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SeeSaw TV has just been launched and as always all you need to watch it outside the UK is a copy of IDC! Simply use the UK proxy from IDC, though you can use the VPN method too if you prefer, and start viewing UK TV abroad from this new supplier! They offer archived TV from several UK TV companies, including the BBC. Be sure to turn off encryption in IDC if you want the best quality video streaming experience.

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SeeSaw uses technological know-how from Venture Kangaroo, the now defunct venture owned by BBC Throughout the world, Channel 4 and ITV plc. Kangaroo was blocked by the European Competition Commission in February 2009. In September 2009 all of Kangaroo's technologies and assets were bought by Arqiva for approximately £8m.

SeeSaw hopes to has around 3,500 hours of TV content offered, which includes a mix of free advertising-supported content material and paid-for programming. SeeSaw has already announced a content deal with BBC Worldwide, so shows like Cranford, Lark Rise to Candleford, That Mitchell and Webb Look and classic Doctor Who are going to be offered for viewers

It was reported in several places in 2009 that Hulu would stop being free (Gizmodo, REWLS), with reports that this will start in 2010. Now nothing was officially said, and other quotes do seem to indicate that at least some content would remain free.

However right now its ALL FREE so enjoy it today and don't worry about what may come tomorrow!

Hulu employs slightly better protection than most online TV package, yes even better than the BBC as its really very easy to watch BBC iPlayer abroad compared with Hulu! However as always Identity Cloaker has the solution and all you need to do is use the VPN option to ensure you can watch Hulu outside the US. You can see a demonstration of how this works, and Hulu in action from the sunny climate of Australia, right here in the US TV section.

I have just taken a look at what is on TV this Christmas here in Australia. Well ABC1, the equivalent of BBC1, is running with the 1956 classic The Man Who Knew Too Much. In fact they are showing the same film twice!

So if your local TV is as dire as this, why not treat yourself to a bit of proper Christmas fun and see what Auntie (the BBC) is broadcasting for you through BBC iPlayer!

You can be watching BBC iPlayer outside the UK in just a few minutes through Identity Cloaker. Or of course you can catch up with all the other UK TV stations, as well as many US and European ones. Check out the videos on this site to see how easy everything is to setup.

They have packages for as little as 10 day, so you can just subscribe for Christmas if that's all you are interested in.

Give it a go, I am sure you will not be disappointed!

Merry Christmas!

I am currently in Moscow Russia, and there really is very little to watch on Moscow TV after work. However thanfully the entire of Moscow is covered by a fantastic 4G network called Yota, this gives you 10mbit unlimited internet access almost anywhere in the city, and a number of areas outside the city.

The cost is only 900 roubles a month, and you can use it for just 1 month if you want. Compare that with the cost of hotel Internet, or god forbid the cost of using your 3G phone abroad!

There is one extra great advantage with this system in that you can connect your mobile, laptop etc. to the device via WiFi so you can run all those programs which Apple don't allow to work over 3G networks! So if you have your Slingbox back home you can use your Slingplayer or of course you can use Identity Cloaker and be enjoying BBC iPlayer in Russia and you will not longer be stuck with just Moscow TV.

I tested the speed of this just a few days ago and were getting a good 5mbit connection back to the UK, which is more than enough to watch iPlayer even in the highest quality modes!

So if you find yourself in Moscow (perhaps unlikely) and dont want to watch Moscow TV (or of course enjoy some of the other sites of the city) do consider getting hold of a Yota unit and enjoying a bit of UK BBC TV abroad!

Great news for everybody as there is a new version of Identity Cloaker out and it has an option which makes viewing TV better than ever!

As many of your know Identity Cloaker was originally made to make your online surfing more secure, however for watching TV you don't really need all of these security enhancements and they do tend to slow the connection down a bit. So now in the latest version you have the option to turn off encryption, and this has enabled speed increases of up to 5 times!

Check out these results from Moscow Russia:

• With Encryption
• Without Encryption

As you can see the download speed is much faster, for some reason the upload speed has decreased but this is not important at all when watching TV.

All you need to do benefit from this massive speed increase is press the 'Disable Encryption' button visible in the bottom right of the Identity Cloaker main screen once connected.

Some good news for those of you who like to watch BBC iPlayer Abroad as the software I always recomend, Identity Cloaker, is going to have a nice upgrade soon!

As many of you know Identity Cloaker is mainly designed as a security application, the fact it allows us to watch TV abroad is just an added bonus! However all those technologies used to secure the information does slow things down a little bit, in particular the authors have discovered some ISPs are actively slowing down SSH (encrypted) traffic. This seems to be particuarly common in Australia, I have noticed that connections on Dodo seem to suffer this way.

Anyway in an upcoming version you will have the option to turn off SSH, and this will speed things up a huge amount if you are on such a restricted service. I have been allowed to test the service witout SSH and it works really well!