Bbc In Usa

iloveher | 09:37 Tue 27th Oct 2015 | Film, Media & TV

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Can people living in the USA watch BBC iPlayer just like people in the UK can?

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237SJ

No but they might be able to if they have a VPN.

zebo

We've never been able to pick up the TV, but the radio on iplayer works fine. There is/used to be something called BBC USA that had some programmes on and we met so many Top Gear fans out there, Clarkson and Co, that they must get that somewhere. What's a VPN?

Clanad

BBC America is one of our favorite channels (we get our service via satellite due to rural living)... Rarely miss an episode of Top Gear (even after all these years) or anything by James May, we even still find Hyacinth Bucket (excuse me, Bouqet ) entertaining. Still haven't developed an appreciation for Dr. Who, though...

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On BBC America can you see Strictly Come Dancing?

bookbinder

According to this website, SCD can be watched outside the UK;
http://www.viewtvabroad.com/watch-strictly-come-dancing-outside-uk.html

-SharonA-

I had to recently download cyberghost whilst on holiday in US so hubby could watch a football game. It did the job.

Buenchico

The BBC is legally obliged to prevent overseas viewers accessing most of its content. (Either the BBC doesn't hold the international broadcasting rights for that content or it does hold the rights but wants to sell them to broadcasters in other countries).

So the BBC's servers examine the IP address of every computer that's seeking to receive content from BBC iPlayer and block access to any that aren't seen as being in the UK.

Using a VPN ( = 'virtual personal network') might help someone get around the block but only if the servers for that network are based in the UK. (Most aren't).

To be sure of getting around it, a user needs to use a service that routes their traffic via an anonymous UK-based proxy server. Even then, there can be no guarantee that it will always work, since the BBC (and other services that seek to restrict access to UK users) can often detect that a proxy server is in use, simply because of the volume of traffic that passes through it. However this is the most popular software for getting around the block and generally seems to work:
http://expat-shield.en.softonic.com/

237SJ

Get TunnelBear. That is the best VPN

jaynethepain

I used tunnelbear when in the USA to watch to from the uk but remember to turn it off when you want to use the Internet. You can also use it to watch to from any country from the uk.