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Re:Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV by OJFord on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @05:36PM (#21819704)
I thought you could if you have an account and accept the terms (including claiming to have a television licence, which I think requires a (British) national insurance number to obtain)?

Or do you mean as an American in the US?

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Re:Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV by xxpor on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:19PM (#21820068)
Perhaps it's changed, but last time I looked the BBC had simple GeoIP blocking for anyone not inside the UK.
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Re:Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV by ripdog on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:24PM (#21821780)
Not simple - they have an extensive blacklist of VPN servers too.
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Re:Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV by mr__y on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @07:01AM (#21823999)
this provides an incentive for someone to provide vpn/tunneling service with IP pool large enough to prevent blacklisting to be effective
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Re:Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV by Mindwipe on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:46AM (#21825983)
That doesn't last long.

The BBC use the same provider as a number of Vegas gambling services, and they're very effective because Vegas is willing to spend lots of money on forensic work.

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Re:Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV by LeoPanthera on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @07:50PM (#21820726)
You cannot do this even as a Brit in the US. Everything on the iPlayer (except radio) is geo-restricted to the UK, and they're really very good at playing whack-a-mole with the VPN services as well.
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