You could have realized that when you’re outside the UK, you cannot access the BBC Iplayer abroad. The reason is that the BBC uses something by the name of Geolocation to limit viewing to express users. Fundamentally what the BBC IPlayer site does is look at your IP address and compare it to a database to figure out where you are surfing from.

If the database says that your iP address is not registered in the UK you will get blocked. It’s worth trying though, a few of these IP databases are outdated and may incorrectly place you in the UK even if you’re not. For instance there’s quite a chunk of French IP addresses that get listed as UK addresses and these can play BBC Iplayer without Problems.

So what are you able to do if your IP address is listed as being outside of the UK, are the BBC Iplayer delights like Formula One and Match of the day denied you? Well there’s hope and it’s actually quite a simple conumdrum to clear up. So lets look at some options.

BBC IplayerProxy Options

the least expensive option but not necessarily the most simple is to attach back to a UK machine, what you need is to make a straightforward VPN or SSH tunnel back to a computer in the UK. You can then modify your proxy settings in your browser and your IP address will seem to be based in the UK. This method works rather well if you have some technical knowledge and access to a machine in the UK, one of the issues is that you will need a good upload speed from the UK machine or the link will be extremely slow.

an alternative choice is the BBC IPlayer substitute system, find a free proxy server and surf thru this. Of course you may have to be sure it’s in the United Kingdom but it should enable to view BBC IPlayer. The drawbacks are that you have to ceaselessly search for new proxies, the free ones barely last very long, occasionally only hours before they’re overloaded. Ensure you don’t do your standard perusing thru these proxies though and ensure your pathogen checkers are up to date.

The other method is to use a commercial option, this is just paying a fee to use a UK based stand in server. It works pretty much the same as the free system with the advantages that it is much safer, far faster and you can connect any time you wish.

Find out more at GetTVabroad.com

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