, filmon seems way better than messing around with a dynamic i.p