Get TV Abroad
It has long be the goal of many expats, holiday makers and travelers in general to get a bit of home TV while working overseas. Now anybody with an internet connection can watch just about anything they want (including of course BBC iPlayer), and I know you have an internet connection as you are reading this!
So how come we are not all just viewing television online now? Well put simply many TV companies have stopped access to their services from any location other than the country of origin. How? Quite easily in actual fact, every PC connected to the internet has an address unique to that PC at that time. These addresses all have a geographical address attached to them, if this address is not in the ‘allowed’ list then you don’t get to watch TV.
So all is lost then, I am stuck watching German TV forever? Nope. There is of course a way around this little problem, in fact there are several ways around the problem, and we will be reviewing a selection of them right here.
Your options for viewing TV abroad include (ordered by my opinion of best first):
- Directly from the service provider (such as direct from the BBC, NBC, ABC etc)
- Through a 3rd party site (USA: Hula, Fancast, Modern Feed; UK: TV Catchup, Zattoo)
- From a special hosting company (USA: Watch Premium American TV online)
- TV streaming applications
We will show you how you can use all of the above solutions no matter where in the world you are, and offer you the best solution available in each case.
Do these solutions cost money? Yes (though we are often talking about quite small sums in general, 6.66 Euros a month will get you just about all UK and US FTA TV available). There are some free options out there (lookup Tor on Google for free proxies for instance), but they are generally either technically complex or extremely unreliable for TV viewing.
What we offer here are simple to use click and watch solutions to your TV requirements. So read, enjoy and getting watching the TV you want, when you want it, where you want it!
While I highly recomend the first two options, mainly as they are by far the cheapest, they do have certain limitations. If the programs you are after are from premium networks, i.e. ones you would need to subscribe to if you were living in the US, then you will not find them available unless you take option 3.
This is a much more expensive route, as you do of course still need to pay for the TV subscription as well, however the quality of picture is just amazing. If you are an expat living abroad and want to Watch Premium American TV online it really is the best option.
