British TV streaming in the US

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Dec 14th 2016, 1:01 am

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mrken30

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by ian-mstm

I suggest you take a remedial reading course... because it's apparent you have no idea what just happened.

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Dec 14th 2016, 1:40 am

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Guindalf

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by mrken30

Do you still require a VPN provider?

No, but you do require an Android device, as I said before! It's not a legal service, so it's available to anyone, at least until it gets shut down.

Dec 14th 2016, 1:41 am

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Originally Posted by markonline1

Depending on what content they have, this could be very good. Unfortunate though, all the good stuff like MOTD and the 6 nations I'm assuming won't be shown due to rights issues.

Don't know specifically, but see above about legality.

Dec 14th 2016, 1:43 am

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Guindalf

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Originally Posted by kimilseung

As long as it has better content than Acorn.

Acorn TV is a legal service, streaming older shows, so it's completely different.

This offers live channels with very annoying ads for android downloads which you can't bypass.

Dec 14th 2016, 1:51 am

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by Guindalf

No, but you do require an Android device, as I said before! It's not a legal service, so it's available to anyone, at least until it gets shut down.

How can a streaming service being launched as a joint venture by the BBC, ITV and ABC to show BBC and ITV shows not be legal?

Dec 14th 2016, 2:17 am

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Guindalf

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Originally Posted by lansbury

How can a streaming service being launched as a joint venture by the BBC, ITV and ABC to show BBC and ITV shows not be legal?

Wait. What?

Not sure where I got my wires crossed here, but I saw a link to someone offering a box that offers live TV for a one-time cost of 195 Euro!

No, the BritBox thing looks cool and, provided it's able to time shift and the price is reasonable, I'm interested. The illegal stuff, not so much!

Apologies for the confusion. Can't figure out how that happened. I'll just put it down to senility!

Dec 14th 2016, 3:30 am

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by Guindalf

You had me going there, I was trying to figure out what you knew and was thinking the 'britbox" was in fact what you were talking about.

Dec 14th 2016, 3:58 am

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Pulaski

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by Guindalf

I have spent all day wondering why I didn't understand what you were talking about.

Dec 14th 2016, 11:11 am

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Nutek

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

How many times can the word illegal pop up (wrongly) in one thread?

There it is again!

Looks cool to me. I pirate the crap out of British TV content right now but I would happily pay for it instead if given the option. This could be the thing that does it.

Dec 14th 2016, 12:19 pm

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Pulaski

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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.... Looks cool to me. I pirate the crap out of British TV content right now but I would happily pay for it instead if given the option. This could be the thing that does it.

Maybe someone at the Beeb has been reading BE.

Dec 14th 2016, 12:39 pm

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by Pulaski

Maybe someone at the Beeb has been reading BE.

They could do worse.

Dec 14th 2016, 1:11 pm

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by Guindalf

So basically, they're selling a Kodi box, which is available for about $40-50, streams just about ANYTHING including the latest movies, Premium movie channels and much, much, more, is properly illegal for a lot of its content (including the UK channels), and varies in quality!

I hate the term 'illegal' when referring to *CIVIL* copyright infringements. Please stop using it.

Dec 14th 2016, 1:56 pm

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Guindalf

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by lansbury

You had me going there, I was trying to figure out what you knew and was thinking the 'britbox" was in fact what you were talking about.

I made a mistake. I apologized. Sue me!

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Originally Posted by Pulaski

I have spent all day wondering why I didn't understand what you were talking about.

Just the one day? I've spent my whole time here on BE wondering about YOU!!!

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Originally Posted by Nutek

Not wrong in the context of what I THOUGHT I was referring to!

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Originally Posted by hungryhorace

I hate the term 'illegal' when referring to *CIVIL* copyright infringements. Please stop using it.

There's a difference? Being *CIVIL* copyright infringements somehow makes it legal? So no, I won't stop using it when it refers to illegally obtaining and watching copyright material!

Dec 14th 2016, 3:10 pm

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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There's a difference? Being *CIVIL* copyright infringements somehow makes it legal?

You clearly have no idea the difference between criminal and civil.

Dec 14th 2016, 5:25 pm

#30

ian-mstm

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Re: British TV streaming in the US

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Originally Posted by hungryhorace

You clearly have no idea the difference between criminal and civil.

With respect, it seems that it's you who doesn't know the meaning of the word "illegal". Quite simply, it means "against the law". While the term is usually applied to criminal law, there's nothing that says it is exclusive to criminal law. So, whether an action is civil or criminal is largely irrelevant, and the term "illegal" applies to both.

So, you've learned something today. No charge!

Ian

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