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magnification Oct 23rd 2018 5:47 pm

Watch UK TV for free please
 
From Saudi, how can I watch such channels as BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 for free. I have a vpn.

martinbkk Oct 24th 2018 3:00 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 
I guess it depends where you are to some extent but I can watch BBC news using ExpressVPN at:

https://tvplayer.com/watch/bbcnews
https://easyview.eu/watch.php?stream=bbc-1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/10318089/bbc-news-channel

To some extent the vpn protocol can be significant. but for the most part it works.
The above are three I just tried from home, I'm not in Saudi but I'm not in the UK either so I am subject to region blocking where it is in place.

scrubbedexpat141 Oct 24th 2018 5:28 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by magnification (Post 12581996)
From Saudi, how can I watch such channels as BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 for free. I have a vpn.

By turning on the VPN, opening BBC Iplayer or ITV player or 4OD.

You're welcome.

jam25mack Oct 24th 2018 7:36 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12582246)
By turning on the VPN, opening BBC Iplayer or ITV player or 4OD.

You're welcome.


Mines a b1tch to connect at the moment. What V P N do you use?

scrubbedexpat141 Oct 24th 2018 8:38 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by jam25mack (Post 12582277)
Mines a b1tch to connect at the moment. What V P N do you use?

You know when people say the wrong word for espresso? Take the last letter off once you've said the wrong word.

reddiva Oct 24th 2018 9:16 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by magnification (Post 12581996)
From Saudi, how can I watch such channels as BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 for free. I have a vpn.

BBC will be an issue as they are blocking VPNs daily. It is getting harder and harder to find ones that work with the BBC channels

reddiva Oct 24th 2018 9:17 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12582298)
You know when people say the wrong word for espresso? Take the last letter off once you've said the wrong word.


BBC is blocked through it and i spoke to their staff who said there is no workaround

scrubbedexpat141 Oct 24th 2018 9:18 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by reddiva (Post 12582311)
BBC is blocked through it and i spoke to their staff who said there is no workaround

Interesting, I knew they had been struggling. We've got a dodgy box and use that so never need the VPN for telly.

Brains1983 Oct 24th 2018 9:44 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12582312)
Interesting, I knew they had been struggling. We've got a dodgy box and use that so never need the VPN for telly.

If you have a smart TV, you can get it through that without a box, KingIPTV.

sicklyman Oct 24th 2018 9:59 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 
forget iPlayer with any VPN. They're too agressive. Switch to Switzerland and visit zattoo.com

dominoman Oct 24th 2018 9:59 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 
The one that is alluded to above still works here, where vee pee en is also blocked. Most of the others don't.

If anyone has something that does work they won't (or should't) post it here publicly or it is likely to get shut down pretty quickly.

scrubbedexpat141 Oct 24th 2018 10:58 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by Brains1983 (Post 12582319)
If you have a smart TV, you can get it through that without a box, KingIPTV.


Originally Posted by sicklyman (Post 12582325)
forget iPlayer with any VPN. They're too agressive. Switch to Switzerland and visit zattoo.com

I honestly haven't got the patience for this sort of stuff.

The dodgy box offers a lot more and is so much less hassle.

MAV_DXB Oct 24th 2018 3:11 pm

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by dominoman (Post 12582326)
The one that is alluded to above still works here, where vee pee en is also blocked. Most of the others don't.

If anyone has something that does work they won't (or should't) post it here publicly or it is likely to get shut down pretty quickly.


If you go further up the posts, it's not alluded to - it's there in all its glory (MartinBKK)

martinbkk Oct 25th 2018 4:03 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by MAV_DXB (Post 12582503)
If you go further up the posts, it's not alluded to - it's there in all its glory (MartinBKK)

And I don't understand the paranoia. Whilst the websites to sign up for such accounts might be blocked the actual service is unlikely to be. ExpressVPN works in China and I would suggest they might be more aggressive at trying to prevent such use than any ME agency. In truth I just can't comprehend even the slightest suggestion that "anyone" might be "looking". Unless there is some sort of evidence to support the fact I'd suggest that any correlation between a mention on BE and a service becoming blocked is what the real world terms, a coincidence.

scrubbedexpat141 Oct 25th 2018 5:34 am

Re: Watch UK TV for free please
 

Originally Posted by martinbkk (Post 12582769)
And I don't understand the paranoia. Whilst the websites to sign up for such accounts might be blocked the actual service is unlikely to be. ExpressVPN works in China and I would suggest they might be more aggressive at trying to prevent such use than any ME agency. In truth I just can't comprehend even the slightest suggestion that "anyone" might be "looking". Unless there is some sort of evidence to support the fact I'd suggest that any correlation between a mention on BE and a service becoming blocked is what the real world terms, a coincidence.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I just can't be bothered to argue about it so I'm happy to play the game for the foil hat folk.


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