UK tv
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Hi, For many years we have recieved tvMucho and were happy with their service. As most will know they have been taken over by Teeveeing. We experience a great deal of buffering so have decided to go shopping for a tvmucho alternative. Just basic uk tv channels, no sport or film channels.
I would very much appreciate recos please. TIA
I would very much appreciate recos please. TIA
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Still using the new tvmucho as i had recently renewed my annual sub. Haven't had much buffering so far.
An alternative, which i must admit to only trying the eval of is hoola.tv.. Looked promising though
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Hi, For many years we have recieved tvMucho and were happy with their service. As most will know they have been taken over by Teeveeing. We experience a great deal of buffering so have decided to go shopping for a tvmucho alternative. Just basic uk tv channels, no sport or film channels.
I would very much appreciate recos please. TIA
I would very much appreciate recos please. TIA
Steve
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I use a Nowtv box which I brought over from UK. I only use it for the free channels which are mainly BBC ,itv , 4 and 5 . You do get some other free ones like Pluto and Roku TV. To watch you need a VPN but I get that free with internet package. Unfortunately the Nowtv boxes are obsolete so not available but they still work fine for those that have them. The boxes are actually made by Roku and are excellent good picture etc. Roku do their own box now which gives much the same all main channels free and if one wants paid content. Their box is called Roku Express. I believe they are specific to country so you would need to buy a UK one. That would give you what you want all be it you would need a VPN in Spain. Here's info on the box
https://www.roku.com/en-gb/products/...-ways-to-watch
https://www.roku.com/en-gb/products/...-ways-to-watch
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Currys in UK have the Roku box on sale for £19.99, if someone could get one and send it over.
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/ro...-10199751.html
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/ro...-10199751.html
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I use a Nowtv box which I brought over from UK. I only use it for the free channels which are mainly BBC ,itv , 4 and 5 . You do get some other free ones like Pluto and Roku TV. To watch you need a VPN but I get that free with internet package. Unfortunately the Nowtv boxes are obsolete so not available but they still work fine for those that have them. The boxes are actually made by Roku and are excellent good picture etc. Roku do their own box now which gives much the same all main channels free and if one wants paid content. Their box is called Roku Express. I believe they are specific to country so you would need to buy a UK one. That would give you what you want all be it you would need a VPN in Spain. Here's info on the box
https://www.roku.com/en-gb/products/...-ways-to-watch
https://www.roku.com/en-gb/products/...-ways-to-watch
You don't need VPN to watch UK tv. Often providors like iplayer will block vpn access as 99 times out of 100 its an expat from somewhere accessing the service. An altenative, and preferable solution is to use DNS redirection service.
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You need something to make it look like you are in the UK that could be a VPN or the DNS redirection service . I use a VPN provided by my internet provider as part of my package . It works perfect without blocking or noticeable loss of speed. I'm happy others can choose what to use. Some set ups like the teeveeing system don't require anything to view other than subscription. I mentioned the Roku box as possible option for OP but to use it two things , you need to ensure you buy UK version of the box and you need some means of making it appear you are in the UK options for that VPN or DNS redirection.
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You need something to make it look like you are in the UK that could be a VPN or the DNS redirection service . I use a VPN provided by my internet provider as part of my package . It works perfect without blocking or noticeable loss of speed. I'm happy others can choose what to use. Some set ups like the teeveeing system don't require anything to view other than subscription. I mentioned the Roku box as possible option for OP but to use it two things , you need to ensure you buy UK version of the box and you need some means of making it appear you are in the UK options for that VPN or DNS redirection.
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Another option is to set up SmartDNS on your device, for instance one of those little Apple TV boxes. Then all UK tv apps will run on the Apple TV but all other devices connected to the home router will run on regular (automatic) DNS settings.
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You need something to make it look like you are in the UK that could be a VPN or the DNS redirection service . I use a VPN provided by my internet provider as part of my package . It works perfect without blocking or noticeable loss of speed. I'm happy others can choose what to use. Some set ups like the teeveeing system don't require anything to view other than subscription. I mentioned the Roku box as possible option for OP but to use it two things , you need to ensure you buy UK version of the box and you need some means of making it appear you are in the UK options for that VPN or DNS redirection.
You're cirrect regarding teeveeing an hoola..
As an aside is there a teeveeing app for firestick? Initially i got update notifications when starting tvmucho app which i ignored as it was inconvenient times. These stopped a while ago. Yestetday thought I'd do the upgrade but there's no app in the Amazon app store.
Lastly realised that I forgot to mention Kapang for tv. Free and includes basic UK channels but you'll need dns or vpn. Works well enough tho.



